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Gislcliam, par., E. Suffolk, 44 miles SAY. of Lowes- toft, 1344 ac., pop. 301.
Gislingliam, par. and vil., AY. Suffolk, 5 miles SAY. of "Eye, 2251 ac., pop. 552; P.O.
Glsslng, par. and vil., S. Norfolk, 44 miles NE. of Diss, 1981 ac., pop. 454; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Glssing Hall.
Gittishaiii, par. and vil., E. Devon, 2 miles SAY. of Honiton, 2067 ac., pop. 444; P.O.
Glvendale, township, in par. and 2 miles SE. of Ripon, E. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire, 848 ac., pop. 39.
Glvendale, Great, par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NE. of Pocklington sta., 1314 ac., pop. 81.
Givendalc, Little, hamlet, Millington par., East- Riding Yorkshire, near Great Givendale.
Glzzcn Briggs, Dornoch Firth. See Geyzen Briggs.
Glack.—seat, Daviot par., Aberdeenshire, 5 miles NAY. of Inverurie.—2. Glack, hill pass, Newtyle par., Forfarshire, between Newtyle Hill and Hatton Hill.
Glackharnls, mountain pass, Aberlour par., Banff- shire, between Ben Rinnes and Meikle Conval.
Glackingdaline, bay, with steep rock crowned by remains of Scandinavian castle, Ulva isl., Argyllshire.
Glackntore Mountain, on AY. side of Lough Foyle, NE. co. Donegal, alt. 1295 ft.
Gladesinore Heath, on N. border of Middlesex, 2 miles NE. of Barnet, where, in 1471, was fought the battle of Barnet, in which Edward IV. defeated the Earl of AYarwick.
Gladestry, par., E. Radnorshire, on river Gwyddel, 4 miles SE. of New Radnor, 3798 ac., pop. 337 ; P.O.; contains the seat of Gladestry Court.
GladhonseWater, headstream of r. South Esk,Temple par., Edinburghshire; flows N. to Gladhonsc Reservoir.
Gladney Colton, Ceres, Fife. See Glaidney.
Gladsiuuir, par. and vil., in co. and 4 miles AY. of Haddington, 7043 ac., pop. 1747 ; P.O.; 14 mile SAY. of vil. are the Gladsmuir Ironworks.
Gladstone Park, seat, Erskine par., Renfrewshire, near Bishopton sta.
Gladswood, seat, near Melrose, NAY. Roxburghshire.
Glaidney, part of Ceres vil., Fife, pop. 115.
Glais, ry. sta., 54 miles NE. of Swansea, Glamor- gan; P.O.
Glalsdale, township and vil. with ry. sta., Danby par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Esk, 94 miles SAY. of AVhitby, 4967 ac., pop. 1103 ; P.O., T.o. Glais- dale Moor, land common to Glaisdale and Danby townships, covers an area of 11,598 ac.
Glaisnock, seat, on Glaisnock Burn, 14 mile S. of Cumnock, Ayrshire.
Glaisscan, Loch, Argyllshire. See GLASHAN.
Glaitness House, seat, Kirkwall, Orkney.
Glanialg, mountain, Skye. See Ben Glamaig.
Glamis, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (14 mile NAY. of vil.), on Glamis Burn, in co. and 54 miles SAY. of Forfar—par., 14,347 ac., pop. 1631; vil., pop. 345; P.O., 1 Bank; the par. contains several sculptured stones; Glamis Burn flows 64 miles NE. through Glen Ogilvie to Dean AYater ; 1 mile N. of vil. is Glamis Castle, seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, one of the finest specimens of the Scottish baronial style of architecture. Malcolm II. was long (erroneously) supposed to have been murdered (1034) in the Kings Room at Glamis Castle.
Glamorgan, a maritime co. of South AYales, bounded N. by Carmarthen, Brecknock, and Monmouth, E. by Monmouth and theestuary of the Severn, S. by theBristol Channel, and AY. by Carmarthen and Carmarthen Bay; greatest length, N. and S., 28 m.; greatest breadth, E. and AY., 48 m.; area, 516,959 ac., pop. 511,433. Glamor- gan is, commercially, the most important co. in AYales, chiefly owing to its great mineral resources, the fertility of its soil, and the extent and convenience of its seaboard. The surface of the co. in the N. is mountainous; but towards the S. it becomes more level, especially in the fertile expanse known as the Vale of Glamorgan. It is watered by various rivers, of which the more im- portant are the Taff, Taw, Neath, and Rhymney; all the streams flow S. to the Bristol Channel. Mining is the principal industry, the co. having one of the largest coalfields in Britain, while its supply of ironstone and limestone is said to be inexhaustible. The soil yields abundant and excellent crops of the usual cereals, and large quantities of dairy produce are exported. (For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) Some of the largest ironworks in the world are in Glamorgan, not- ably those at Merthyr Tydfil and Dowlais; and the co. likewise contains very important copper, tin, and lead works. Glamorgan comprises 10 hundreds, 166 pars., the pari, and mun. bor. of Swansea (2 members), the greater part of the pari. bor. of Merthyr Tydfil (2 mem- bers), the Cardiff Boroughs (Cardiff, Cowbridge, and Llantrisaint—1 member), and the mun. bors. of Aber- avon, Cardiff, and Neath. It is mostly in the diocese of Llandaff. For pari, purposes it is divided into 5 divisions, viz.. Eastern, Rhondda, AVestern or Gower, Mid, and Southern, 1 member for each division.
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