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Moorcsharrow with Parmc, township, in par. and
3 miles SE. of Middlewich, Cheshire, 410 ac., pop. 27.

Moorcsfort, seat, in co. and 6 m. SW. of Tipperary.

Mooresidc, hamlet, Backwell par., Somerset, 7 miles
SW. of Bristol.

Moorflclds.—eccl. dist., St George near Bristol par.,
Gloucestershire, on E. side of Bristol, pop. 7007.—2.
Moorfields, eccl. dist., in par. and bor. of Sheffield, S.
div. West-Riding Yorkshire, pop. 5793.

Moorllelds, ry. sta., 7 miles SE. of Ballymena, mid.
co. Antrim ; P.O.

Moortlelds, Little, eccl. dist., St Giles without
Cripplegate par., London City, pop. 1390.

Moorfoot Hills, chiefly in SE. of Edinburghshire, and
partly also on the mutual border of Edinburgh and
Peebles; the range forms the two sides of a triangle,
and attains its greatest alt. in Blackhope Scar, 2136 ft.

Moorgagagh, par., S. co. Mayo, 11 miles NW. of
Tuam, 1789 ac., pop. 217.

Moorgate.— hamlet, Clarboroughpar., Notts, on NE.
side of East Retford.—2. Moorgate, hamlet, Whiston
par., S. div. W.-R. Yorkshire, 2 m. SE. of Rotherham.

Moorgate Street Station, ry. sta., London; City
Terminus of Metropolitan Ry.

Moorhampton, ry. sta., in co. and 8 miles NW. of
Hereford; adjacent is Moorhampton Park, seat.

Moorhoitse.—vil., Burgh-by-Sandspar., Cumberland,
44 miles W. of Carlisle; adjacent is Moorhonse Hall,
seat.—2. Moorhonse, township, Houghton-le-Spring
par., Durham, on river Wear, 34 miles NE. of Durham,
277 ac, and 5 tidal water, pop. 71.

Moorhouse, farm, in par. and 3 miles W. of Eagles-
ham, SE. Renfrewshire; birthplace of Robert Pollok
(1799-1827), author of
The Course of Time.

Moorland, hamlet, North Petherton par., Somerset,
on river Parret, 4 miles SE. of Bridgwater ; P.O.

Moorlands, seat, Lancashire, near Lancaster.

Moorlinch, par., township, and vil., Somerset—par.,
9252 ac., pop. 1922; township, 1122 ac., pop. 250; the
vil. is 6 miles E. of Bridgwater.

Moorock, seat, near Prospect ry. sta., N. King’s co.

Moors, The, the northern of the 3 divisions of Wig-
townshire
: which see.

Moorsliolm cum Gerrick, township, Skelton par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, in Skelton in Cleveland local
government district, and 54 miles SE. of Guisbrough,
4238 ac., pop. 392.

Moorside.—eccl. dist. and vil., Prestwich par., SE.
Lancashire—dist., pop. 2149; vil., 5 miles NW. of
Manchester ;
P.O.—2. Moorside, 3 miles from Oldham,
SE. Lancashire ;
P.O.—3. Moorside, hamlet, Backwell
par., Somerset, 64miles SAY. of Bristol.—4. Moorside,
hamlet, Kirkby Overblow par., E. div. AYest-Riding
Yorkshire, 4 miles NE. of Otley.

Moorsley, township, Houghton-le-Spring par., in co.
and 44 miles NE. of Durham, 603 ac., pop. 1078 ;
P.O.,
called Low Moorsley; in the neighbourhood are col-
lieries and quarries.

Moorsley Hank, paperworks, in co. and 2 miles from
Durham.

Moorswater, vil. withry. sta., 1 mile AAr. of Liskeard,
Cornwall; the valley is here spanned by a long railway
viaduct 150 ft. high.

Moorthorpe, hamlet with ry. sta., South Kirkby
par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6g miles S. of
Pontefract.

Moorton, hamlet, in par. and 1 mile NE. of Thorn-
bury, Gloucestershire.

Moortown. — hamlet with ry. sta. (for Caistor),
South Kelsey par., Lincolnshire, 34 miles SAY. of
Caistor and 7 miles N. of Market Rasen. — 2. Moor-
town, township, Brandesburton par., East-Riding
Yorkshire, 54 miles NAY. of Hornsea, 513 ac., pop.
32. — 3. Moortown, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
2 miles from Chapel Allerton, near Leeds; P.O.
—4. Moortown, Northumberland. See
Murton.

Moorwlnstow, coast par. and vil., Cornwall, 6 miles
N. of Bude Haven and 22 miles NW. of Launceston,
7956 ac., pop. 810;
P.O., called Morwinstow; the
church is mainly Norman.

Moorwood, vil., Ecelesfield par., S. div. AYest-
Riding Yorkshire, 64 miles NAY. of Sheffield.

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