Woodbridge, 1767 ac., pop. 275; near the vil. is Pettis-
tree Lodge, seat.

Pelton.—hamlet, Bampton par., Devon, on NE.
border of co., 4 miles NE. of Bampton.—2. Petton,
par., Shropshire, 4 miles SW. of AVem, 834 ac., pop.
38; contains Petton Hall, seat.

Pettridgc, vil., Brenchley par., Kent, 7 miles SE.
of Tunbridge.

Petty, vil., NE. Inverness-shire, and par., partly also
in Nairnshire, on Moray Firth—par., 9776 ac., pop.
1531; vil., 1% mile SW. of Dalcross ry. sta. and 5 miles
NE. of Inverness; P.O.

Pettycur, harbour with quay, 1 mile S. of King-
horn, Fife.

Pettymnlr, vil., in par. and 2% miles S. of Dun-
fermline, Fife.

Petworth, market town and par. with ry. sta.,
Sussex, 14 miles NE. of Chichester and 55 SW. of
London by rail, 6129 ac., pop. 2942; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.
Market-day, Saturday. The town stands on an emin-
ence near the river West Rother, and was known at
Domesday as Peteorde; is irregularly built, but has
many good houses, and has been much improved. A
good trade in corn is carried on, and fairs for cattle are
held thrice a year. Marble quarries are in the neigh-
bourhood. Petworth House is the seat of Lord
Leconfield; the park is 12 miles in circuit; the man-
sion, a modern building, which has replaced the old
manorial castle, contains a rich collection of paintings
and statuary of great historical interest.

Pevensey.—small market town and par. with ry.
sta., on coast of Sussex—par., 4392 ac., pop. 365 ; town,
on river Ashburn, near Pevensey Bay, 4% miles SE. of
Hailsham and 12% SW. of Hastings; P.O., and P.O.
at Pevensey Boad. Market-day, Thursday. Pevensey
is a very old place, and occupies the site of the Roman
Anderida on Ermine Street. During the Saxon period,
and for some time after the Norman Conquest, it
was a port of some consequence, but fell into decline
about the time of Henry III. The castle, now a pictur-
esque ruin, stands on an eminence, and was built soon
after the Norman Conquest. Pevensey Bay (where the
Conqueror disembarked his forces in 1066) is a shallow
indentation, measuring 5 miles across the entrance.
Pevensey Point is at its E. side ; Pevensey Shoal lies
off the Point. Pevensey gives title of viscount to the
Earl of Sheffield.—2. Pevensey, rape, Sussex, 229,742
ac., pop. 83,828 ; contains 18 hundreds and the Lowey
of Pevensey.

Pevensey, Lowey of, liberty (including also Petit
Iham, Liberty of the Sluice, and Seaford), Pevensey rape,
Sussex, wholly within the Cinque Port Liberty of Hast-
ings, 14,682 ac., pop. 3371.

Peverell Point, headland, Dorset, on S. side of
Swanage Bay, 8 miles SW. of Bournemouth.

Peverell’s Cross, ancient wayside cross, 5 miles NE.
of Bodmin, Cornwall.

Peveril Castle, ruined stronghold, in the Peak Dis-
trict of Derbyshire, overlooking Castleton; was built
by a son of the Conqueror, and is mentioned in Scott’s
Peveril of the Peak.

Pevington, hamlet, 2% miles NW. of Pluckley sta.,
Kent. See Pluckley.

Pewit.—islet, on NE. coast of Essex, 4 miles SAV.
of Harwich; is fully 1 mile long, and separated from
the mainland by a narrow strait.—2. Pewit, islet, in
Portsmouth Harbour, Hants, 2 miles SE. of Fareham.

Pewsdown, eminence of the Cotswolds, Gloucester-
shire, 4 miles NW. of Northleach.

Pewsey, small market town with ry. sta., AVilts, in
E. of co., on a headstream of river Avon, near Kennet
and Avon Canal, 7 miles by road and 11 miles by rail
S. of Marlborough, 4791 ac., pop. 1895; P.O., T.o., 2
Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Pewsey has an old
church, and is a seat of petty sessions. The trade is
mainly agricultural. The Vale of Pewsey separates
Marlborough Downs from Salisbury Plain, and is
flanked by slopes of chalk hills.

Pewsbam, par., Wilts, 1% mile SE. of Chippenham,
1314ac., pop. 367; the ancient royal forest of Pewsham
extended from Chippenham to Devizes.

PexhaU. See Henbury with Pexhall.

Peyton Hall, seat, 4 miles SAA”. of Hadleigh, Suffolk.

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