Barra, an island and par. in the Outer Hebrides,
Inverness-shire, the par. comprising several inhabited
and uninhabited islands, 22,212 ac., pop. 2161; the
island is 8 miles long by 5 miles broad; P.O.

Barracane Creek. See Barricane.

Barra Castle, seat and hill, 2 miles SW. of Old
Meldrum, Aberdeenshire.

Barracks, Tke, seat, on the W. shores of Loch
Rannoch, Perthshire.

Barragh, par., NE. co. Carlow, 10 miles E. of
Bagenalstown, 13,297 ac., pop. 1835.

Barra Head, prom., on the isl. of Bernera at S. extre-
mity of Barra isls., Inverness-sh. A lighthouse (inter-
mittent light seen 33 m.) stands 683 ft. above high water.

Barra Eougb, co. Donegal, 6 m. AY. of Letterkenny.

Barras, sta. on branch of North-Eastern Ry., West-
morland, between Bowes and Kirkby Stephen.

Barras, N. suburb of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire.

Barrasford, township with ry. sta., Chollerton par.,
S. Northumberland, 7 miles NAY. of Hexham ; P.O.

Barraway, or Barway, hamlet, Soham par., E.
Cambridgeshire, 3 miles SE. of Ely.

Barrelis Park, near Henley-in-Arden, Warwicksh.

Barrels Bocks.—in Courtmacsherry Bay, S. co.
Cork.—2. Barrels Rocks, in St George’s Channel,
SE. co. Wexford, 4 miles SAY. of Carnsore Point; has
a lighthouse with flashing light seen 10 miles.

Barrett Ringstead. See Hunstanton with Barrett
Ringstead.

Barretts, bar., mid. co. Cork, 31,761 ac., pop. 4252.

Barrcttsgrange, par., SE. co. Tipperary, 2 miles W.
of Fethard, 1051 ac., pop. 151.

Barrettstown, seat, mid. co. Kildare, 3 miles NE. of
Newbridge.

Barrettstown Castle, seat, E. co. Kildare; post-town,
Ballymore Eustace.

Barr, Great, township and vil., Aldridge par., E.
Staffordshire, 2 miles SE. of AYallsall, pop. of township
1127; contains the seat of Barr HaU and the emi-
nence of Barr Beacon (653 ft. high).

Barrhead, q.s. par. and manufacturing tn., E. Ren-
frewsh., on r. Levern, 7 m. SW. of Glasgow by rail—
q.s. par., pop. 6728; tn., pop. 7495; in vicinity is the
farm of Moorhouse, the birthplace of Robert Pollok
(1799-1827), author of “ The Course of Time;” P.O., T.O.,
2 Banks, 1 newspaper.

BarrhiU, district and vil. with ry. sta., Colmonell
par., S. Ayrshire, on river Dusk, 12J? miles S. of Girvan
by rail, pop. of dist. 1059; P.O., 1 Bank.

Barricane, creek, on N. coast of Devon, 4\ miles SW.
of Ilfracombe.

Barrlgone, 3Jm. W. of Askeaton,W. co. Limerick; P.O.

Barrington.—par., in co. and 6 m. SW. of Cambridge,
2129 ac., pop. 622; P.O.—2. Barrington, par. and seat,
AY. Somerset, 3 m. NE. of Ilminster, 1656 ac., pop. 418.

3.—Barrington, Great, par. ,E. Gloucestershire, 4miles
E. of Northleach, 2997 ac., pop. 453 ; P.O. ; contains B.
Grove and B. Park.—4. Barrington Hall, seat, W.
Essex; post-town, Harlow.—5. Barrington Hill,
hamlet, W. Somerset, 3| miles NE. of Ilminster.—
G. Barrington, Little, par., E. Gloucestershire, 6J
miles SE. of Northleach, 1260 ac., pop. 154.

Barrington Quay Lighthouse, on N. side of
channel 3J? miles below Limerick; has fixed light
seen 4 miles.

Barrington’s Bridge, in co. and 6 miles E. of
Limerick; P.O.

Barrisdale House, seat, Glenelg par., Inverness-
shire, 31 miles AY. by S. of Fort-Augustus.

Barr mill, vil. with ry. sta., Beith par., N. Ayr-
shire, pop. 279.

Barrochan. See Barochan.

Barroek, hamlet, Bower par., Caithness-shire, 11 m.
NAY. of AYick; P.O. B. House, seat, is in the vicinity.

Barroek Park, seat, 6 miles SE. of Carlisle, E.
Cumberland.

Barr of Inch, also called Mintiaghs: which see.

Barrogill Castle, seat, Canisbaypar., NE. Caithness-
shire, 16 miles NE. of Thurso.

Barron’s Park, hamlet, Desford par., mid. Leicester-
shire, 6 miles NE. of Market Bosworth.

Barronstown, par., NAY. co. Louth, 3 miles SW. of
Dundalk, 2208 ac., pop. 480.

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

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