Morte Bay, on NW. coast of Devon; extends 3§ miles
N. from Baggy Point to Morte Point (800 ft. high),
a bold promontory, 54 miles SAA⁷. of Ilfracombe ; out to
sea, and f mile W. of Morte Point, is Morte Ston«».
dangerous to shipping ; Morte Bay is an attractive
bathing place and a favourite excursion from Ilfracombe.

Mortehoe, Devon. See Morthoe.

Morthain Tower (now a farmhouse), North-Riding
Yorkshire, 3 miles SE. of Barnard Castle, near Rokeby
Park ; was built by Lord Rokeby in 1314.

Morthen, hamlet, Whistonpar., S. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 44 miles SE. of Rotherham.

Morthoe (or Mortehoe), coast par. and vil. with ry.
sta. (2 miles SE.), Devon, near Morte Point, 5 miles
SW. of Ilfracombe, 4621 ac. (375 water), pop. 430; P.O.

Mortimer, vil. withry. sta., Stratfield Mortimer par.,
Berks, on border of Hants, 74 miles SAY. of Reading;
P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Mortimer Common ; Mortimer
Hill and Mortimer House are seats ; on Mortimer
Heath is a small square camp.

Mortimer West End, township, Stratfield Mortimer
par., Hants, 8 m. N. of Basingstoke, 3032 ac., pop. 384.

Mortimers Cross, vil., Aymestrey par., Hereford-
shire, on river Lugg, 54 miles NW. of Leominster ; here,
on the 2d of February 1460, the Yorkists under Edward
Mortimer, Earl of March (afterwards Edward IV.),
defeated the Lancastrians under the Earl of Pembroke ;
the event is commemorated by a pillar erected in 1799.

Mortlach, par., mid. Banffshire, 34,184 ac., pop.
2934; contains Dufftown, at which is Mortlach Dis-
tillery. Near the church of Mortlach is an antiquity
called “The Stone of Mortlach,” which, according to
tradition, was erected to commemorate the victory of
Malcolm II. over the Danes in 1010.

Mortlake, par. and large vil. with ry. sta., Surrey,
on river Thames, 14 mile NE. of Richmond and 84 miles
SW. of AVaterloo sta., London, 1883 ac., pop. 6330.
Malting and brewing are considerable industries at
Mortlake, which is famed as a boating resort. In the
church and churchyard are interred Dr John Dee, the
philosopher and astrologer, John Partridge, astrologer,
and other notable personages.

Mortlestown, par., S. co. Tipperary, 3 miles NE. of
Caher, 1839 ac., pop. 224.

Mortlich, hill, on S. border of Coull par., S. Aber-
deenshire, 2 miles N. of Aboyne, alt. 1248 ft.

Mortomley, vil., Ecelesfield par., S. div. West-
Riding Yorkshire, 54 miles N. of Sheffield.

Morton . See also Moreton .

Morton.—seat, Cumberland; post-town, Carlisle.—1.
Morton, par., township, and vil., Derbyshire—par., 2800
ac., pop. 1201; township, pop. 879; vil., 24 miles N. of
Alfreton; P.O.—3. Morton, township and vil., Gains-
borough jiar., Lincolnshire, on river Trent, 14 mile NAY.
of Gainsborough, pop. 917; P.O.; near vil. is Morton
Hall, seat.—4. Morton, ry. sta., Lincolnshire, 2f milts
N. of Bourn; P.O. See Morton by Bourn. — 5.
Morton, par. and vil., Notts, 24 miles SE. of South-
well, 498 ac., pop. 109; near vil. is Morton Grange,
seat.—6. Morton (or Martin), vil., Harworth par.,
Notts, 1 mile NW. of Bawtry ; in vicinity is the site of
a Roman station.—7. Morion, eccl. dist., Shropshire.
See Moreton.—8. Morton, township, Ormsby par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NE. of Stokesley,
1006 ac., pop. 62.—9. Morton, township, Coxwold par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 54 miles NAY. of Helmsley,
1756 ac., pop. 27. —10. Morton, township, Bingley
liar., E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, on Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, 2 miles N. of Bingley, 3773 ac., pop.
2266 ; here is Morton Mill, paperworks.

Morton. — par., Upper Nithsdale, NAV. Dumfries-
shire, on river Nith, 8036 ac., pop. 2118; contains
Thornhill, 24 miles NE. of which is the ruin of Morton
Castle, a stronghold of that branch of the Douglases
who became earls of Morton.—2. Morton, ancient par.,
now in Halfmorton, Canonbie, and Langholm pars.,
SE. Dumfriesshire.

Morton Abhots, Worcester. See Abbots Morton.

Morton Baggott, par., Warwickshire, 3 miles SW.
of Henley-in-Arden, 1160 ac., pop. 86.

Morton Farm, near Brading, Isle of AVight; exten-
sive remains of a Roman villa have been found here.

Morton Folist, Worcestershire. See Castle Morton.

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