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Groomsport Bond, ry. sta., 3 miles S. of Grooms-
port vil. and 44 miles W. of Donaghadee, N. co. Down.

Grosmont.—par. and vil., in co. and 10 miles NW.
of Monmouth, 6838 ac., pop. 700; P.O.; under Graig
Hill are the ruins of Grosmont Castle, once the
favourite residence of the Dukes of Lancaster.
2.
Grosmont, eccl. dist. .and vil. with ry. sta., Lythe,
Pickering, and Whitby pars., North-Riding Yorkshire—
dist., pop. 1595; vil., 9£ m. SW. of Whitby; P.O., T.O.

Grosnez Point, NW. extremity of Jersey, Channel
Islands.    .

Grosvenor Boad, ry. sta. (on London, Brighton,
and South Coast Ry.), 4 m. S. of Victoria sta., London.

Groton.—par., W. Suffolk, 5 miles W. of Hadleigh,
1571 ac., pop. 467; contains the seat of Groton House.

Grotton.—vil., N. Staffordshire, 3 miles W. of Leek.
—2. Grotton, vil. with ry. sta., Rochdale par., S. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles E. of Oldham; in
vicinity is the seat of Grotton Hall.

Grongar, hamlet, Kilmarnock par., Ayrshire.

Grouse Lodge, seat, 4 miles NE. of Moate ry. sta.,
co. Westmeath.

Gronville, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Jersey, Chan-
nel Islands, on Grouville Bay, 3 miles E. of St Helier,
1935 ac., pop. 2385; the bay extends 2 miles S. from
Mount Orgueil to the SE. extremity of the island, and
has five martello towers and a small fort.

Grove.—township and hamlet, in par. and 14 mile
NE. of Wantage, Berks, 1791 ac., pop. 557.
—2.'Grove,
par., E. Bucks, 2 miles S. of Leighton Buzzard, 437
ac., pop. 17. —
3. Grove, hamlet, Portland island,
Dorset, 5 miles S. of Weymouth.—4. Grove, par. and
hamlet, N. Notts, 24 miles SE. of East Retford, 1287
ac., pop. 126; contains the seat of Grove Hall.—5.
Grove, hamlet, Wickhambreux par., E. Kent, 7 miles
NE. of Canterbury.—6. Grove, near Boxley, mid.
Kent;numerous Roman antiquities have b een found here.

Grove, The.—seat, near Painswick, E. Gloucester-
shire.—2. Grove, The, seat of Earl of Clarendon, 2
miles NW. of Watford, Herts.

Grove, The, seat, on E. border of Kirkcudbrightshire,
34 miles NW. of Dumfries.

Grove Ferry, hamlet with ry. sta., Chislet par., E.
Kent, on river Stour, 64 miles NE. of Canterbury.

Grove Green, hamlet, Boxley par., mid. Kent, 14
mile E. of Maidstone.

Grove Heath, 3 miles from Wokingham sta., Berks.

Grove Hill, seat, near Falmouth, W. Cornwall.

Grove Honse, 14 mile N. of Tetbury, E. Gloucester.

Grove House, seat, near Fethard, S. co. Tipperary.

Grove Paper Hill, near Stockport, E. Cheshire.

Grove Park.—ry. sta. (Chiswick and Grove Park),
Middlesex. See
Chiswick.—2. Grove Park, ry. sta.,
24 miles NW. of Chislehurst, W. Kent.
—3. Grove
Park, seat, in co. and 24 miles W. of Warwick.

Grove Place, seat, 3 miles SE. of Romsey, S. Hants.

Grove Teats, vil., Portland par., Dorset.

Grovebury, manor, Leighton Buzzard par., Bedford.

Grovely Wood, par., S. Wilts, 4 miles NW. of Wil-
ton, 2236 ac. (including St Martin Barford), pop. 48;
contains Grovely Works, remains of an ancient
British town, also Grovely Castle.

Grovesend, hamlet, Alveston par., W. Gloucester-
shire, 2 miles SE. of Thornbury.

Grovvar, small island, opposite Boscastle, Cornwall,
6 miles N. of Camelford.

Grubbit Law, hill, in par. and 14 mile SE. of
Morebattle church, E. Roxburghshire, alt. 1071 ft.

Grudic. — river, Ross-shire, flowing N. from Ben
Eay to Loch Maree; the Bridge of Grudie is 54 miles
NW. of Kinlochewe.—2. Grudic, another name for
river Dionard, Sutherland.

Grnlnard Bay, NW. Ross and Cromarty, between
Loch Ewe and Little Loch Broom; contains Grninard
Island, pop. 6; receives Grulnard Blver, flowing 5f
miles NW. from Loch na Sheallag, and Little Grninard
Biver, flowing 54 miles N. from Fionn Loch; at mouth
of Gruinard River, 15 m. NW. of Poolewe, is G. House.

Gruinart (or Gruinnard), hamlet and sea-loch, in
NW. of Islay island, Argyllshire; hamlet, 6 m. NW. of
Bridgend; P.O.; the loch is a safe haven for small vessels.

Grmnbalds Ash, hundred, W. Gloucestershire,
42,394 ac., pop. 8804; contains 20 pars.



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