fertile tracts are the Howe of Fife and the -belt of loam
which fringes the Firth of Forth. (For agricultural
statistics, see Appendix.) The formation is chiefly
Carboniferous, and Fife is the third largest coal-pro-
ducing county in Scotland. Limestone and freestone
abound. Blackband ironstone is worked at Lochgelly
and Oakley (where there are smelting furnaces); oil
shale is worked near Burntisland. The principal mfr.
is linen—damasks and diapers at Dunfermline, checks
and ticks at Kirkcaldy. The co. comprises 61 pars,
and 2 parts, the Kirkcaldy Burghs (1 member), the St
Andrews Burghs (1 member), the pari, burghs of Dun-
fermline and Inverkeithing(part of the Stirling Burghs),
and the police burghs of Anstruther Easter, Auchter-
muchty, Burntisland, Cupar, Dunfermline, Dysart,
Elie (Liberty and Williamsbnrgh), Inverkeithing, Kil-
renny, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Ladybank (and Monkston),
Leslie, Leven, Lochgelly, Newburgh, Pittenweem, and
St Andrews. For pari, purposes it is divided into 2
divisions, viz., Eastern and Western, 1 member for each
division ; it returned 1 member until 1885.

Fife Keith, town (part of Keith), Banffshire, pop.
1196 ; 1 Bank. See Keith.

Fife Ness, the eastern extremity of Fife.

Fifehead Magdalen, par., Dorset, on river Stonr,
6 miles SAY. of Shaftesbury, 976 ac., pop. 144; contains
Fifehead House.

Fifehead Neville, par., Dorset, 2¼ miles SAY. of
Sturminster, 791 ac., pop. 120.

Fifield, par., on NW. border of Oxfordshire, 4¼
miles NW. of Burford, 1160 ac., pop. 246.

Fifield Havant, par., S. Wilts, on affluent of the
Avon, 6 miles SAY. of Wilton, 1145 ac., pop. 62.

Fifth Buoy Light, Tees Mouth, S. Durham, on Slag
Wall, l¼ m. within the bar; is a fixed light seen 7 miles.

Figbury Bing, another name for Chlorus’ Camp.

Figgat Burn, another name for Braid Burn, Dud-
dingston par., Edinburghshire ; Figgat li b ins. tract
(anciently a forest), at Portobello, Duddingston par.

Figgs Marsh, hamlet, in par. and 1 mile NE. of
Mitcham, mid. Surrey.

Figheldcan, par., S. Wilts, on river Avon, 4 miles
N. of Amesbury, 5429 ac., pop. 464; p.o.

Fighting l ocks, ry. sta., on SE. border of Durham,
4 miles SE. of Darlington ; P.O., T.O.

Figile, affl. of Little Barrow, King’s co.; 14 m. long.

Filborough, hundred, Scray lathe (Upper Div.), E.
Kent, 15,901 ac., pop. 4941; contains 5 pars.

Filby, par. and vil., N. Norfolk, 5 miles NW. of
Yarmouth, 1425 ac., pop. 578; P.O.; in vicinity of vil.
is Filby Honse.

Filey, watering-place, par., and township with ry.
sta., on Filey Bay, partly in North-Biding but chiefly
in East-Riding Yorkshire, 9 miles SE. of Scarborough
and 237 miles N. of London—par., 3312 ac. and 367
foreshore, pop. 2697; township, 833 ac., pop. 2337;
P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper; is situated in a pic-
turesque position on the cliffs, and has a splendid beach
of hard sand. Filey has important fisheries. The bay
is considered to be well adapted for a harbour of refuge.
Filey Brigg (formerly called the “File”), the N.
boundary of the bay, is a ridge of rocks extending
nearly ¼ mile into the sea ; it contains several caves.

Filgrave, hamlet, 2 m. N. of Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

l'ilkins, township and hamlet, Brad well par., Oxford-
shire, 5 miles SW. of Burford, 1834 ac., pop. 590; P.O.;
contains Filkins Hall.

Fillan lVater, W. Perthshire; rises on the Argyll-
shire border, and flows 11 miles NE. and SE. through
Strath Fillan to head of Loch Dochart.

Fillan’s, St, vil., Perthshire. See St Fillans.

Filleigh, par. and hamlet with ry. sta., N. Devon,
3¼ miles NW. of South Molton, 2038 ac., pop. 339; P.O.

Filley, par., Cornwall. See Philleigh.

Filiey Close, hamlet, Whalley par., NE. Lancashire,
2 miles N. of Burnley. See Reedley Hallows, &e.

Fillham, North and South, 2 hamlets, Ugborough
par., S. Devon, 1¼ mile from Ivybridge sta.

Fillingham, par. and vil., in co. and 9 miles NAY. of
Lincoln, 3980 ac., pop. 307; P.O.; 1 mile W. of vil. is
the seat of Fillingham Castle.

Fillongley, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Arley and Fillong-
ley), N. AYarwickshire, 6¼ miles SAY. of Nuneaton, 4731
ac., pop. 1049; P.O.; the vil. is 2 miles S. of sta.;
1¼ mile SW. of vil. is the seat of Fillongley Hall.