Iwerne Down, eminence, between the vils. of Iwerne
Courtnay and Iwerne Minster, Dorset.

Iwerne Minster, par. and vil., Dorset, 5J miles NW.
of Blandford, 2949 ac., pop. 667; P.O., T.o.

Iwerne Steeplcton. See Steepleton Iwerne.

Ixworth, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Thet,
6k miles NE. of Bury St Edmunds, 2248 ac., pop. 1004;
P.O., T.O.; Roman antiquities have been found here; in
vicinity of vil. is the seat of Ixworth Abbey.

Jaek Straw’s Castle.—site of old moated house, near
Highbury Barns, Islington, London; burned during
AVat Tyler’s insurrection.—2. Jack Straw’s Castle,
inn, at Hampstead, Middlesex.

Jackfield, eccl. dist., Broseley par., Shropshire, on
NE. side of Broseley; pop. 1150; P.O., T.O.; has brick
and tile works.

Jackman’s Chine (Isle of AVight), name sometimes
given to Grange Chine : which see.

Jack’s Hole, coastguard sta., 3 miles N. of Mizen
Head, S. co. AVicklow.

Jackton, vil., in par. and 3 miles SW. of East Kil-
bride, Lanarkshire.

Jacky’s Bock, reef, at Annette Island, Scilly Islands;
the scene of the wreck of the steamer ‘ ‘ Thames” in 1841.

Jacob’s Island, part of Bermondsey par., Surrey,
In his Oliver Twist Dickens made this densely populated
locality the scene of Bill Sykes’ death.

Jacob’s Ladder, pathway, on road between Hayfield
and Castleton, Derbyshire, 4 miles SE. of Hayfield.

Jacobstow, par. and vil., Cornwall, Ilk miles NW.
of Launceston, 4554 ac., pop. 428.

Jacobstowe, par. and vil., Devon, on river Oke-
ment, 4 miles N. of Okehampton, 2856 ac., pop. 221.

Jaggards House, seat, 2 m. SW. of Corsham, Wilts.

Jake’s Hall, seat, 3 m. SE. of Manningtree, Essex.

Jamaica, hamlet, in par. and lk mile SE. of Auch-
termuchty, Fife.

Jamaica Inn, Laneast par., Cornwall, 11J miles SW.
of Launceston; birthplace of John C. Adams (bornl818),
the astronomer.

James Bridge, ry. sta., Staffordshire, 2 miles SW.
of Walsall.

Jameston, vil., Manorbier par., in co. and 4 miles
SE. of Pembroke.

Jamestown.—town and quoad sacra par. with ry.
sta., Bonhill par., Dumbartonshire, in Vale of Leven, 1
mile SE. of Balloch pier at foot of Loch Lomond—
par., pop. 2925 ; town, pop. 2171; P.O.; at Jamestown
are some of the largest printworks in Scotland.—2.
Jamestown, vil., in par. and SW. vicinity of Inver-
keithing, Fife. — 3. Jamestown, vil., Contin par.,
Ross and Cromarty, 1 mile S. of Strathpeffer vil.; P.O.

Jamestown, vil., Kiltoghert par., S. co. Leitrim,
on river Shannon, 2 m. NW. of Drumsna sta., pop. 84.

Janefleld, seat, in co. and 1£ mile NE. of Kirkcud-
bright, on river Dee.

Janetown, Ross and Cromarty. See Jeantown.

Janetstown.—vil., in par. and 2J miles SAV. of
Thurso, Caithness ; P.O.—2. Janetstown, vil., in par.
and W. vicinity of Wick, Caithness.—3. Janetstown.
See Latheron.

Janeville, seat, 4 miles NE. of Bagenalstown, mid.
co. Carlow.

Janvrin’s Tower, on a rock in Portelet Bay, S.
coast of Jersey, Channel Islands.

Jardlne Hall, seat of the Jardine family, Apple-
garth and Sibbaldbie par., Dumfriesshire, on river
Annan, 5 miles NAV. of Lockerbie.

Jarlshof, ruin, in S. of Mainland, Shetland, on AVest
Voe, 1J mile NW. of Sumburgh Head; the reputed
home of “ Mor daunt ” in Scott’s Pirate.

Jarrow, mun. bor., river port, and par., Durham—
par. (containing the bor. of South Shields) 10,305 ac.,
840 tidal water, and 345 foreshore, pop. 115,216; bor.,
on r. Tyne, 3 miles SW. of South Shields by rail, 850 ac.,
pop. 25,469; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers; is one of the most
interestinglocalities intheN. of England, chiefly through
its having been the birthplace of the Venerable Bede
(673-735), and the scene of his labours. It was a station
of the Romans. A monastery, of which the ruins are
still to be seen, was founded here in 680. The church

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