Ninewells, seat and school, Chirnside par., Berwick-
shire, on AVhiteadder Water.

Niniicld.—hundred, Sussex, in rape of Hastings, 8616
ac., pop. 3830; contains 3 pars.—2. Ninfield, par. and
vil., Sussex, 3% m. SW. of Battle, 2575 ac., pop. 603; P.O.

Ningwood House, seat, Shalfleet par., Isle of AVight,

7 miles W. of Newport.

Ninham, vil., in E. of Isle of AVight, 1% mile SW. of
Sandown.

Nisbet.—seat, Edrom par., Berwickshire, on Black-
adder Water, 2 miles S. of Duns.—2. Nisbet, hamlet
with ry. sta., Crailing par., Roxburghshire, on river
Teviot, 3% miles N. by E. of Jedburgh.

Nith, river; rises in SW. of New Cumnock par.,
Ayrshire, and flows 9 miles NE. to New Cumnock, and
thence 70 miles SE. through Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire,
to the Solway Firth 14 miles below the town of Dum-
fries, to which it is tidal and navigable; it divides
Dumfriesshire from Kirkcudbrightshire during the last
16 miles of its course.

Nithsdale, the western one of the 3 divisions of
Dumfriesshire drained by the river Nith; was anciently
called Stranith or Strathnith, and gave the title of earl
(1620-1716) to the family of Maxwell.

Niton, par. and vil., Isle of AVight, 3% miles W. of
Ventnor, 1335 ac., pop. 801; P.O., T.O.; toN. of vil. is
Niton Down.

Nitshill, vil. with ry. sta., Abbey par., Renfrew-
shire, on Levern Water, 4% miles SW. of Glasgow, pop.
1001; has chemical works, and is largely inhabited by
colliers and quarrymen.

Nivestone Rock, dangerous rock, off coast of North-
umberland, at N. of Fern Islands; is submerged at
high water.

Nivingston, seat, Cleish par., in co. and 3 miles SAV.
of Kinross.

Nixon, hamlet, Bewcastle par., Cumberland, 12 miles
NE. of Longtown.

Nizels, seat, 3 miles SE. of Sevenoaks, Kent.

No Mans Heatli, par., Warwickshire, 6 miles NE. of
Tamworth, 9 ac., pop. 70.

No Mans Land.—upland tract, Cornwall, 3 miles
SW. of Wadebridge.—2. No Mans Land, tract (for- i
merly extra-parochial), Exeter St Leonard par., Devon,
in Exeter city.—3. No Mans Land, par. and vil., AVilts,
at border of Hants, 5 m. SE. of Downton, 14 ac., pop. 134.

Noah Hill, hamlet, Newton Valence par., Hants, 3
miles S. of Alton.

Noak Hill, hamlet, Romford par., Essex, 4 miles W.
of Brentwood; P.O.

Nob Sand, sandbank, in estuary of river Thames, 9
miles N. of Herne Bay, Kent; measures 2% m. by % m.;
to the S. of it is the Girdler Light. See Girdler Sand.

Nobber, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. co. Meath, on
river Dee, 7 miles SE. of Kingscourt—par., 10,487 ac.,
pop. 1308; vil., pop. 237; P.O.

Noblehill, vil., in co. and 1 mile E. of Dumfries.
Noblehouse, hamlet, Newiands par., Peeblesshire,

2%miles SE. of AVest Linton sta. ; P.O., T.O.

Nobles Green, hamlet, Eastwood par., Essex, 2 miles
SW. of Rockford.

Nobottle, hamlet, Brington par., in co. and 6 miles
NW. of Northampton.

Nobottle Grove, hundred, Northamptonshire, 33,505    |

ac., pop. 12,943; contains 18 pars, and a part.

Nobutt, Lower and Upper, 2 hamlets, Leigh par., i
Staffordshire, 3 and 4 miles AA^r. of Uttoxeter.

Nockty, Water of, Strathdon par., SW. Aberdeen- \
shire; flows 5 miles SE. to river Don at Invernochty. j
Nockholt, Kent. See Knockholt.

Nocton, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Nocton and Dunston), ;
Lincolnshire—par., 5340 ac., pop. 628; vil., 8 miles SE. !
of Lincoln; P.O. ; in vicinity of vil. is Nocton Hall, seat
of the Marquis of Ripon.

Noctorum, township, AVoodchurch par., Cheshire,

2 miles SAV. of Birkenhead, 330 ac., pop. 121.

Nod Hill, S. suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight.

Noddfn, hamlet, Darowen par., Montgomeryshire, 6-
m. NE. of Machynlleth; here is Darowen parish church,
which had at one time the privilege of sanctuary.

Noddle Burn. See Noddsdale AVater.

Noddsdalc Water, Largs par., Ayrshire; flows 7
miles SW. to Largs Bay.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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