Ey Burn, affluent of river Dee, Crathie and Braemar
par., SW. Aberdeenshire, at Inverey.

Eyain, par., township, and vil., N. Derbyshire, in
Eyam Dale, 5 miles N. of Bakewell—par., 4541 ac.,
pop. 1498; township, 2404 ac., pop. 1038; P.O., T.o.;
on Eyam Edge is a barrow upwards of 100 ft. in dia-
meter, and on Eyam Moor is a Druidical circle.

Eyarth, hamlet with ry. sta., in co. and 8 miles SE.
of Denbigh.

Eydon, par., S. Northamptonshire, 9 miles SAV. of
Daventry, 1620 ac., pop. 449; P.O.; contains E. Hall.

Eye.—municipal borough, market town, and par.
with ry. sta., AV". Suffolk, 19 miles N. of Ipswich and
94 miles NE. of London by rail, on an affluent of the
river AVaveney, 4100 ac., pop. 2296; P.O., T.O., 2
Banks. Market-day, Monday. Eye was the seat of a
Norman castle, and of a monastery dedicated to St
Peter. Before the introduction of machinery, con-
siderable quantities of pillow-lace were made at Eye.
Eye returned 2 members to Parliament till 1832, and 1
member till 1885.—2. Eye, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Ber-
rington and Eye), N. Herefordshire, 3 miles N. of
Leominster, 4307 ac., pop. 704; the par. contains the
township of Eye, Moreton, and A slit on, pop. 279.—
3, Eye, par. with ry. sta. (Eye Green), N. North-
amptonshire, 2670 ac., pop. 1305; P.O.—4. Eye, stream,
Leicestershire; rises near Saltby, on E. border of co.,
and flows SE. to the AYreak near Melton Mowbray.—
5. Eye, stream, Leicestershire ; flows 11 miles SE. along
border of Rutland to the AVelland.

Eye (or North-Eastern) Division, pari. div. of
Suffolk, pop. 54,771.

Eye (or Knock or Hie), quoad sacra par., Stornoway
par., Lewis island, pop. 2990.

Eye Green, ry. sta., 3| miles NE. of Peterborough,
N. Northamptonshire. See Eye.

Eye Hill, eminence with Danish camp, E. Suffolk,
near Southwold.

Eye AVater; rises on Monynut Edge, SE. Hadding-
tonshire, and flows SE. and NE. across the N. of
Berwickshire to the sea at Eyemouth; is 20 miles long,
and abounds in trout.

Eye and Dunsden, township, Sonning par., Oxford-
shire, 5 miles SW. of Henley-upon-Thames, 3151 ac.
(42 water), pop. 863.

Eyebroughty (or Ibris), islet, Dirleton par., Had-
dingtonshire, in Firth of Forth, 3g miles NW. of
North Berwick.

Eycmore, hamlet, in par. and near Kidderminster,
W. Worcestershire.

Eyemouth, coast town and par., NE. Berwickshire,
on Eyemouth Bay, at mouth of Eye Water, 21? miles
NW. of Burnmouth sta., 8 NW. of Berwick upon
Tweed, and 54J SE. of Edinburgh—par., 1004 ac., pop.
2935 ; town, pop. 2825 ; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Eyemouth
was a flourishing port in the reign of Alexander II.
(1214-1249). In the 18th century it was a noted seat of
the smugglers. It is now the headquarters of a large
fishery district extending from St Abb’s Head in Ber-
wickshire to Amble in Northumberland. A new har-
bour was opened in 1886.

Eyeries, vil., Kilcathrine par., W. co. Cork, 5 miles
NW. of Castletown Bearhaven, pop. 150; P.O.

Eyford, par., E. Gloucestershire, 2| miles SW. of
Stow-on-the-AVold, 1380 ac., pop. 56; contains E. Park.

Eyborne, hundred, partly in upper div. of Scray
lathe, E. Kent, but chiefly in Aylesford lathe, mid.
Kent, 46,528 ac., pop. 14,435; contains 24 pars.

Eyke, par. and vil., E. Suffolk, 3 miles NE. of
Woodbridge, 2749 ac., pop. 380; P.O.

Eynesbury, par. and seat, S. Huntingdon, in S.
vicinity of St Neots, 1249 ac., pop. 1342.

Eynhallow, island, between Rousay island and Main-
land, Orkney; between Eynhallow island and Mainland
is Eynhallow Sound.

Eynort, sea-loch, in E. *of South Uist island, Outer
Hebrides ; strikes 6 miles NW.

Eynsford.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Kent, on
river Darent, 7 miles N. of Sevenoaks and 20J SE. of
London, 3544 ac., pop. 1700; P.O. ; contains the Eyns-
ford Paper Mills.—2. Eynsford, hundred, N. Nor-
folk, 47,703 ac., pop. 10,082; contains 31 pars.

Eynsham (or Enshain), par. and vil. with ry. sta.,

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