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Kintail, par. and vil., SW. Ross and Cromarty—
par., 77,441 ac., pop. 688 ; vil., at head of Loch Duich,
8 miles SE. of Lochalsh and 13 SE. of Strome Ferry
sta.; P.O.; Kintail Deer Forest embraces 12,220 ac.

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Kintbnry, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Berks, in SW.
of co., on river Kennet and Kintbury and Avon Canal,
3J m. E. of Hungerford and 5g m. W. of Newbury,
7778 ac., pop. 1683 ; P.O.; brick-making is carried on.

Kintbury Eagle, hundred, Berks, in SW. of co.,
43,916 ac., pop. 10,482; contains 13 pars, and 3 parts.

Kintessock, vil., Dyke and Moy par., NW. Elgin-
shire, 3 miles NW. of Forres ; P.O.

Klntlllo, vil., Dunbarney par., Perthshire, in S.
vicinity of Bridge of Earn.

Kintorc, pari, and royal burgh, and par., with ry.
sta., Aberdeenshire—par., 9092 ac., pop. 2327; pari,
and royal burgh, on river Don, 3 miles SE. of Inverurie
and 13 miles NW. of Aberdeen, pop. 661; P.O., T.O.,
1 Bank. Kintore gives the title of earl and baron to the
Keith-Falconers. It is a royal burgh under charter of
William the Lion. It forms one of the Elgin District
of Parliamentary Burghs, which returns 1 member.

K intour, place with school, near Ardmore Point,
Kildalton par., Islay island, Argyllshire.

Klntra, vil., at NW. extremity of Ross of Mull,
Mull island, Argyllshire, 6 miles NW. of Bunessan.

Kintradwell, place with Pictish tower (Cinn-Trolla),
Loth par., Sutherland, 3 miles N. of Brora.

Kintravv, place, at head of Loch Craignish, Argyll-
shire, 8 miles S. of Kilmelford.

Kintnrk, seat, lm. S. of Castlepollard,co. Westmeath.

Kintyre, peninsula in S. of Argyllshire, between the
Firth of Clyde and the Atlantic, attached to Knap-
dale by the isthmus of Tarbert; is 40 miles long, has
an average breadth of 7 miles, and is traversed by a
range of hills descending on either side to belts of low
sea-board. The principal industries are dairy-farming,
fishing, and distilling. Kintyre was the seat of the
Dalriadan kingdom, and formed part of the dominions
of the Lords of the Isles. At its SW. extremity the
peninsula terminates in the Mull of Kintyre, the near-
est point of Great Britain to Ireland, from which it is
distant only 13 miles ; it is crowned with a lighthouse
38 ft. high, with fixed light (Mull of Cantyre) 297 ft.
above high water and seen 24 miles.

Kinuachdracb, landing-place, at N. extremity of
Jura island, Argyllshire.

Kinure, coast par., S. co. Cork, 4 miles SE. of Kin-
sale, 1987 ac., pop. 517.

Kinvarra, vil., Kinvarradoorus par., S. co. Galway,
on Kinvarra Bay, 8 miles NW. of Gort, pop. 498 ; P.O.,
T.O. Market-day,
Wednesday.

Kinvarradoorus, coast par., S. co. Galway, 11,289
ac., pop. 2632; contains Kinvarra.

Kinvaston, township, Wolverhampton par., Stafford-
shire, 2 m. SAV. of Penkridge, 233 ac., pop. 12.

Kinveacbie Lodge, Duthil par., Inverness-shire, 2
miles W. of Boat of Garten sta.

Kinver (or Kinfarc), small town and par., in SW. of
Staffordshire, on river Stour and Stafford Canal, 4 miles
SW. of Stourbridge, 8790ac., pop. 2842; P.O., T.o.; has
ironworks ; on S. side of Kinver Edge is a Saxon camp,
900 ft. by 600 ft., with barrow.

Kinwalscy, hamlet, Hampton in Arden par., AVar-
wickshire, 4g miles S. of Coleshill, pop. 17.

Kinvvardstone, hundred, AVilts, in E. of co., 59,648
ac., pop. 10,268; contains 15 pars, and parts of 3 others.

Kinvvarion, par., Warwickshire, in SAV. of co., on
Alne river, lg mile NE. of Alcester, 480 ac., pop. 58 ;
contains the seat of Kinwarton House.

Kionedroghad, old Manx name of Conchan.

Kip, stream, NW. Renfrewshire ; flows 4 miles SW.
to Firth of Clyde near Inverkip.

Kip, East, and Kip, West, 2 summits of the Pent-
land Hills, in par. and 4 miles W. of Penicuik, Edin-
burghshire ; West Kip is 1806 ft. high.

Kip, The, hill, Linton par., Roxburghshire, 4 miles
SE. of Kelso, alt. 750 ft.

Kiplin, township, in par. and 3 miles SE. of Catter-
ick, North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ouse, 1011 ac.,
pop. 80; contains the seat of Kiplin Hall.

Kipling Cotes, ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 3g
miles E. of Market Weighton.

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