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Jnlaher's Grave, lofty mound, in vicinity of Chil- ham, Kent; antiquities have been found here.
Julian Way (Julia Strata, or Via Julia), ancient Roman road, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, and South Wales; the main line ran from Bath across the Severn (at Aust Ferry) westward to Carmarthen.
Julians, seat, 4 m. NW. of Buntingford sta., Herts.
Jullanstown, par. and hamlet, co. Meath, on Nanny Water, 5 m. SE. of Drogheda, 3018 ac., pop. 500; P.O.
Jump.—vil., Bickleigh par., Devon, 6 miles NE. of Plymouth.—2. Jump, 2 miles from Barnsley, West- Riding Yorkshire; P.O.
Junction Boad, ry. sta. (for Tufnell Park), in N. of London, 1£ mile E. of Hampstead Heath station.
Junction Boad, ry. sta., Leith, Edinburghshire.
Junction Station.—sta. on Cork and Kinsale Ry., in co. and 13J miles SW. of Cork.—2. Junction Sta- tion, sta. on Londonderry and Letterkenny Ry., NE. co. Donegal.—3. Junction Station (for Howth), sta. on Great Northern Ry., in co. and 4| miles NE. of Dublin.
Juniper Green, vil. with ry. sta., Colinton par., Edinburghshire, on Water of Leith, 5 miles SAY. of Edinburgh, pop. 1018 ; P.O.; is a summer resort.
Juniper Hall and Juniper Hill, seats, 3 miles NE. of Dorking, Surrey ; a French colony settled here after the Revolution.
Jnra, island and par., Argyllshire—island, one of the southern or Islay group, and the fourth largest of the Inner Hebrides, is separated on the S. from Islay by the Sound of Islay, on the E. from Knapdale and Lorne by the Sound of Jura, and on the N. from Scarba by the Gulf of Corryvreckan; greatest length, 27 miles; greatest breadth, 8J miles; pop. 773; par. (including also the islands of Balnahua, Garvelloch, Lunga, Pladda, Scarba, and Skervuile), 93,799 ac., pop. 946; P.O. (at Craighouse and Lagg). Jura is visited by the Clyde steamers to Islay and Oban, and has ferries at Feolin on S. coast to Islay, at Lagg on E. coast to Keills in Knapdale, and at Kinuachdrach near N. extremity of island to Craignish in Lorne. On the E. coast are road- steads at Small Isles Harbour and Lowlandmans Bay. On the W. coast Loch Tarbert nearly bisects the island, which is traversed from end to end by a rugged range of mountains; in the S. part of the island these rise into three conical peaks called the Paps of Jura, the highest of which, Ben-an-Oir, reaches an altitude of 2571 ft. Cattle and sheep-farming is carried on, and there is some cultivation along the E. coast, but the greater part of the island is deer forest.
Jnra, Sound of, between Jura and the mainland of Argyllshire; is 20 miles long NE. and SW., and from 3 to 7 miles broad.
Jura Deer Forest, Jura island, Argyllshire, 27,850 ac. ; the shooting-lodge is near Craighouse Inn.
Jura Distillery, Jura island, Argyllshire, near Craig- house Inn.
Jura House, seat of Campbell of Jura, on S. coast of Jura island, Argyllshire, 3| m. SAY. of Craighouse Inn.
Jurby, par. and vil., Isle of Man, on NW. coast, 7-g miles NAY. of Ramsey, 4721 ac., pop. 661; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Jurby Point.
Kaber, township, in par. and 2\ miles NE. of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, 4533 ac., pop. 200; was the scene of a Republican rising (1663), known as the ‘ ‘ Kaber Rigg Plot.
Kaddy Carne, a long ledge of rocks, on W. side of the largest of the Copeland islands, N. co. Down.
Kallzie, seat, Traquair par., in co. and 2J miles SE. of Peebles, on river Tweed; in vicinity is the ruined church of the ancient par. of Kailzie.
Kniiu . See Kame .
Kair House, seat, Arbuthnott par., Kincardine- shire, near Bervie Water, 1J mile NE. of Fordoun sta.
Kale Water, Roxburghshire; rises (as Long Burn) on Leap Hill, one of the Cheviots, and flows N. and NW. to the Teviot at Kalemouth, 4^ miles S. of Kelso; is 20 miles long, and is a good trouting stream; at Kalemouth the Teviot is crossed by a chain bridge.
Kalcndar, Cottesbrook par., Northamptonshire, 9 miles SW. of Rothwell; was the site of a Premonstra- tensian canonry. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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