seat of Ewell Castle. — 2. Ewell, par. and vil., E.
Kent, 3 miles NW. of Dover, 1602 ac., pop. 570 ; P.O.

Ewelme. — hundred, SE. Oxfordshire, 25,096 ac.,
pop. 5793; contains 13 pars, and parts of 2 others.—
2. Ewelme, par. and vil., SE. Oxfordshire, 3 miles
NE. of Wallingford, 2495 ac., pop. 602; P.O.

Ewcn, hamlet, Kemble par., N. AYilts, on border of
co., 3 miles SW. of Cirencester.

Ewenny.—par. and vil., S. Glamorgan, 2 miles SE.
of Bridgend, 2059 ac., pop. 291; P.O.; contains the
ruins of Ewenny Priory (1146).—2. Ewenny, river,
S. Glamorgan; rises near Llandyfodwg, and flows 14
miles SAY. to the Ogwr 24 miles below Bridgend.

Ewer Common, tract in Alverstoke liberty, S. Hants,
near Gosport.

Ewerby, par., S. Lincolnshire, 34 miles NE. of Slea-
ford, 2520 ac., pop. 451; P.O.; contains the hamlet of
Ewerby-Thorpe.

Ewes, pastoral par., E. Dumfriesshire, 24,941 ac.,
pop. 337; the church stands on Ewes Water, 4 miles
N. of Langholm.

Ewes Water.—rivulet, E. Dumfriesshire; is formed
by two headstreams, 24 miles SW. of Mosspanl Inn,
and flows SAY. through Ewesdale to the Esk at Lang-
holm ; is 8 miles long, and is a good trouting stream.—

2. Ewes Water, headstream of Lugate AYater, Stow
par., SE. Edinburghshire.

Ewesdale, valley of Ewes Water, Dumfriesshire.

Ewesley, township and ry. sta., Nether AYitton
par., N. Northumberland, on river Pont, 7 miles S.
of Rothbury, 946 ac., pop. 19.

Ewhnrst.—par., N. Hants, 3 miles SE. of Kings-
clere, 477 ac., pop. 34; contains Ewhnrst House.—2.
Ewhurst, par. and vil., E. Sussex, 64 miles NE. of
Battle, 5846 ac., pop. 1095; P.O.-—3. Ewhnrst, par.
and vil., AY. Surrey, 8 miles SW. of Dorking, 5534
ac., pop. 892; P.O., T.o.

Ewloe Town and Ewloe Wood, 2 hamlets, in par.
and 14 mile NW. of Hawarden, Flintshire; adjacent
are the ruins of Ewloe Castle.

Kwood Bridge, ry. sta. and school, 64 miles N. of
Bury, SE. Lancashire.

Ewood nouse, seat of the Duke of Norfolk, 4 miles
SE. of Dorking, mid. Surrey.

Ewshott, hamlet with school, Crondall par., N.
Hants, 34 miles NE. of Odiham; in vicinity is Ewshott
House. See Crookham cum Ewshott.

Ewyas Harold, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Pontrilas), in
co. and 114 m. SW. of Hereford, 1838 ac., pop. 543; P.O.

Ewyas Lacy, hundred, SW. Herefordshire, 33,381
ac., pop. 2680; contains 7 pars, and part of another.

Exbonrne, par. and vil., S. Devon, 4| miles SE. of
Hatherleigh, 2121 ac., pop. 376; P.O.

Exbridge, hamlet, on river Exe, N. Devon, 2 miles
SE. of Dulverton ; P.O.

Exbury, par., S. Hants, 74 miles NE. of Lymington,
2122 ac. and 480 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 344;
P.O. ; contains Exbury House.

Exe, river, Somerset and Devon; rises in Exmoor,
AY. Somerset, and flows SE. and S. through Devon,
past Tiverton and Exeter, to the English Channel; is
55 miles long, and has a navigable estuary.

Exe, Nether, par., N. Devon, on river Exe, 54 miles
NE. of Exeter, 450 ac., pop. 70.

Exelby, Leeming, and Newton, township, Bur-
neston par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles SE. of
Bedale, 2439 ac., pop. 690.

Exeleigh, seat, E. Devon; post-town, Starcross,
near Exeter.

Exeter, co. town of Devon, pari, and mun. bor.,
river-port, city, and co. of itself, locally in E. Devon,
on the Exe, 10 miles by rail NAY. of Exmouth at the
outfall of the river, and 171 miles by rail SW. of Lon-
don—pari, bor., 3622 ac., pop. 47,154; mun. bor., 1867
ac., pop. 37,655; 5 Banks, 6 newspapers. Market-days,
Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. Exeter was the Caer
Isc of the Britons, the Jsca Damnoniorum of the
Romans, and a seat of the West Saxon kings. It was
surrounded with walls by Athelstan, and made an
episcopal see (1050) by Edward the Confessor. The
chief fortified town in the West, Exeter underwent,
from the times of the Northmen to those of the Civil
AYars, numerous sieges. It is still the principal place in

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