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pop. 830; contains the seat of Allerton Tower.—
2. Allerton, township andry. sta., N. div. West-Riding
Yorksh., 3½m. NW. of Bradford, 1849ac., pop. 3685; P.O.
—3. Allerton, ry. sta. on Knaresborough Ry., E. div.
West-Riding Yorksh., 4½ miles NE. of Knaresborough.

Allerton Bywatcr, township and eccl. dist. (A. B. St
Mary the Less), S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles
NAY. of Pontefract, 945 ac., pop. 1565 ; eccl. dist., pop.
2489; P.O.

Allerton Chapel, township and eccl. dist., West-
Riding Yorkshire, 2½ miles N. of Leeds, 2811 ac., pop.
4324; eccl. dist., pop. 2521.

Allerton-Gledhcw, hamlet, Allerton Chapel par.,
AVest-Riding Yorkshire.

Allerton-Manlevcrer, par., township, and seat, E.
div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire, 11 miles NE. of York—
par., 2697 ac., pop. 273; township (A.-M. with Hop-
perton), 2281 ac., pop. 258.

Allerton Moor, eccl. dist., E. div. AYest-Riding
Yorkshire, near Leeds, pop. 1371.

Allertonsliirc, wapentake, North-Riding Yorkshire,
51,658 ac.,pop. 9954; contains 8 pars, and 5 parts of pars.

Allesiey, par. with seat, N. AYarwickshire, 2 miles
NAY of Coventry, 4225 ac., pop. 968 ; P.O.

Allestree, par. and seat, in co. and 2 miles N. of
Derby, 990 ac., pop. 586 ; P.O.

Allhallows.—par., E. Berks, 859 ac. (20 water), pop.
167.—2. Allhallows, AV. Cumberland, on river Ellen,
7 miles SAAL of AVigton, 1692 ac., pop. 736.—3. All-
hallows, par., mid. Kent, on Thames estuary, 8 miles
NE. of Rochester, 2407 ac. and 3045 tidal water and
foreshore, pop. 313.

Alligin.—hamlet with pier, AY. Ross-shire, 4 miles
AY. of Torridon.—2. Ben. See Ben Alligin.

Allihies, vil., Kilnamanagli par., co. Cork, 7 miles
SW. of Castletown-Berehaven ; P.O., T.O. There is a
copper mine in the vicinity.

Allingham Hall, seat, Shropshire, 4 miles SE. of
Shrewsbury.

Allington.—par., SW. Dorset, on river Brit, ½ mile
N. of Bridport, 594 ac., pop. 1709.—2. Allington,
tithing, S. Stoneham par., S. Hants, 5¼ miles NE. of
Southampton.—3. Allington, par., mid. Kent, on river
Medway, 1¼ m. NAY. of Maidstone, 608ac., pop. 147; was
the birthplace of Sir Thomas AVyatt, the poet (1503-1542).
—4. Allington, West, par., S. AYilts, on affluent of r.
Avon, 3½ miles SE. of Amesbury, 957 ac., pop. 84.—
5. Allington, tithing, N. AYilts, in par. and 2 miles
NAY. of Chippenham.—S. Allington, tithing, Alcan-
nings par., N. AYilts, 4 m. NE. of Devizes, pop. 137.—

7. Allington, township, Gresford par., Denbighshire,
3 miles N. of Wrexham, 3617 ac. (62 water), pop. 824.—

8. Allington, East and West, 2 pars, and hamlet, S.
Devon, 8 miles SAV. of Totnes, 3646 ac., pop. 516 ; and
4110 ac., pop. 854.—9. Allington, East and West, par.,
S. Lincolnsh., 4 m. NW. of Grantham, 2070 ac., pop. 331.

Allitliwaite, Lower and Lpper, 2 townships and eccl.
dist. (St Mary), N. Lancash.—L.A., 3211 ac. and 4569
ac. foreshore, pop. 975; U.A., 2682 ac., pop. 713 ; eccl.
dist., pop. 577 ; P.O. At low water a road crosses More-
cambe Bay to Bolton-le-Sands.

Allnach, rivulet, in Inverness-shire and Banffshire,
flowing 13 m. NE. to the Aven, 1 mile S. of Tomintoul.

Alloa, par. and seaport and chief town of Clackman-
nansh., on N. bank of river Forth, 6½ m. E. of Stirling by
rail, 5502 ac., pop. 11,638 ; town, pop. 8822; 5 Banks,
3 newspapers. Market-days,
Wednesday and Satur-
day.
Has a good harb., wet and dry dock; there are
breweries and distilleries, and the mfr. of glass,
woollens, machinery, and pottery, is carried on ; while
in the vicinity are extensive coal-pits. (For shipping
statistics, see Appendix.) Adjacent to the town are
Alloa House (seat of Earl of Mar and Kellie) and the
remains of ancient mansion of Earls of Mar.

Alloa Inch, isl., r. Forth, Alloa par., Clackmannansh.

Alloa, South, hamlet, Airth par., Stirlingshire, on
river Forth, 6 miles SE. of Stirling.

Allonby, ecclesiastical district and seaport vil., West
Newton and Allonby township, Bromfield par., Cum-
berland, on Allonby Bay, 6 miles NE. of Maryport,
pop. 542; P.O. It is a sea-bathing resort, and was
the birthplace of Joseph Huddart, the hydrographer
(1741-1816).

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

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