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traffic, corn, timber, and coal being the chief articles of trade. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) The Harbour is wide and deep. The industries are mostly shipbuilding, ironfounding, machine making, malting, and brewing, but there are likewise highly important fisheries, especially for shrimps, smelts, and shell' fish. The borough returns 1 member to Parliament; it re- turned 2 members until 1885, when the parliamentary limits were extended.
Kings Bcalnirn, township, Mor land par., West- morland, on river Lyvennet, 4 miles NW. of Appleby, 2288 ac., pop. 177.
Kings Mead, hamlet, Soberton par., Hants, 3 miles E. of Bishops Waltham.
Kings Mill, paperworks, Alton, Hants.—2. Kings Mill, paperworks, Loud water, Wycombe, Bucks.
Kings Mills, hamlet, in AV. of Guernsey, Channel Islands, 31 miles AY. of St Peter Port.
Kings Ncwniiani. See Newnham Regis.
Kings Newton, vil., Melbourne par., in co. and 7 m. SE. of Derby; in vicinity is the seat of Kings New- ton Kail.
Kings Norton.—town and par. with ry. sta., AVor- cestershire, in NE. of co., 5£ miles S. of Birmingham, 12,132 ac., pop. 34,071; P.O., T.O.; the Birmingham and Worcester Canal here passes through a tunnel 16 ft. wide, 18 ft. high, and nearly 2 miles long ; there are extensive paper mills, rolling mills, a large screw factory, and well-known chocolate works.—2. Kings Norton, or Norton by Galby, par. and township, Leicestershire, 24 miles SAV. of Billesden—par., 1990 ac., pop. 136 ; township, pop. 52.
Kings Nynipton, par. and vil., Devon, 3| miles N. of Chulmleigh, 5539 ac., pop. 626 ; P.O., called Kings- nympton; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Kings Nympton Park.
Kings Park, Fife. See Lucklaw Hill.
Kings Pyon, par., Herefordshire, 4 miles NE. of Bishopstone, 2407 ac., pop. 439.
Kings Quay, a small inlet on NE. coast of Isle of AVight, 4 miles NW. of Ryde; is said to have been the landing-place of King John, who fled to the Isle of Wight after signing Magna Charta.
Kings Ripton, par. and vil., in co. and 3J miles NE. of Huntingdon, 1210 ac., pop. 183.
Kings River.—stream, W. co. Kilkenny; joins river Nore 3 miles NAV. of Thomastown.—2. Kings River, affluent of river Liffey, N. co. Wicklow, near Blessing- ton; 15 miles long.
Kings Seat.—hill, summit of the Oehils, in par. and
2 miles NAV. of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, alt. 2111 ft. —2. Kings Seat, hill, summit of the Sidlaws, on NW. border of Abernyte par., E. Perthshire, alt. 1235 ft.—
3. Kings Seat, hill, near Dunkeld, Perthshire.
Kings Slielsley, AVorcester. See Shelsley Kings.
Kings Somborne.—hundred, in AV. of Hants, 31,319 ac., pop. 4058 ; contains 4 pars, and part of another.— 2. Kings Somborne, par. and vil., Hants, in W. of co.,
3 m. S. of Stockbridge, 7404 ac., pop. 1256; P.O., called King Somborne; has some remains of an ancient palace.
Kiiigs Sterndale, eccl. dist., Bakewell and Hope pars., Derbyshire, pop. 191.
Kings Sutton. — hundred, Northamptonshire, in SW. of co., 48,999 ac., pop. 13,951; contains 21 pars, and part of another.—2. Kings Sutton, par., vil., and seat, with ry. sta., in SW. of Northamptonshire, 4g miles SE. of Banbury, 3850 ac., pop. 1218; P.O.
Kings Tamcrton, vil., St Budeaux par., Devon, on river Tamar, 4 miles NAV. of Plymouth ; P.O.
Kings Walden, par., Herts, in N. of co., 4 miles SAV. of Hitchin, 4392 ac., pop. 1135; contains the seat of Kings Waidcn Fark.
Kings Weir, tract, Wolvercott par., in co. and 2 miles N. of Oxford.
Kings Weston House, seat, 2J miles NE. of Somer- ton, Somerset. See Kingweston.
Mings Weston Fark, seat, on river Avon, Glouces- tershire, 44 miles NAV. of Bristol.
Kings Wortby, par. and vil., Hants, on river Itchin, 2 miles NE. of AVinchester, 2241 ac., pop. 438 ; P.O., called Kingswortky.
Kingsaere, hamlet, Breinton par., inco. and 2miles NAV. of Hereford ; P.O. ; has large nurseries.
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