Monk Street, vil., 1% mile S. of Thaxted, Essex.

Monk Sobarn, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of
Framlingham, 1569 ac., pop. 400.

Monk Wearmouth.—par. andry. sta., Durham, 5180
ac., pop. 36,358; P.O., T.O.; contains the 2 townships
of Monk Wearmouth and Monk Wearmouth Shore,
wholly within the bor. of Sunderland—Monk Wear-
iuouth, 550 ac., pop. 8355; Monk Wearmonth Shore,
287 ac. water, pop. 17,765. See Sunderland.

Monken Hadley (or Hadley), par., Middlesex, 641
ac., pop. 1160; P.O., called Hadley; contains part of
town of Barnet. See Hadley.

Monkey Island, in river Thames, 1 mile SE. of Bray,
Berks; so named from a fishing-house built here by
the third Duke of Marlborough, the drawing-room of
which was decorated with paintings of monkeys.

Monkham Hill, with stone circle, 6 miles S. of
Minehea.l, Somerset.

Monkhauis, seat, Woodford, Essex.

Monkhill, township, Pontefract par., E. div. West-
Riding Yorkshire, in bor. of Pontefract, 5 ac., pop. 86.

Monkhopton, par. and vil., Shropshire, 4 miles S.
of Much Wenlock, and within municipal limits of Wen-
lock, 2258 ac., pop. 169; P.O., called Monk Hopton.

Monkland, par. and vil., Herefordshire, on river
Arrow, 2% miles SW. of Leominster, 1079 ac., pop. 206;
an abbey once stood here.

Monkland, ancient barony, in Middle Ward of
Lanarkshire; it nearly all belonged to the monks of
Newbattle, and was divided in 1640 into the two pars,
of Old Monkland and New Monkland; the district is
rich in coal and iron.

Monkland, New, par. and vil., N. Lanarkshire, on
North Calder AYater—par. (containing Airdrie), 19,885
ac., pop. 27,816 ; vil., 1% mile NAA^r. of Airdrie, pop. (in-
cluding Glenmavis) 369 ; Monkland is rich in coal and
ironstone; Monkland AYell, a chalybeate spring, was
formerly famous.

Monkland, Old, par., N. Lanarkshire, on North
Calder AYater, 10,935 ac., pop. 37,323; contains Coat-
bridge ; the church of Old Monkland is 1% mile SAY. of
Coatbridge; coal and iron are extensively worked.

Monkland Canal, Lanarkshire; extends between
the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, in the N.
of Glasgow, and the North Calder AYater in Old Monk-
land par., and sends off 4 branches to public works in
its vicinity; it was completed in 1790, and, as part of
the Porth and Clyde navigation, became the property
of the Caledonian Ry. Co. in 1867.

Monklaw, place with Roman camp, in par. and 1
mile N. of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.

Monkleigh, par. and vil., Devon, 3 miles NAY. of
Torrington, 2177 ac., pop. 540; belonged to Montacute
monastery.

Monknash, par., Glamorgan, near Nash Point,
Bristol Channel, 6 miles SAY. of Cowbridge, 1425 ac.
pop. 78 ; the manor belonged to Neath Abbey.

Monknewton, par., N. co. Meath, on rivers Boyne
and Mattock, 5 m. AY. of Drogheda, 3673 ac., pop. 378.

Monkridgc,township, Elsdon par., Northumberland,
on river Rede, 7 m. NE. of Bellingham, 5800 ac., pop. 82.

Monkrigg, seat, in co. and 1 mile SE. of Haddington.

Monks Bay, on SE. coast of Isle of Wight, 1 mile
NE. of Yentnor.

Monks Burn, Penicuik par., Edinburghshire ; flows
2% miles S. to the North Esk near Newhall, 4 miles
, SW. of Penicuik; has several considerable waterfalls.

Monks Coppenhall, township, Coppenhall par.,
Cheshire, 1336 ac., pop. 24,385 ; is conterminous with
the mun. bor. of Crewe.

Monks Court, Matherne par., Monmouthshire, 2
miles S. of Chepstow; now a farmhouse, was till 1706
a residence of the bishops of Llandaff.

Monk’s Cowl, lofty block of granite, on Peninnis, St
Mary’s, Scilly Islands.

Monks Eleigh, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Brett,
5% miles NW. of Hadleigh, 2099 ac., pop. 577; P.O.

Monks Grove, seat, near Chertsey, Surrey.

Monks Heath, hamlet, Alderley par., Cheshire, 5%
miles W. of Macclesfield.

Monks Horton, par., Kent, 5 miles NW. of Hythe,
1084 ac., pop. 148; 1% mile SW. of church is Horton
Priory (now a farmhouse), of time of Henry II.