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Fonlsykc, seat, between Lowes AYater and Crum-
mock Water, W. Cumberland.

Foundry.—hamlet, St Stithians par., AY. Cornwall,
4 miles SE. of Redruth. — 2. Foundry, hamlet,
Whitkirk par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles
NE. of Leeds.

Fountain Dale, seat, 14 m. NAY. of Blidworth, Notts.

Fonntainbleau, farm with chalybeate spring, in co.
and vicinity of Dumfries.

Fonntainbridgc, dist. in AY. of city of Edinburgh.

Fonntainhall.—hamlet with ry. sta., onGala AYater,
in par. and 4£ miles NAY. of Stow, SE. Edinburgh-
shire; P.O., called Fountain Hall.—2. Founlainhall,
seat of the Dick-Lauder family, Pencaitland par., AY.
Haddingtonshire, 14 mile SE. of Ormiston sta.

Fountains Abbey (1132), monastic ruin, in par. and
3 miles SAY. of Ripon, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
within Studley Park; in W. vicinity of the abbey is
the seat of Fountains Hall.

Fountains Cross, 3 m. from Ennis, co. Clare ; P.O.

Fountains Earth, township, Kirkby Malzeard par.,
E. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire, between rivers Skell
and Nidd, 4 miles SW. of Ripon, 6744 ac., pop. 322.

Fountains Fell, mountain, N. div. AVest-Riding
Yorkshire, 6 miles NE. of Settle, alt. 2191 ft.

Fonr Ashes, hamlet with ry. sta., Brewood par., W.
Staffordshire, 6 miles N. of Wolverhampton.

Four Crosses.—hamlet, 3 m. NE. of Pwllheli, Car-
narvonshire; P.O.—2. Four Crosses, ry. sta., on NE.
border of Montgomeryshire, 74 miles SAY. of Oswestry.
—3. Fonr Crosses, place with inn, 2 miles SAV. of
Cannock sta.,
W. Staffordshire; is celebrated in a
distich by Dean Swift.

Fonr Elms, hamlet, near W. border of Kent, 1|
mile NE. of Edenbridge ry. sta. ; P.O.

Fonr Forks, hamlet, Spaxton par., W. Somerset, 4
miles W. of Bridgwater; P.O.

Four Hole Cross, ancient monument on Bodmin
Moor, E. Cornwall, 74 miles NE. of Bodmin.

Four Lane End, 2 m. from Alfreton, N. Derby; P.O.

Fonr Lane Ends.—hamlet, 1 mile S. of Tarporley,
W. Cheshire; has half-yearly fairs. — 2. Fonr Lane
Ends, hamlet, Batley par., E. div. West-Riding York-
shire, 54 miles SW. of Leeds.—3. Four Lane Ends,
hamlet, in par. and 2 miles NW. of Bradford, N. div.
North-Riding Yorkshire.

Four Lanes, hamlet, 2 miles from Redruth, AY.
Cornwall; P.O. ; has half-yearly fairs.

Four-Mile-Biirn, hamlet, Donegorepar.,co. Antrim.

Four-Mile-House, in co. and 5 miles from Roscom-
mon; P.O.

Four-Miie-AYater. — vil., Kilronan par., NAY. co.
Waterford, on river Suir, 6 miles SW. of Clonmel.—
2. Four-Mile-AVater, rivulet, SW. co. Cork; flows 6
miles SW. to Dunmanus Bay.

Four Oaks Hall, seat, on NAY. border of AVarwick-
shire, 6 miles E. of AValsall.

Four Shire Stone, a four-sided pillar, at the meeting-
point of the cos. of Qxford, Gloucester, Worcester, and
Warwick ; is 9 ft. high, and has the names of the cos.
cut on its sides.

Four Towers, hamlet, nr. AVincanton, mid. Somerset.

Four Ways, The, vil., in par. and 1 mile SE. of
Aldenham, Herts.

Fourgates, school, Bolton dist., SE. Lancashire.

Fouriuan Hill, on border of Aberdeen and Banff, 44-
miles NE. of Huntly, alt. 1127 ft.

Fonrmerkland, old tower (1590), Holy wood par.,
in co. and 5 miles NW. of Dumfries.

Fourinilchousc, vil., Tealing par., Forfarshire, 4
miles N. of Dundee.

Fours tones, hamlet with ry. sta., S. Northumber-
land, 4 miles NW. of Hexham; P.O., T.o.

Fourtowns, vil. group, comprising Hightae, Green-
hill, Heck, and Smallholm, Lochmaben par., Dumfries.

Fovant, par., S. Wilts, on river Avon, 7 miles SW.
of Wilton, 2160 ac., pop. 559 ; P.O.

Fovcran, coast par., E. Aberdeenshire, 10,537 ac.,
pop. 2042; contains Newburgh, on the Ythan. 5 miles
SE. of Ellon sta.; 14 mile SAAr. of Newbury, onFoveran
Burn (flowing 7 miles E. to the Ythan), is Foveran
Church; in vicinity is Foveran House.

Fow • See also Fou .

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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