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Keyston, par. and vil., Huntingdonshire, 4 miles
SE. of Thrapston and 6 miles NW. of Kimbolton, 2535
ac., pop. 237 ; P.O.
Keythorpe Hall, seat, Tugby par., Leicestershire, 9
miles NE. of Market Harborough.
Keyworth, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Plnmtree and Key-
worth), in co. and 84 miles SE. of Nottingham, 1530
ac., pop. 893; P.O.
Kibberstone, Stone par., Staffordshire, 2 miles N.
of Stone ; was the birthplace of Admiral Jervis (1734-
1823), first Lord St Vincent.
Kibblesworth, vil., Chester-le-Street par., Durham,
44 miles S. of Gateshead.
Kibbor, hundred, in SE. of Glamorgan, 8983 ac.,
pop. 4247 ; contains 6 pars.
Kibworth, ry. sta., Leicestershire, 6 miles NW. of
Market Harborough ; P.O., T.O.
KIbworth Beauchamp, par., township, and vil. (ry.
sta. Kibworth), Leicestershire, (5 miles NW. of Market
Harborough—par., 3220 ac., pop. 1963 ; township, pop.
1123; P.O., T.O., called Kibworth; the chief occu-
pation of the inhabitants is frame-work knitting.
Kibworth Harcourt, township and vil., Kibworth
Beauchamp par., Leicestershire, near Kibworth sta.
and 64 miles NW. of Market Harborough, pop. 450;
P.O., T.O.
Kid, island, on E. side of entrance of Broadhaven
Bay, N. co. Mayo.
Kldbrook, seat of Lord Colchester, 24 miles SE. of
East Grinstead, Sussex.
Kidbrooke, par., Kent, in pari, limits of Greenwich,
750 ac., pop. 2166.
Klddal, hamlet, Barwick in Elmet par., E. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles NE. of Leeds; in
vicinity is the seat of Klddal Hall.
Kidderminster, pari, and mun. bor., market town,
and par., Worcestershire, on river Stour, 15 miles.N.
of Worcester, 18 miles SW. of Birmingham, and 125
miles SW. of London—par., 10,685 ac., pop. 31,033;
pari, bor., 2414 ac., pop. 25,633 ; mun. bor., 1247 ac.,
pop. 24,270; 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day,
Thursday. Chiderminster was the ancient name of
the town. It was incorporated in the reign of Charles I.
The great industry in carpet mfr., which is so familiarly
associated with Kidderminster, originated in 1735—flat
carpets being first made, and afterwards, in 1749, the
cut carpets. At the present time it is principally
Brussels and what are known as tapestry carpets which
form the greater part of the mfr. There are also in the
town worsted spinning mills, silk damask works, dye-
works, lead-works, &c. The Staffordshire and Wor-
cestershire Canal passes the town. The borough returns
1 member to Parliament.
Kidderminster Foreign, township, Kidderminster
par., Worcestershire, partly in bor. of Kidderminster,
pop. 5376, pop. of town part 2895.
Kidderminster Old Borough, township, Kidder-
minster par., Worcestershire, wholly within the mun.
limits of Kidderminster, pop. 22,299.
Kiddermoor Green, hamlet, 14 mile W. of Bre-
wood, Staffordshire.
Klddlngton, par. and township, Oxfordshire, on river
Glyme, 44 miles NW. of Woodstock—par., 2190 ac.,
pop. 275; township, 1894 ac., pop. 223; P.O.; contains
Klddington House.
Kldland, par., Northumberland, 11 miles NW. of
Rothbury, 11,827 ac., pop. 60; contains remains of
ancient British earthworks.
Kldllngton, par., township, and vil., Oxfordshire—
par., 4768 ac., pop. 1394; township, 2194ac., pop. 1087;
vil., 5 miles N. of Oxford; P.O., T.o.
Kidmore End, eccl. dist. and vil., Caversham, Ship-
lake and Sonning pars., Oxfordshire—dist., pop. 735;
vil., 4 miles N. of Reading; P.O.
Kidsgrove, town with ry. sta., Audley and Wolstan-
ton pars., Staffordshire, 7 miles NW. of Stoke upon
Trent, and 151 NW. of London, pop. 3994; P.O., T.O.,
1 Bank ; has ironworks and coal mines.
Kidshielhaugh, seat, in par. and 5 miles NW. of
Duns, Berwickshire.
Kidsty Flke, double headed peak, Westmorland,
near S. end of Hawes Water, 7 miles NE. of Ambleside,
alt. 2560 ft. |
Kidwelly.—market town, seaport, and par. with ry.
sta., Carmarthenshire, on river Gwendraeth, near its
influx into Carmarthen Bay—par., 5482 ac., pop. 2510;
town, 9 miles NE. of Llanelly, pop. 2231; P.O., T.o.
Market-day, Friday. Kidwelly was an ancient incor-
poration, with charters from Henry I. to Charles II.
The town has a good harbour and docks ; iron and tin
smelting, brickmaking, and lime and cement mfrs. are
the chief industries. Objects of interest in the town are
its fine old Church of St Mary, its ruined castle (1094),
and the guildhall. The par. consists of 2 townships,
Kidwelly Within, 2637 ac., pop. 2231, and Kidwelly
Without, 2845 ac., pop. 279.—2. Kidwelly, commot,
Carmarthenshire, 53,416 ac., pop. 13,903; contains
5 pars.
Kiel, place with vestiges of old church, Ardchattan
and Muckairn par., Argyllshire, 3 miles N. of Connel
Ferry.
Kiel Burn, Largo par., Fife; flows 3 miles S.,
through the romantic Kiel Den, to Largo Bay, at
Lower Largo.
Kielder, ry. sta. onNW. border of Northumberland,
among the Cheviots, 16J miles NW. of Bellingham ;
P.O. Kielder is a property of the Duke of Northum-
berland, and has a shooting-lodge called Kielder
Castle. The place is celebrated in Scott’s Border
Minstrelsy, and contains several spots and objects
associated with Border legends.
Kiels, place with school, Kilarrow and Kilmeny
par., Islay island, Argyllshire.
Kierfold House, Sand wick par., Orkney, 7 miles N.
of Stromness.
Klffig, Carmarthen. See Cyffic.
Klftsgate, hundred, Gloucestershire, 83,483 ac., pop.
15,034; contains 35 pars., and parts of 3 others.
Kigbeare, hamlet, in par. and 3 miles W. of Oke-
hampton, Devon.
Kil-.* See also Kill-.
Kilanerin, 4 m. from Gorey, NE. co. Wexford; P.O.
Kilarrow. See Killarrow.
Kllbagle, place with pulp and fibre works, in co.
and par. of Clackmannan, 14 mile N. of Kincardine;
in vicinity is Kllbagle Honse.
Kilbaha, fishing vil., Kilballyowen par., SW. co.
Clare, on river Shannon, 2 miles E. of Loop Head,
pop. 201; P.O.
Kilballyhue, seat, in N. of co. and 4 miles SE. of
Carlow.
Kilballyowen. — par., SW. co. Clare, on river
Shannon, at Loop Head, 10,835ac., pop. 2036; contains
Kilbaha.—2. Kilballyowen, seat, Limerick; post-
town, Bruff.
Kilbane, 5 miles W. of Killaloe, E. co. Clare; P.O.
Kilbarchan, town and par., Renfrewshire—par.,
9006 ac., pop. 6868; town, on Kilbarchan Burn, 14mile
W. of Johnstone and 12 W. of Glasgow, pop. 2548;
P.O., IBank; has mfrs. of silks, cottons, and Paisley
shawls, and in the vicinity are printworks, quarries,
and coal and iron mines. In a niche in the town
steeple is a statue of Habbie Simpson, the famous
piper of Kilbarchan. On an isolated eminence on the
E. side of the town are remains of an old encampment.
Kflbarrack, par., in co. and 4 miles NE. of Dublin,
743 ac., pop. 260.
Kilbarron.—par., S. co. Donegal, 23,931 ac., pop.
5667; contains Ballyshannon.—2. Kilbarron, par.,
cos. Galway and Tipperary, on Lough Derg, 6 miles
AV. of Borrisokane, 7920 ac., pop. 936.
Kilbarry.—place with ancient church ruins, on
Lough Forbes, co. Roscommon.—2. Kilbarry, par.,
in co. and 2 miles S. of Waterford, 2631 ac., pop. 295.
Kilbarrymeaden, par., mid. co. Waterford, 4 miles
SE. of Kilmacthomas, 6263 ac., pop. 1453.
Kilbeacanty, par., S. co. Galway, 1 mile NE. of
Gort, 12,226 ac., pop. 1720.
Kllbeacon, par., S. co. Kilkenny, 3402 ac., pop.
841; contains Mullinavat.
Kilbeagh, par., NE. co. Mayo, on river Mullagh-
anoe, 6 miles E. of Swineford, 33,824 ac., pop. 11,148.
Kilbeg, par., N. co. Meath, 5 miles N. of Kells, 5184
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