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Hullavington, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 5 miles SW.
of Malmesbury, 3121 ac., pop. 626 ; P.O.

Hullerhurst House, seat, in par. and 14 mile N. of
Stevenston, Ayrshire.

Hullion, hamlet, in S. of Rousay island, Orkney, 11
miles NW. of Kirkwall.

Hulme. — township, Manchester par., SE. Lanca-
shire, wholly within the municipal limits of Man-
chester city, 477 ac., pop. 72,147; 1 Bank; has large
cotton mills, also cavalry barracks, with extensive
exercise grounds. —
2. Hulme, hamlet, in par. and
near Middlewich, mid. Cheshire. See Kinderton
with Hulme.—3. Hulme, hamlet, in par. and 4 mile
N. of Winwick, SAY. Lancashire. See Winwick with
Hulme. — 4. Hulme, hamlet, Caverswall par., N.
Staffordshire, 2 miles NE. of Lane End.

Hulme Walfield, township, Astbury par., E. Che-
shire, near Congleton, 1058 ac., pop. 113.

Hulne, Church. See Church Hulne.

Hnlnc Park, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles NW. of
Alnwick, N. Northumberland, on river Alne; in vicinity
are the ruins of Hulne Abbey (1240), surrounded by
a battlemented wall.

lliilsc, township, Great Budworth par., mid. Che-
shire, on branch of river AVeaver, 34 miles SE. of
Northwich, 311 ac., pop. 41.

Hnlton, Little, township and ry. sta., Deane par.,
SE. Lancashire, 34 miles S. of Bolton, 1707 ac., pop.
5714; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.

Hnlton, Middle, township, Deane par., SE. Lanca-
shire, 34 miles SW. of Bolton, 1517 ac., pop. 2051.

llulton, Over, township, Deane par., SE. Lanca-
shire, 4 miles SW. of Bolton, 1316 ac., pop. 984 ; con-
tains the seat of Hnlton Park.

llulver, hamlet, Henstead par., E. Suffolk, 4 miles
SE. of Beccles; P.O.

Mnlvcrstone, hamlet and school, Shalfleet par.,
Isle of Wight, 2 miles NW. of Brixton.

Hniubage Green, place, AV. Staffordshire, near
Eccleshall.

Humber.—estuary of rivers Ouse (114 miles) and
Trent (147 miles), on E. coast of England, separating
the counties of Lincoln and York; it is 38 miles long,
from 1 to 74 miles broad, flows E. then SE. to the
North Sea, and drains an area of 9550 square miles; its
mouth is narrowed to 5 miles by Spurn Head promon-
tory, the SE. extremity of Yorkshire; lights are at
Spurn, Bull Sand, Grimsby, and Killingholm. — 2.
Humber, par., N. Herefordshire, 3 miles SE. of Leo-
minster, 1494 ac., pop. 257.

Humbcrskoe, hamlet, S. Bedfordshire, 4 miles S.
of Dunstable.

Humberstone.—par., vil., and seat, with ry. sta.,
in co. and 24 miles NE. of Leicester, 2630 ac., pop.
2638; P.O.; and P.O. at New Humberstone. — 2.
Humberstone, par. and vil., N. Lincolnshire, 4
miles SE. of Grimsby, 2930 ac. land and 5215 water,
pop. 264.

Humberstone Boad, ry. sta., in co. and NE. vicinity
of Leicester; P.O.

Huuiberton, township, Kirkby on the Moor par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, and Aldborough par., E. div.
AYest-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NE. of Boroughbridge,
1061 ac., pop. 69.

IIumMe.—par., SW.Haddingtonshire, 9316 ac., pop.
907; Humble House, seat of Lord Polwarth, is 34
miles NE. of Blackshiels ; Humble and Salton Wood
stretches from Humbie church 2 miles N. into Salton
par.—2. Humbie, place with sandstone quarry, in par.
and 1 mile NW. of Kirkliston, E. Linlithgowshire.

Humble, West, hamlet, Mickleham par., W. Surrey,
34 miles S. of Leatherhead; is pleasantly situated on
the river Mole.

Huutblcton.—(or llomildon), township, Dodding-
ton par., N. Northumberland, 1 mile NE. of Wooler,
1615 ac., pop. 129; an ancient circular camp crowns an
adjoining hill; on the plain below the Earl of North-
umberland and his son Hotspur defeated the Earl of
Douglas and Duke of Albany in 1402.—2. Hnmblcton,
par. and township, East-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NE.
of Hedon—par., 6296 ac., pop. 561; township, 1477 ac.,
pop. 160. — 3. Humbleton, place, on AY. border of
S. Durham. 2 miles NE- of Barnard Castle.

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

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