Derval, vil., Ayrshire. See Darvel.

Dervock, vil. with ry. sta., 44 miles N. of Bally-
money, N. co. Antrim, pop. 302; P.O.

Derwen, par. and ry. sta., on S. border of Denbigh-
shire, 5 miles NW. of Corwen, 3554 ac., pop. 535 ; P.O.

Derwent.—township and hamlet, Hathersage par.,
N. Derbyshire, on r. Derwent, 5 m. NE. of Castleton, 3533
ac., pop. 187; P.O.; contains D. Hall.—2. Derwent, river,
AY. Cumberland; rises in the neighbourhood of Bow Fell
and Sea Fell, and flows N. to Derwent Water, thence
NW. to Bassenthwaite Water, thence W. to Solway
Firth at Workington ; is 33 miles long.—3. Derwent,
river, N. Derbyshire ; rises on High Peak, on N. bor-
der of co., and flows S. and SE. past Derby to the Trent
near Sawley on border of Leicestershire ; is 60 miles
long.—4. Derwent, river, Northumberland and Dur-
ham ; rises near Allenheads, on S. border of Northum-
berland, and flows NE. to the Tyne at Derwent Haugh, 3
miles W. of Gateshead; is 30 miles long.—5. Derwent,
river, Yorkshire; rises on Sleights Moor, North-Riding, 6
miles S. of Whitby, and flows S. to the Ouse at Barmby-
on-the-Marsh; is 57 miles long, and is navigable to
Malton.—6. Derwent, wapentake, East-Riding York-
shire See Ouse and Derwent.

Derwent Edge, eminence, N. Derbyshire, 4 miles
NE. of Castleton.

Derwent Haugh, hamlet, at mouth of river Derwent,
3 miles W. of Gateshead, N. Durham.

Derwent Hill and Derwent Lodge, 2 seats, near
Keswick, W. Cumberland.

Derwent Paper Mill, at AYorkington, Cumberland.

Derwent AVater, lake, AY. Cumberland, in basin of
river Derwent, near Keswick; 3 miles long, 1£ mile
broad, 72 ft. deep, and 228 ft. above sea-level; contains
several richly-wooded islands, and abounds with perch,
trout, pike, and eel; on the AY. side of the lake is a
wood-fringed recess called Derwent Bay.

Derwent AVoodlands, eccl. dist., Hathersage and
Hope pars., N. Derbyshire, pop. 396.

Derwydd, hamlet with ry. sta. (Derwydd Road),
Llandebie par., Carmarthen, 4 m. SE. of Llandilofawr.

Bcsart, seat, in co. and 6 miles SAY. of Kilkenny.

Desborough.—hundred (one of the Chiltern Hun-
dreds), S. Bucks, 51,976 ac., pop. 19,199; contains 15
pars, and parts of 2 others.—2. Desborough, par. and
vil. with ry. sta., N. Northamptonshire, 5£ miles SE.
of Market Harborough, 2410 ac., pop. 2060; P.O.

Desert.¹—par., S. co. Cork, near Clonakilty, 724
ac., pop. 309.—2. Desert, ry. sta., 7 miles AY. of
Bandon, co. Cork.

Desertercat, par., E. co. Tyrone, 3 miles SW. of
Cookstown, 14,398 ac., pop. 4058.

Desertegny, par., N. co. Donegal, 4 miles NW. of
Buncrana, 7580 ac., pop. 1356.

Desertlyn, par., SE. co. Londonderry, containing
part of Moneymore, 5561 ac., pop. 1617.

Dcsertniai'tin, par. and vil. with ry. sta., SE. co.
Londonderry, 24 miles AY. of Magherafelt ry. sta.—
par., 9579 ac., pop. 3030; P.O.

Desertinorc, par., in co. and 8 miles SW. of Cork,
3943 ac., pop. 586.

Dcsertoglilll, par., E. co. Londonderry, containing
Garvagh, 14,466 ac., pop. 2887.

Dcsertserges, par., S. co. Cork, on river Bandon,
5 miles W. of Bandon, 15,728 ac., pop. 2659 ; P.O.

Desford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 8 miles
SW. of Leicester, 3830 ac., pop. 900; P.O.

Desbar, school, Duthil par., Inverness-shire.

Deskford, par., N. Banffshire, 8155 ac., pop. 849;
contains Kirktown of Deskford, vil., on D. Burn, 4
miles S. of Cullen; P.O., called Deskford; the pro-
perty of the Earls of Findlater and Seafield, whose
ancient family seat was Deskford Tower, now de-
molished ; Deskford Burn flows 74 miles N. to Moray
Firth at Cullen Bay.

Dcskry AVater, rivulet, SW. Aberdeenshire; flows
10 miles N. to the Don 4 mile E. of Castle Newe.

Desmond, ancient district, South Munster; it com-
prised cos. Cork and Kerry.

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1

The Celtic Desert, Disert, Dysart, Dysert, is from the
(ecclesiastical) Latin Desertum, signifying “a religious soli-
tude,” “ a hermitage.”