Arlesey, par., vil., and seat, with ry. sta., E. Bedford-
shire, 4 m. SE.of Shefford, 2370ac., pop. 1908; P.O., T.o.

Arless, vil., Killaban par., SE. Queen’s co., 6| miles
N. of Carlow ry. sta., pop. 81.

Arleston, hamlet, N. Shropshire, near Wellington.

Arlcston and Sinfin, township, Barrow-upon-Trent
par., S. Derbyshire, 3£ miles SE. of Derby, pop. 55.

Arley.—par. with ry. sta., N. Warwickshire, 6 miles
SW. of Nuneaton, 1929 ac., pop.207.—2. Arlcy, locality
and seat, Great Budworth par., Cheshire, 4J miles NE.
of Northwich; P.O.—3. Arley, sta. on Severn Valley
Ry., W. Staffordshire, 4J miles N. of Bewdley. Arley
Castle is in the vicinity.

Arley, seat, co. Cavan, near Mount Nugent.

Arley, Upper, par. with ry. sta., W. Staffordshire,
4J miles NW. of Bewdley, 3912 ac., pop. 731; P.O.
It contains the seat of Arley Dali.

Arlingham, par., E. Gloucestersh., on left bank and
within a fold of river Severn, 8 m. NW. of Stonehouse,
2459 ac. and 738 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 626; P.O.

Arlington.—par. and seat, N. Devon, 6 m. NE. of
Barnstaple, 2535 ac., pop. 231; P.O.—2. Arlington,
tithing, Bibury par., E. Gloucestershire, 4 miles NW.
of Fairford.—3. Arlington, par., E. Sussex, on river
Cuckmere, 4 miles SW. of Hailsham, 531 ac. (41 water),
pop. 585; P.O.

Armadale.—town, in par. and 2.j miles W. by S. of
Bathgate, mid. W. Linlithgowshire, pop. 2642; P.O.,T.O.;
has important chemical and paraffin works.—2. Arma-
dale, fishing vil., bay, and stream, NE. Sutherlandshire,
23 miles W. of Thurso; P.O. The stream flows 5 miles
NE. to the head of the bay.

Armadale Castle, seaf of Lord Macdonald, Sleat
par., Skye, Inverness-shire.

Armagh.—an inland co., prov. Ulster, bounded N,
by co. Tyrone and Lough Neagh, E. by co. Down, S. by
Louth, and W. by cos. Monaghan and Tyrone. Greatest
length N. and S., 32 miles; greatest breadth E. and W.,
20 miles. Area, 328,086 ac. (311,048 ac. land and 17,038
water). Pop. 163,177, of whom 75,709 were Roman
Catholics, 53,390 Protestant Episcopalians, 26,077 Pres-
byterians, and 4884 Methodists. The surface rises with
gentle undulations from the shores of Lough Neagh to
the hilly dists. of the S. and SE. ; chief summit Slieve
Gullion, 1893 ft. The rivers are the Bann, Blackwater,
Callan, and Newry. The soil is generally fertile, and
there is much bog. (For agricultural statistics, see
Appendix.) Linen is the staple mfr.; there is also cotton.
The co. comprises 8 bars., 28 pars, and parts of pars.,
part of the pari. bor. of Newry, the city of Armagh, and
the towns of Lurgan, Portadown, and Tanderagee. For
parliamentarypurposes it isdivided into3divisions, viz.,
North, Mid, and South, 1 member for each division.—2.
Armagh, ancient city, pari, burgh, co. town of Armagh,
and eccl. metropolis of Ireland, situated on a hill near
the river Callan, 33 miles SW. of Belfast and 80 miles
N. by W. of Dublin by rail, 1092 ac., pop. 10,070;
6 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Tuesday and
Saturday. The Cathedral, built in 1765, on sup-
posed site of St Patrick’s Church, was greatly im-
proved and renovated by Archbishops Robinson and
Beresford. The Palace of the Archbishop, the R.C.
Cathedral, and the College, are the other principal
buildings; there are also barracks for 200 men. The bor.
returned 1 member until 1885. The dioc. of Armagh
comprises nearly all the cos. of Armagh and Louth,
with portions of cos. Tyrone, Londonderry, and Meath.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Armagh is distributed
into 51 pars., 2 of these, Armagh and Drogheda, being
bishops’ pars.

Armatliwaite, vil. with ry. sta., Hesket-m-the-
Forest par., E. Cumberland, 10 miles N. of Penrith,
on river Eden; P.O., T.O. Armatliwaite Castle is
now the property of the Earl of Lonsdale.

Armatliwaite Hall, seat, W. Cumberland, 5J miles
ENE. of Cockermouth.

Armlbotli Fells, a hill range, W. Cumberland, over-
hanging the W. side of Thirlmere, 5 m. SE. of Keswick.

Armin, township, Snaith par., E. div. AYest-Riding
Yorkshire, at confluence of rivers Aire and Ouse, 1J mile
NW. of Goole, 3560 ac. (147 water), pop. 493.

Armlngford, hundred, SW. Cambridgeshire, 29,287
ac., pop. 9855.

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

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