Goscote, East and West, 2 hundreds, N. Leicester-
shire—East Goscote, 82,250 ac., pop. 29,756, contains
34 pars, and parts of 5 others; West Goscote, 84,825
ac., pop. 59,011, contains 25 pars, and parts of 5 others.

Goscote Hall, seat, in co. and near Leicester.

Gosden, hamlet, Shalford par., W. Surrey, 3 m. SE.
of Guildford ; in vicinity is the seat of Gosden House.

Gosden Green, place, Westbourne par., W. Sussex,
near Emsworth sta.

Goseland, hill, W. Peeblesshire, 24 miles SE. of
Biggar, alt. 1427 ft.

Gosfield, par. and vil., E. Essex, 2 miles SAY. of
Halstead, 3033 ac., pop. 613; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is
the seat of Gosfield Place.

Gosford, township, Kidlington par., in co. and 44
miles N. of Oxford, 260 ac., pop. 40.

Gosford, seat of the Earl ofWemyss and March, Aber-
lady par., Haddington, on Gosford Bay (Firth of Forth),
2 m. N. of Longniddry Junction; has extensive grounds.

Gosford Castle, seat of the Earl of Gosford, near
Markethill, mid. co. Armagh.

Gosford Green, near Coventry, Warwickshire; was
the scene (1397) of a hostile meeting between Boling-
broke (afterwards Henry IY.) and the Duke of Norfolk.

Gosford House, seat, near Ottery St Mary, E. Devon.

Gosforth.—par. and vil., W. Cumberland, 64 miles
SE. of Egremont, 8260 ac., pop. 1227; P.O.; has
ancient cross (14 ft. high) in the churchyard. — 2.
Gosforth, par. and ry. sta., S. Northumberland, 2
miles N. of Newcastle, 6472 ac., pop. 5557; P.O., T.o.;
and P.O. at Gosforth Colliery; 2 miles N. of sta. is
the seat of Gosforth Hall; the par. contains the town-
ships of North Gosforth, 1088 ac., pop. 230; and
Boath Gosforth, 468 ac., pop. 829.

Goshaden, 5 m. from Claudy, co. Londonderry; P.O.

Goshen, vil., near Larbert sta., Stirlingshire.

Gosinore, vil., Ippollitts par., Herts, 2 miles S. of
Hitchin.

Gospel End, vil., Sedgley par., AY. Staffordshire, 4
miles S. of AYolverhampton.

Gospel Oak, ry. sta. (London and North-AA^reste::i
Ry.), in N. of London.

Gosport.—a fortified seaport and market town with
ry. sta., Alverstoke par., S. Hants, occupying penin-
sula on AY. side of Portsmouth harbour, opposite Ports-
mouth, pop. 12,343 ; P.O., T.o., 3 Banks. Market-days,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It owes its import-
ance wholly to the position it holds as a naval depot,
including the Royal Victualling Yard, the Haslar
Hospital, and large Government factories. There are
likewise infantry barracks. The town has a consider-
able coasting trade, and carries on mfrs. of anchors and
chain cables; it has also yacht-building and sail-making.
It is connected with Portsmouth by a floating bridge.
—2. Gosport, tithing, Bosham par., W. Sussex, 3
miles AY. of Chichester.

Gosport Hoad, ry. sta., in S. suburbs of Gosport, S.
Hants.

Goss Hall, hamlet, Ash next Sandwich par., E.
Kent, 10 miles E. of Canterbury.

Gossabrough, coast hamlet, in SE. of Yell, Shetland.

Gossington Hall, seat, 4 miles NE. of Berkeley, W.
Gloucestershire.

Gostrode, place, Chiddingfold par., W. Surrey, 4
miles S. of Witley sta.

Gostrow, hundred, Hastings rape, E. Sussex, 6927
ac., pop. 1466.

Goswick, coast hamlet, Holy Island par., N. North-
umberland, 6 miles SE. of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Gothail, Eilean 11a, isl., Stornoway harb., Lewis isl.

Gotham, par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles SW. of
Nottingham, 2740 ac., pop. 1026 ; P.O.

Gothcrington, township and hamlet, Bishops Cleeve
par., E. Gloucester, 4 m. NW. of Winchcomb, pop. 388.

Gothylon, hamlet, Llanfynydd par., Carmarthen-
shire, 54 miles NW. of Llandilofawr.

Gott, hamlet, Ting wall par., Shetland.

Gotten, hamlet, West Monkton par., W. Somerset,
4 miles N. of Taunton; in neighbourhood is the seat of
Gotten House.

Goudhurst, par. and vil., mid. Kent, 4 miles NW. of
Cranbrook, 9800 ac., pop. 2764; P.O., t.o. ; in vicinity
of vil. is Goudhurst Hill, alt. 491 ft.

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

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