Ginger Hall, The, place in NE. of Isle of Man, 3
miles from Ramsey.

Gingle Pot, cave, Bentham par., N. div. West-
Riding York, near Chapel-le-Dale vil.; is 54 ft. deep.

Ginns, hamlet, St Bees par., W. Cumberland, 2
miles SE. of Whitehaven.

Gipping,—river, W. Suffolk; rises in several head-
streams to N., NE., and AY. of Stowmarket, and flows
11¼ miles SE. past Stowmarket and Needham Market
to Ipswich, where it takes the name of Orwell.—2.
Gipping, township, in par. and 4 miles NE. of Stow-
market, AY. Suffolk, 1144ac., pop. 54; contains G. Hall.

Gipscy Bridge, 5 miles from Boston, Lincoln ; P.O.

Gipsey Race, river, East-Riding Yorkshire; flows 5
miles E. past Bridlington to the North Sea.

Gipsy Hill, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Lambeth par., E.
Surrey, pop. 4313; the sta. is on E. border of co., 8¼
miles S. of London Bridge by rail.

Gipton, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles N. of Leeds, E.
div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire.

Girahe Longh, bar. Inveragh, SW. co. Kerry.

Girdle Ness, NE. extremity of Kincardineshire, on
N. side of Nigg Bay, and on S. side of entrance to
river Dee.

Girdleness Lighthouse, on Girdle Ness, Kincardine-
shire ; is 120 ft. high, and has 2 fixed lights, 185 and
115 ft. above high-water, and seen 19 and 16 miles.

Girdler gaud, shoal in Thames estuary, 8 miles N.
of Herne Bay; is 5 miles long, 2 broad, and is partly
dry at low water; to SW. of western spit is a light-
vessel with fixed light (Girdler Sand) seen 10 miles.

Girley, par., AV. co. Meath, 3 miles N. of Athboy,
5060 ac., pop. 433.

Girlington, eccl. dist.,inpar.andsuburbsofBradford,
N. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire, pop. 10,374; P.O., T.O.

Girlsta, hamlet, Tingwall par., Shetland, on Wad-
bister Yoe, 6¼ miles NAY. of Lerwick; N. of hamlet is
the Loch of Girlsta.

Girnigo, Caithness. See Castle Girnigo.

Girnock Burn, SAY. Aberdeenshire ; flows 6¼ miles
NE. to the Dee 3 miles W. of Ballater.

Girshy.—hamlet, Burgh-upon-Bain par., N. Lincoln-
shire, 7¼ miles E. of Louth.—2. Girshy, township,
Sockburn par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Tees,
6 miles SE. of Darlington, 1227 ac., pop. 68.

Girt Tor, eminence, near Bridestow, S. Devon.

Girtford, hamlet, Sandy par., Bedfordshire, on river
Ivel, 4 miles NAY. of Biggleswade.

Girthgate, ancient bridle-road, still traceable, up the
vale of Allen Water, from Old Melrose, Roxburghshire,
to the hospitium of Soutra, Haddingtonshire.

Girth-head, seat, on river Annan, in par. and 1¼
mile S. of Wamphray sta., Dumfriesshire.

Girthon, par., Kirkcudbright, 33,374 ac.,pop. 1415;
the ruins of the old church are 2 m. SE. of Gatehouse.

Girton.—par. and vil., in eo. and 3¼ miles NAY. of
Cambridge, 1674 ac., pop. 484; P.O.; here is Girton
College (1873), connected with the University of Cam-
bridge, and designed for the higher education of
women.—2. Girton, par. and hamlet, S. Notts, on
river Trent, 6 miles SE. of Tuxford, 1075 ac., pop. 150.

Girvan, seaport town and par., Ayrshire, at mouth
of Water of Girvan, 21¼ miles SAY. of Ayr, 45 NE. of
Portpatricb, and 62 SW. of Glasgow by rail—par.,

14,580 ac., pop. 5480; town, pop. 4505; P.O., t.o., 5
Banks. Market-day, Monday. Girvan has beautiful
environs and excellent facilities for sea-bathing, and it
attracts many summer visitors. The harbour has been
much improved of late years, and the exports of coal,
chiefly to Belfast, are considerable. Handloom weaving
(mainly of coarse cotton fabrics) is still carried on,
though to a much less extent than formerly; but the
winter herring fishery is now the principal industry.

Girvan, Water of, Ayrshire ; rises 5 miles SAY. of
head of Loch Doon, and flows NAY. and SAY. to the sea
at Girvan; is 35 miles long.

Gishurn, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., N.
div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ribble, 7 miles
NE. of Clitheroe—par., 18,129 ac., pop. 1536 ; township,
1997 ac., pop. 527; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-day,
every alternate Monday; the par. contains the town-
ship of Gishurn Forest, 4859 ac., pop. 254 ; in vicinity
of vil. is Gishnrn Park, seat of Lord Ribblesdale.

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

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