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Glass Island (or Eilcan Glas), E. point of Scalpay
island, at mouth of E. Loch Tarbert, Harris, Outer
Hebrides; has a lighthouse 100 ft. high, with fixed light
(Scalpay) 130 ft. above high water and seen 17 miles.
Glass Longh, bar. Fore, N. co. Westmeath.
Glassalt Shicl, lodge, property of Queen Victoria, at
head of Loch Muick, SW. Aberdeenshire, 10 miles S. of
Balmoral.
Glassary (or Kilinicliael Glassary), par. (containing
Lochgilphead) and vil., Argyllshire—par., 60,229 ac.,
pop. 4348; vil. (Kilmichael-Glassary), on river Add,
4 miles N. of Lochgilphead ; P.O.
Glassaugli, ry. sta. and seat, Fordyee par., Banff-
shire, 2 miles SW. of Portsoy.
Glassburn House, seat, 15 miles SW. of Beauly,
Inverness-shire.
Glassdrummond, seat, 6 miles S. of Newcastle, SE.
co. Down; P.O.
Glasscl, ry. sta., Banchory-Ternan par., Kincar-
dineshire, on NW. border of co., 44 miles NW. of
Banchory; in vicinity is Glassel House.
Glassenbury, old moated seat, in par. and 2 miles
NW. of Cranbrook, mid. Kent.
Glassert, The, seat, on N. side of Loch Ard, SW.
Perthshire, 24 miles W. of Aberfoyle.
Glasserton, coast par., SE. Wigtownshire, 13,284
ac., pop. 1203; P.O. ; the church is 2 miles SW. of
Whithorn ; in vicinity is Glasserton House.
Glasserton Road, school, Whithorn par., Wigtown.
Glassford, par. and ry. sta., Lanarkshire—par., 6442
ac., pop. 1452; the sta. is If mile N. of Strathaven.
Glasshouse Yard, par.,' Middlesex, in pari. bor. of
Finsbury, pop. 931.
Glassie, Loch, Perthshire, 24 miles N. of Aberfeldy.
Glas slaw Shooting Lodge, 3 miles NW. of New
Pitsligo, N. Aberdeenshire.
Glasslough, ry. sta., in co. and 5 miles NE. of
Monaghan ; P.O., T.o. See Glaslough.
Glassmoor, tract, Whittlesey par., Cambridgeshire,
on NW. border of co.
Glassmonnt, seat, 2 miles NW. of Kinghorn, Fife ;
two standing-stones near the house are supposed to
commemorate the last battle fought with the Danes.
Glasson.—ry. sta., 14 mile SE. of Port Carlisle, E.
Cumberland.—2. Glasson, river port (ry. sta. Glasson
Dock), on estuary of river Lune, N. Lancashire, 5 miles
SW. of Lancaster, pop. 876; P.O., T.o., called Glasson
Dock; is the port of Lancaster; vessels of 400 tons
can enter its docks.
Glasson, vil., 5 miles NE. of Athlone, W. co. West-
meath ; P.O.
Glassonhy, township, Addingham par., E. Cumber-
land, 2 miles SE. of Kirkoswald, 2287 ac., pop. 165.
Glasstliorpc, hamlet, Floore par., in co. and 64 miles
NW. of Northampton.
Glasterlaw, ry. sta., Kinnell par., Forfarshire, 3
miles NE. of Friockheim ; on Glasterlaw Muir,
adjacent, cattle fairs are held.
Glastkule, vil., in co. and 5 miles SE. of Dublin.
Glaston, par., Rutland, 2 miles NE. of Uppingham,
1145 ac., pop. 220; contains the seat of Glaston House.
Glaston Twelve Hides, hundred, mid. Somerset,
24,473 ac., pop. 3571; contains 6 pars.
Glastonbury, mun. bor., market town, and par.,
mid. Somerset, on river Brue, 5 miles S. of Wells by
rail and 132 miles SW. of London—par., 7083 ac., pop.
3828; mun. bor., pop. 3719; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks, 2 news-
papers. Market-day, Saturday. The town is situated
upon a peninsula, which anciently was an island. There
is very little trade. Glastonbury Abbey, of which
there are few vestiges, was one of the oldest and most
magnificent ecclesiastical institutions in England.
Glasvein, hamlet, Skye island. See Glashvin.
Glasven (or A’Ghlas-bhelnn). — mountain, SW.
Ross-shire, 5 miles NE. of Invershiel, alt. 3006 ft.—2.
Glasven, mountain, Sutherland. See Glas Bheinn.
Glasynfryn, school, 3 m. from Bangor, Carnarvon; P.O.
Glatton, par., township, and vil., Huntingdonshire,
3 miles SW. of Holme sta.—par., 6400 ac., pop. 878;
township, 2100 ac., pop. 249; P.O.; contains the seat of
Glatton Hall.
Glaudliall, seat, Cadder par., Lanarkshire, 1 mile
NE. of Garnkirk sta. |
Glazebrooli, hamlet with ry. sta., in par. and 6
miles NE. of Warrington, SAV. Lancashire. See RiXTON
WITH GLAZEBROOK.
Glazebury, eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Glazebury and Bury
Lane), Leigh and Newchurch Kenyon pars., Lancashire
—dist., pop. 1167; the sta. is 10 m. W. of Manchester.
Glazeley, par., S. Shropshire, 34 miles SW. of
Bridgnorth, 636 ac., pop. 37.
Glazert Burn, affluent of Annick AVater, Ayrshire,
4 miles NW. of Kilmarnock.
Glazert Water, Stirlingshire ; is formed by 3 head-
strearns near Campsie Glen sta., and flows 44 miles SE.
to the Kelvin opposite Kirkintilloch.
Gleadless, eccl. dist. and vil., Handsworth par., S.
div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire—dist., pop. 2306; vil., 3
miles SE. of Sheffield; P.O.
Gleadthorpc, estate, Warsop par., N. Notts, 4 miles
NAV. of Ollerton.
Gleaston, 34 miles SE. of Dalton, N. Lancashire;
P.O.; in vicinity are the ruins of Gleaston Castle
(13th century).
Gledfield House, seat, Kincardine par., Ross-shire,
on river Carron, 14 mile AV. of Ardgay.
Gledhow, hamlet with school, 24 miles N. of Leeds,
AVest-Riding Yorkshire.
Gled stone Hall, seat, 7 miles W. of Skipton, N. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire.
Glemham, Great, par., E. Suffolk, 4 miles SW. of
Saxmundham, 1910 ac., pop. 344 ; P.O.
Glemham, Little, par., ~E. Suffolk, 44 miles SW. of
Saxmundham, 1268 ac., pop. 271; P.O.; contains Glem-
ham Hall, seat of Earl of Guilford, and Glemham
House, seat of the Duke of Hamilton.
Glemsford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., AVest Suffolk,
24 miles W. of Long Melford sta., 2295 ac., pop.
2490; P.O., T.O.
Glen-. See also Glan-.
Glen.—river, S. Lincolnshire; rises 4 miles SE. of
Grantham, flows SE. to near Burholm, thence NE. to
confluence with the Welland, 2 miles NE. of Surfleet,
and is 36 miles long.—2. Glen, river, N. Northumber-
land, formed by Bowmont AVater and College Burn;
rises among the Cheviots, flows 14 miles E. to the Till
at Newton, and is noted for its excellent trout.—3.
Glen, ry. sta., in co. and 7 miles SE. of Leicester. See
Glenn Magna.
Glen, vil., Falkirk par., Stirlingshire, pop. 319.
Glen.—hamlet, on Glen Lough, 7 miles SE. of Dun-
fanaghy, N. co. Donegal. The lough is about 2 miles
long, and has an outlet stream to Mulroy Bay, 6 miles
long, through a defile called the Glen. — 2. Glen,
stream, SW. co. Donegal, flowing 10 miles S. to Teelin
Bay.—3. Glen, school, Ardagh par., co. Longford.
Glen, The, seat, Traquair par., Peeblesshire, on Quair
Water, 5 miles SW. of Innerleithen.
Glen* Achall, glen, NW. Ross and Cromarty, on
river Rhidorroch, near Ullapool.
Glen Affric, valley of river Affric, Inverness-shire ;
is considered the grandest glen in Britain.
Glen Aft on, glen, on river Afton, Ayrshire.
Glen Aheurick, glen, on river Aheurieh, Argyllshire.
Glen Aldyn, narrow valley in Isle of Man, extending
from North Barrule mountain to W. vicinity of Ramsey;
is traversed by a stream which falls into the Sulby.
Glen Ample, valley of Ample Water, S. side of Loch
Earn, Perthshire. See Edinample.
Glen App, glen, on river App, Ayrshire.
Glen Aray, glen, on river Aray, Argyllshire.
Glen Arbnck, ravine, Dumbartonshire ; descends 14
mile S. from Craigarestie to the Clyde near Bowling.
Glen Arklet, glen, Dumbartonshire, on Arklet
Water, issuing from Loch Arklet and flowing 24 miles
W. to Loch Lomond at Inversnaid.
Glen Artney, glen, Perthshire, on Ruchill Water,
right affluent of river Earn at Comrie.
Glen Ashdale, glen, on river Ashdale, Arran island.
Glen Avon, upper part of valley of river Avon, in
extreme S. of Banffshire, from Loch Avon to Inchrory.
Glen Bannisdail, deep ravine, between Lochan Fada
and NE. side of Loch Maree, Ross-shire. |
