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Auld bill, hill, West Kilbride par., Ayrshire; has remains of a watch-tower.
Auldbonse.—hamlet with public school, in par. and 3 miles S. of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.—2. Auld- bouse, rivulet, E. Renfrewshire, flowing 5J miles NE. to the White Cart at Pollokshaws.
Auldinuir, extensive limeworks, Dairy par., Ayr- shire.
Auldna, coalfield, New Cumnock par., Ayrshire.
Anldnacbnirn, brook, joining the river Lossie at Dallas par., Elginshire.
Auld Wick ½astle, old fort, in par. and If mile SE. of Wick, Caithness-shire.
Auld Wives Lift, a famous cromlech, Baldernock par., SW. Stirlingshire, 3 miles SW. of Lennoxtown.
Aulieh, hamlet, Portingall par., Perthshire, on N. side of Loch Rannoch.
Aultbea, coast hamlet, NW. Ross-shire, on E. side of Loch Ewe, 5 miles NE. of Poolewe ; P.O.
Aultgrande, small river, E. Ross-shire, flowing from Loch Glass 7 miles SE. to the Cromarty Firth.
Aultguisb, stream, Inverness-shire, entering NW. side of Loch Ness.
Ault Hucknall, par., E. Derbyshire, 6^ miles SE. of Chesterfield, 4429 ac. (37 water), pop. 747.
Aultkollie, a deep and tortuous ravine, on the sea- board-of Loth par., Sutherlandshire.
Aultmore Burn, affluent of river Isla, Banffshire.
Aultnacaillich, place, in par. and 18 miles SE. of Durness, Sutherlandshire.
Aultnagealgach, place, on SW. border of Suther- landshire, 10 miles NW. of Oykel Bridge.
Aultnaharrie, ferry, on Loch Broom, Ross-shire.
Aultsigh, stream, Inverness-shire, entering NW. side of Loch Ness.
Aunby, hamlet, Castle Bytham par., S. Lincolnshire, 2 miles from Little Bytham ry. sta. and 5J miles SW. of Bourn, pop. 63; P.O.
Aunsby, par., S. Lincolnshire, miles SW. of Slea- ford, 1183 ac., pap. 138.
Auqubirie, seat, Dunottar par., Kincardineshire.
Ansdale, hamlet and rivulet, Latheron par., SE. Caithness-shire, 4 miles SW. of Berriedale.
Au skerry, one of the Orkney islands, forming part of Stronsay par., 2\ miles S. of Stronsay island, pop. 8; it affords slight pasturage for sheep and cattle.
Aust, tithing and vil., Henbury par., W. Gloucester- shire, 31? miles SW. of Thornbury, 978 ac. and 1155 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 181.
Austcrflcld, township, Blyth par., S. div. West- Riding Yorkshire, 1£ mile NE. of Bawtry, 2781 ac., pop. 351; it has remains of a Roman camp.
Austerland, vil., Saddleworth township, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 1\ mile E. of Oldham.
Austerson, township, Acton par., W. Cheshire, 1| mile S. of Nantwich, 950 ac., pop. 61.
Austborp, township, Whitkirk par., E. div. West- Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles E. of Leeds, 858 ac., pop. 313. Smeaton, the civil engineer, was born here in 1724.
Austbwaite, hamlet, Birker and Austhwaite town- ship, W. Cumberland, 6 miles NE. of Ravenglass.
Anstindyke, hamlet, Moulton par., Lincolnshire, 6J miles NE. of Crowland.
Austonley, township, Almondbury par., S. div. West- Riding Yorkshire, 6 miles SW. of Huddersfield, 3316 ac., pop. 1662.
Awstrey, par., N. Warwickshire, 6 miles NE. of Tamworth, 2097 ac., pop. 364; P.O.
Austwick, township and seat, Clapham par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4£ miles NW. of Settle, 7450 ac., pop. 473.
Autelets, The, detached groups of rocks, near Serk, island of Guernsey.
Authorpe, par. with ry. sta., mid. Lincolnshire, 7 miles SE. of Louth, 921 ac., pop. 159.
Avean, or Avaghon, lake, co. Monaghan, 3 miles W. of Bally train.
Avebury, or Abury, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 6 miles W. of Marlborough, 4544 ac., pop. 725; P.O. The vil. occupies the site of what is said to have been a Druidical temple, the remains of which form one of the most remarkable stone circles in England. In the neighbourhood are many cromlechs and other antiquities.
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