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Gillowshaw Brook, school, Biddulph par., N. Staf- fordshire, near Gillow Heath sta.
Gills, hamlet, Darenth par., W. Kent, 3¼ miles SE. of Dartford.
Gills, vil., at head of Gills Bay, on N. coast of Canis- bay par., Caithness.
Gills Green, vil., Hawkhurst par., mid. Kent.
Gilltown, par., E. co. Kildare, 3 miles SE. of Kil- cullen, 4881 ac., pop. 528.
G illy burn, vil., Perthshire. See GELLYBURN.
Gilman Sand, shoal, in Thames estuary, E. Kent, 8 miles N. of Whitstable; is 2¼ miles long.
Gilmansclcuch, ravine, Kirkhope par., Selkirkshire; extends SE. from Black Knowe to Ettrick Water.
Gilmerton.—quoad sacra par. and vil. with ry. sta., Liberton par., in co. and 4 miles SE. of Edinburgh by road and 8¼ miles by rail—par., pop. 1330; vil., pop. 1082 ; P.O.; coal and ironstone are mined ; Gilmerton Cave, at the vil., was hewn (1719-1724) out of the solid sandstone rock, and used as a forge and dwelling-place, by a blacksmith named George Paterson; in vicinity of vil. is Gilmerton House.—2. Gilmerton, seat, in co. and 3¼ miles NE. of Haddington.—3. Gilmerton, vil., 2 miles NE. of Crieff, Perthshire; P.O.
Gilmilnscroft, seat, Sorn par., Ayrshire, 2 miles E. of Catrine; in vicinity is Gilmilnscroft Colliery.
Gilmonby, township, Bowes par., North-Riding York- shire, 5 miles SW. of Barnard Castle, 2472 ac., pop. 108 ; contains the seat of Gilmonby Hall.
Gilmoor, hamlet, Ripon par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles N. of Ripley.
Gilmore Hill, in NW. of Glasgow : which see.
Gilmorton, par., S. Leicestershire, 3 miles NE. of Lutterworth, 3143 ac., pop. 644; P.O.
Gilmours Linn, waterfall, on Touch Burn, St Ninians par., Stirlingshire.
Gilmourton, vil., Avondale par., Lanarkshire, 4¼ miles from Strathaven.
Gilnockic, ry. sta.,Canonbiepar., SE. Dumfriesshire, 4¼ miles SE. of Langholm ; the peel-tower of Gilnockie, the stronghold of Johnnie Armstrong (executed 1529), the Border freebooter, has entirely disappeared.
Gilp, Loch, left arm of Loch Fyne, Argyllshire; strikes 2¼ miles NW. to Lochgilphead.
Gilroes, par., N. Leicestershire, Barrow upon Soar dist., pop. 27.
Gilroyd, school, Silkstone par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire.
Gilsay, island, in Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides.
Gilse, hamlet, 2 miles N. of Orton, AYestmorland.
Gilsland, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanercost and Upper Denton pars., E. Cumberland—dist., pop. 332; vil., 7 miles NE. of Brampton; P.O., T.O.; is well known as a spa.
Gilson, vil., in par. and 1 mile NAY. of Coleshill, N. Warwickshire.
Gilstead, hamlet, Bingley par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire.
Gilston, par., E. Herts, 3¼ miles SAY. of Saw- bridgeworth, 985 ac., pop. 272; contains the seat of Gilston Park.
Gilston, New (Backmuir of), vil., Largo par., Fife- shire, 2¼ miles SE. of Ceres. See Backmuir.
Gilston House, seat, 3¼ miles NE. of Largo, Fife.
Gilston Lodge, seat, Dalkeith, Edinburghshire.
Gilstone Hock, near islets of Roseviar and Rosevean, Scilly Islands, AY. Cornwall; was the scene of Sir Cloudesley Shovels shipwreck (1705).
Gilton, place, near Ash, E. Kent, where a Saxon burial ground was discovered which contained nume- rous relics of the pagan Saxon period.
Gil ween, ry. sta., SE. border of Brecknockshire, 4¼ miles SAY. of Abergavenny; P.O., T.O.
Gimingliam, coast par., N. Norfolk, 4 miles N. of North Walsham, 1491 ac., pop. 270.
Gimlet Stock, promontory on sea coast of Carnar- vonshire, 2 miles SE. of Pwllheli.
Glmminghrook, hamlet, Standford par., E. Kent, 2 miles NAY. of Hythe.
Glnge, East, hamlet, AYest Hendred par., Berks, 3 miles SE. of AYantage.
Ginge, West, hamlet, East Lockinge par., Berks, near Wantage.
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