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Grindon HU1, eminence, S. Northumberland, 7
miles NW. of Hexham ; adjacent is Grindon Loch.

Grindon Rigg, Norham par., N. Northumberland,
7½ miles SW. of Berwick on Tweed; was the scene of a
skirmish between the English and Scotch (1558).

Grindshrook, 5 miles from Hope, N. Derby; P.O.

Gringley and Little Gringley, 2 hamlets, Clar-
borough par., N. Notts, 2 miles E. of East Retford.

Gringley on the Hill, par. and vil., N. Notts, 6
miles SE. of Bawtry, 4280 ac., pop. 832 ; P.O., T.o.

Grinsdale, par., E. Cumberland, on river Eden,
miles NW. of Carlisle, 838 ac. (26 water), pop. 117.

GrinshiU, par., N. Shropshire, 4 miles S. of Wem,
842 ac., pop. 345 ; P.O.

Grinstead, East. — hundred, Pevensey rape, E.
Sussex, 15,130 ac., pop. 6968.—2. Grinstead, East,
town and par., E. Sussex. See
East Grinstead.

Grinstead, West.—hundred, Bramber rape, W.
Sussex, 18,158 ac., pop. 3221; contains 4 pars.—2.
Grinstead, West, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W.
Sussex, 7½ miles S. of Horsham, 6720 ac., pop. 1476;
P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Grinstead Park.

Grinton, par. and township, North-Riding York¬
shire, on river Swale, 9 miles SW. of Richmond—par.,
52,047 ac., pop. 3367; township, 8182 ac., pop. 377.

Grip, The, opening between the rocks in Middleton
Dale, N. Derbyshire.

Grisebeck, on AY. border of N. Lancashire, 3 miles
NE. of Broughton-in-Furness ; P.O.

Grisedale, glen, on NW. border of Westmorland,
descending from Fairfield NE. to Ullswater ; is traversed
by Grisedale Beck (4½ miles long), which issues from
Grisedale Tarn, at head of the glen.

Grisedale Pike, mountain, W. Cumberland, 4½ miles
W. of Keswick, alt. 2593 ft.

Gristhorpe, coast township with ry. sta., Filey par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 6½ miles SE. of Scarborough,
1202 ac. and 128 foreshore, pop. 203.

Griston, par., W. Norfolk, 2 miles SE. of Watton,
1360 ac., pop. 268.

Gritmoor Hill, Roxburgh. See Greatmoob.

Grittcnham, hamlet, Brinkworth par., N. Wilts, 3
miles NW. of Wootton Bassett.

Grittleton, par., N. AYilts, 6½ miles NW. of Chip¬
penham, 2040 ac., pop. 310; P.O.; contains the seat of
Grittleton House.

Grizedale. — hamlet, in par. and 3 miles S. of
Hawkshead, N. Lancashire; in vicinity is the seat of
Grizedale Hall.— 2. Grizedale, lordship, Sedbergh
par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
7^m. AY. of Hawes.

Grlzzies Clnmp, place, near Belford, Northumb.;
the scene of G rizel Cochrane’s robbery of the mail.

Groaning Bridge, The, bridge across the river
Brede, E. Sussex, near Brede vil.

Groay, island, in Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides.

Grobesness, vil., 3 miles from Voe, Shetland.

Groby, vil., Ratby par., in co. and 4| miles NW. of
Leicester; P.O., T.O.; the manor was the birthplace of
Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), who was Queen of England
for 13 days.

Groes, in co. and 3 miles from Denbigh; P.O.

Groesfford, in co. and 3 miles from Brecknock; P.O.

Groeslon,ry. sta.,inco. and3½m. S. of Carnarvon; P.O.

Grogan, 3 miles from Rathdowney, Queen’s co.; P.O.

Grogport, vil., on E. coast of Kintyre, Argyllshire,
5 miles N. of Carradale.

Gronant, hamlet, Llanasa par., Flintshire, 5 miles
NE. of Rhuddlan; P.O.

Grondre, township, Cilymaenllwyd par., Pembroke¬
shire, 3 miles NE. of Narberth, 210 ac., pop. 59.

Grongar HIU, eminence, mid. Carmarthenshire, on
river Towy, 3½ miles SW. of Llandilofawr; is the sub¬
ject of a descriptive poem by Dyer (1700-1758).

Groombrldge, vil. with ry. sta., on border of Kent
and Sussex, 3½ miles SW. of Tunbridge Wells; P.O.,
T.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Groombrldge Place.

Grooinsport, fishing vil. (ry. sta. Groomsport Road),
in par. and
2\ miles E. of Bangor, N. co. Down, pop.
346; P.O.

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

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