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DunfieM, hamlet, Kempsford par., E. Gloucester- shire, 2 miles S. of Fairford.
Dunlicrtli, par., N. co. Kildare, 6 miles W. of Kil- cock, 5553 ac., pop. 490.
Dunfillan, near St Fillans, Loch Earn, Perth, 600 ft.
Dnnford Bridge, hamlet with ry. sta., 4J miles AV. of Penistone, S. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire; P.O.
Dnnford House, seat, 1 mile S. of Midhurst, AV. Sussex; was at one time the residence of Richard Cobden (1804-1865), of Corn-Law League fame.
Dungannon, market town with ry. sta., Drumglass par., E. co. Tyrone, 40 miles by rail AV. of Belfast and 103 NW. of Dublin, near Lough Neagh, 230 ac., pop. 4084; P.O., 'P.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Monday and Thursday; a well-built and flourishing town, with important trade in grain, flax, and provisions; also mfrs. of linen, muslin, leather, and earthenware. Coal is worked in the neighbourhood. D. returned 1 member to Pari, until 1885. Dungannon Park is the seat of the Earl of Ranfurly.
Dungannon, Lower, Middle, and Upper, 3 bars., E. co. Tyrone—L. D., 42,795 ac., pop. 11,353; M. D., 87,770 ac., pop. 30,633; U. D., 85,996 ac., pop. 26,512.
Dnnganstown, par. in co. and 3 miles SAV, of Wicklow, 14,287 ac., pop. 1612.
Dungarvan.—mrkt. town, seaport, par., and town- ship, S. co. AVaterford, on river Colligan and Dungarvan Harbour, 29 miles SW. of AVaterford and 141 miles SAV. of Dublin by rail—par., 9413 ac., pop. 7145 ; township (partly also in Kilrush par.), 1357 ac., pop. 6306 ; 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. The town owes much of its prosperity to the Duke of Devonshire, the lord of the manor. Its trade depends almost entirely on agricultural produce ; grain, cattle, and provisions are exported. At N. point of entrance to harb. is a lighthouse, with fixed light seen 10 miles. D. returned 1 member to Pari, until 1885.—
2. Dungarvan, par. and vil., E. co. Kilkenny, 3 miles S. of Gowran—par., 5881 ac.,pop. 837; vil.,pop. 96; P.O.
Dungavel.—shooting-lodge and hill (1502 ft.), 6 miles S. of Strathaven, Lanarkshire.—2. Dnngavcl, hill, in co. and 9 miles SE. of Lanark, alt. 1675 ft.
Bunge Marsh, tract, near Dunge Ness, Kent.
Dungc Ness, low headland on S. coast of Kent, 10J? miles SE. of Rye; £ mile from high-water mark is a lighthouse, with fixed light (Dungeness) seen 15 miles.
Dnngencss, ry. sta., at Dunge Ness, E. Kent, 3 miles SE. of Lydd.
Dungeon, loch, Kells par., W. Kirkcudbrightshire.
Dungeon, Dry, Bound, and Long Lochs of the,
series of small lochs, in N. of Minnigaff par., W. Kirk- cudbrightshire ; they abound in small trout.
Dungeon Gill Force, stream, Westmorland; rises among the Langdale Pikes and flows SE. through Great Langdale, making a fall of 90 ft., into Elter AVater.
Dungeon Hill, eminence with ancient camp, Dorset, 6 miles SAV. of Sherborne.
Dungiven, market town and par. with ry. sta., mid. co. Londonderry, on river Roe, 9 miles S. of Limavady —par., 29,298 ac., pop. 3712; town, pop. 761; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday; remains of an abbey are in the vicinity.
Dunglass.—promontory, on the Clyde, in co. and 2J miles E. of Dumbarton; is crowned with ruins of an ancient castle of the Colquhouns of Luss, and an obelisk to the memory of Henry Bell (1767-1830), who intro- duced steam navigation into Britain.—2. Dunglass, seat, on site of a castle of the Earls of Home, SE. Had- dingtonshire, lb mile NW. of Cockburnspath; Dun- glass Dean, a deep wooded ravine, traversed by Dun- glass Burn, extends 4b miles NE. to the sea, along border of Haddington and Berwick.
Dungleddy, hundred, mid. Pembrokeshire, 47,942 ac., pop. 5700; contains 15 pars., and parts of 6 others. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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