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Dawdon, township, Dalton-le-Dalepar., N. Durham, 64 miles SE. of Sunderland, 1089 ac. (108 water), pop. 7714. See Seaham Harbour.
Dawes Green, hamlet, on river Mole, 3 miles SAY. of Reigate, mid. Surrey.
Dawes Heatb, hamlet, Thundersley par., S. Essex, 4 miles SE. of Rayleigh.
Dawlck, ancient par., Peeblesshire, now divided between Drumelzier and Stobo.
Dawlck House, seat, £m. SW.of Stobo sta.,Peebles; the seat, from the 13th to the end of the 17th century, of the Yeitches, and since that time of the Naesmyths.
Hawley.—town and par., Shropshire, on Shrews- bury Canal, 4 miles SE. of Wellington and 161 miles NAY. of London, 2743 ac., pop. 9200; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has extensive ironworks and coal mines; con- tains Dawley Bank, hamlet with school; P.O.; and Dawlcy Parva, eccl. dist., pop. 2063; P.O., called Little Dawley.—2. Dawley, hamlet, Middlesex, 3 miles SE. of Uxbridge; in vicinity is Dawley Court.
Dawlish, town and par. with ry. sta., E. Devon, at mouth of river Dawlish, 3 m. NE. of Teignmoutli and 206 m. SW. of London—par. 5512 ac. (495 water), pop. 4519; town, pop. 3977; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 news- papers ; stands in a sheltered valley, between the mouths of the Teign and the Exe. From its beauti- ful situation and its genial climate D. has become one of the most popular seaside resorts in Devon.
Dawns Men, or Dancing Stones, stone circle, W. Cornwall, 6 miles SW. of Penzance.
Dawpool, school, Wirral dist., W. Cheshire.
Daws Hngo, cavern, coast of Cornwall, 3 miles NE. of Lizard Head.
Dawsholm, vil., Dumbartonshire. See Dalsholm.
Dawsongrove, seat, co. Monaghan; post-tn., Dartrey.
Daybrook, hamlet with ry. sta., in co. and 3 miles N. of Nottingham.
Daykllls, hamlet, Milwich and Sandon pars., W. Staffordshire, 54 miles SE. of Stone.
Daylcsford, par., E. Worcestershire, 1£ mile SE. of Addlestrop ry. sta., 653 ac., pop. 119; contains D. House.
Dayrell, par., Bucks. See Lillingstone-Dayrell.
Day well, hamlet, AYhittington par., N. Shropshire, 2 miles NE. of Oswestry.
Hazard, hamlet, W. coast of Cornwall, 14 mile NE. of St Gennys; in vicinity is Hazard Point, headland, on S. side of Widemouth Bay, 6 miles SAY. of Bude Haven ; alt. 550 ft.
Ddaw, river, Glamorgan ; rises near Llanhary, and flows 12 miles SE. past Cowbridge to Bristol Channel.
Dderw, seat, 3 m. NE. of Talgarth, Brecknockshire.
Dduallt, ry. sta., NW. Merioneth, 94 miles NE. of Portmadoc.
De Lank, hamlet and rivulet (tributary of river Camel), E. Cornwall, 6 miles N. of Bodmin.
Deacon Brook, hamlet, Cawthorne par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NW. of Barnsley.
Deacons Hill, eminence, near Edgware, Middlesex.
Dead Burn, rivulet, Peeblesshire; flows 3 miles SW. to Lyne AYater, 24 miles SE. of Linton.
Dead Loch, marshy pool, on Yarrow Water, Selkirk- shire; traditionally the burial-place of the slain in a local combat.
Dead m an gil l, rivulet and ravine, E. of Mouswald par., Dumfries; traditionally an ancient place of execution.
Headmans Bay, at ChesilBank, on coast of Dorset; was formerly the scene of numerous shipwrecks.
Deadmans Cross, hamlet, Hawnes par., in co. and 6 miles S. of Bedford.
Deadmans Green, hamlet, Checkley par., N. Staf- fordshire, 3 miles SE. of Cheadle.
Headmens Holm, alluvial land, Tarbolton par., Ayrshire, opposite the mouth of Bloody Burn; tradi- tionally the scene of a massacre.
Deadriggs, in par. and 1 mile N. of Eccles, Berwick- shire ; traditionally the scene of a battle.
Headwater, ry. sta., on the Border, 5| miles E. oi Riccarton junc.; is named from a neighbouring morass (Dead Water), in NE. of Castleton par., Roxburghshire.
Dead wen, vil., Whalley par., SE. Lancashire, 2 miles E. of Haslingden.
Heal, municipal borough, market town, seaport, aud par. with ry. sta., E. Kent, 4 miles SE. of Sandwich Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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