Viney Hill, eccl. dist., Awre, East Dean, and AYest
Dean pars., Gloucestershire, near Newnham, pop. 1688.

Vineyard, The, par., in co. and bor. of Hereford, pop. 8.

Vinny Water, affluent of Lunan Water, at Friock-
heim, Forfarshire.

Vinters, seat, in E. vicinity of Maidstone, Kent.

Virginia, small market town, Lurgan par., S. co.
Cavan, on Lough Ramor, 5| miles NW. of Virginia
Road ry. sta. and 6 miles NE. of Oldcastle, pop. 663;
P.O., T.o., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. The
Marquis of Headfort is the proprietor of the town;
his seat (The Lodge) is adjacent.

Virginia Boad, ry. sta., near NAY. border of co.
Meath, 54 miles SE. of Virginia.

Virginia Water, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Egham
par., Surrey, 2| miles NW. of Chertsey and 23 SAV. of
London, pop. 1101. Virginia AYater, lake, lg mile W.
of sta., lies in the S. of Windsor Great Park, and is
partly in Berks ; it was formed by the Duke of Cumber-
land, the victor at Culloden, and is the largest artificial
sheet of water in England, measuring 2f miles by f to
g mile; among its attractions are the ruins from Corinth
and Carthage, the Belvidere Fort, the Fishing Temple,
and the miniature Adelaide frigate.

Vlrglnstow, par., Devon, 7 miles NE. of Launces-
ton and 7 SE. of Holsworthy, 1274 ac., pop. 121.

Virkic, hamlet, in par. and 2g miles S. of Dunross-
ness, Shetland; P.O.

Virlcy (or Virley Salcott), par., Essex, on a creek of
the Blackwater, 7 m. NE. of Maldon, 640 ac., pop. 86.

Virtuous Lady Lead Mine, 3 miles S. of Tavistock,
Devon.

Vitifer Tin Mine, Dartmoor, Devon, 6 miles SW. of
Moreton Hampstead.

Vixen Tor, Dartmoor, Devon, 3g miles E. of Tavi-
stock ; is one of the most curiously shaped on the moor.

Vobster, eccl. dist., Mells par., Somerset, 5 miles AY.
of Frome, pop. 290.

Voe, hamlet, Delting par., Shetland, at head of Olna
Firth, 16 miles NW. of Lerwick; P.O., T.O.

Voeias, seat, Pentrevoelas par., Denbighshire, 5
miles SE. of Bettws-y-Coed.

Vogher Lough, bar. Iveragh, SAA⁷. co. Kerry. _

Vogrie, seat, Borthwick par., Edinburghshire, on
Tyne Water, 5 miles SE. of Dalkeith.

Voil, Loch, Balquhidder par., Perthshire, 3f miles
W. of Lochearnhead ry. sta.; is an expansion of river
Balvag, and is 3J miles long.

Volegastell, vil., Llanarthney par., Carmarthen-
shire, 74 miles SW. of Llandilo.

Vorlan, township, Maenclochog par., Pembroke-
shire, 8g miles NW. of Narberth, pop. 30.

Vortigern’s Valley, deep, gloomy glen, Lleyn penin-
sula, Carnarvonshire, 3g miles NE. of Nevin ; is a level
tract, bounded by the rocky declivities of The Rivals,
and open on one side to the sea; owes its name to the
tradition that it was chosen as the retreat of the un-
fortunate British king Yortigern.

Vowchurch, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Hereford-
shire, 44 miles SE. of Dorstone and 6 N W. of Pontrilas,
2690 ac., pop. 325 ; P.O.; there is an ancient camp.

Vro. — hamlet, Llanthetty par., Brecknockshire;
contains Talybont.—2. Vro, hamlet, Llanfihangel-ar-
Arth par., Carmarthenshire, 9g miles SW. of Lampeter.

Vron, 4 miles from Llangollen, Denbighshire ; P.O.

Vyne, The, seat, Hants. See Vine, The.

Vyrnwy, river, Montgomeryshire, and border of
Montgomeryshire and Shropshire ; rises on the Berwyn
Mountains, and flows 35 miles E. to the Severn at
Melverley, 8g miles NE. of AVelshpool.

Waherthwaite, par. and vil., Cumberland—par.,
1771 ac. and 59 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 194;
vil., on river South Esk, 14 m. SE. of Ravenglass ; P.O.

Wahyhouse, liberty, Dorset, 1785 ac., pop. 729; is
conterminous with Upway par.

Wackerlield, Durham. See Walkerfield.

Wacton.—par., Herefordshire, in NE. of co., 34 miles
NW. of Bromyard, 1002 ac., pop. 102.—2. Wacton,
par., Norfolk, lg mile SW. of Long Stratton, 1044 ac.,
pop. 233; consists of 2 former pars.—viz., AA⁷acton
Magna, and AVacton Parva.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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