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Greenscheles Cleugh, place, S. Northumberland, on river South Tyne, 3¼ miles S. of Haltwhistle.
Greensfield, hamlet, Alnwick par., N. Northumb.
' Greensliawlilll, hamlet, Ingram par., N. Northum- berland, 7¼ miles S. of Wooler. See Ingram, Lin- HOPE, AND GREENSHAWHILL.
Greenside.—seat of lead mines, W. Cumberland, 2 miles W. of Ullswater.—2. Greenside, vil., in par. and 3 miles SW. of Ryton, N. Durham; P.O.
Greenside.— par. embraced within the City par., Edinburgh, pop. 4092.—2. Greenside, seat, 4 miles NW. of Largo, Fifeshire.—3. Greenside, school, Stone- house par., Lanarkshire.
Greens-Norton, par. and vil., S. Northamptonshire,
2 miles NW. of Towcester, 2490 ac., pop. 872; P.O.
Greensnorton, hundred, S. Northampton, 22,042
ac., pop. 4846 ; contains 11 pars.
Greenstead.—par., W. Essex, ImileNW. of Ongar, 683 ac., pop. 88; contains the seat of Greenstead Hall. —2. Greenstead, par., E. Essex, on river Colne, in S. of bor. of Colchester, 1501 ac., pop. 752; P.O.
Greenstead Green, eccl. dist. and hamlet, Halstead par., E. Essex, pop. 406; hamlet, 2 miles S. of Hal- stead; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Greenstead Hall.
Greenstone Point, N. extremity of Rudha Mor prom., W. Ross-shire, between Loch Ewe and Gruinard Bay.
Grcenstreet, hamlet, 4 m. SW. of Dunmow, Essex.
Greenstreet Green, vil., Darenth par., W. Kent, 3¼ miles SW. of Northfleet.
Greenup, mountain glen, W. Cumberland, descend- ing towards Borrowdale.
Green way, hamlet, on E. border of Herefordshire,
3 miles E. of Ledbury; P.O.
Greenway Court, seat, 1 mile S. of Hollingbourne, mid. Kent.
Greenway House, on river Dart, S. Devon, 2 miles N. of Dartmouth, belonged to Sir Walter Raleigh.
Greenwich, pari. bor. and par., Kent, on river Thames, 4 miles SE. of London Bridge by rail—par., 1741 ac., pop. 46,580; pari. bor. (which includes the pars, of Greenwich, Deptford St Nicholas, Charlton next Woolwich, and Kidbrooke), 3838 ac., pop. 65,411; 1 Bank. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Greenwich posseses several important mfrs., including telegraph works, engineering works, chemical works, &c. The Royal Observatory has a world-wide celebrity; English geographers calculate longitude from its meridian. Greenwich Hospital, now the Royal Naval College, is a splendid edifice built upon the site of a royal palace which was the birthplace of Henry VIII., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. The bor. returns 1 member to Parliament; it returned 2 members until 1885, when its pari, limits were reduced by the for- mation of the new pari, boroughs of Deptford and Woolwich.
Greenwich Bay or Port Greenough, small bay, on SE. coast of Isle of Man, 1 mile AY. of St Anns Head.
Green with, hamlet, Perranarworthal par., Cornwall.
Greenyards, vil., 1 m. E. of Bannockburn, Stirling.
Greese, affluent of river Barrow, S. co. Kildare, 7 miles S. of Athy.
Grecshop House, seat, 1¼ m. from Forres, Elginshire.
Greet.—hamlet, in par. and 1¼ mile N. of Winch- comb, E. Gloucestershire.—2. Greet, par., S. Shrop- shire, 2¼ miles NW. of Tenbury, 1040 ac., pop. 97.—
3. Greet, hamlet, Burford par., S. Shropshire, on river Teme.—4. Greet, on NE. border of Worcestershire, 1¼ mile SE. of Birmingham ; P.O.
Greetham.—par., mid. Lincolnshire, 3¼ miles NE. of Horncastle, 1180 ac., pop. 147. — 2. Greetham, par. and vil., Rutland, 6 miles NE. of Oakham, 2800 ac., pop. 583; P.O.
Greetland, town and eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Greetland and North Dean), Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire—dist., pop. 4724; town, 3 miles SW. of Halifax, pop. 4166; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.
Greeto Water, affl. of Gogo Water, Largs par., Ayr.
Greetwell, par., in co. and 2 m. E. of Lincoln, 1113 ac., pop. 86.
Greg Ness, headland, on S. side of Nigg Bay, NE, Kincardineshire.
Gregory Sound, between Aran and Inishaan islands, co. Galway.
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