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Oakley, Little.—par. and vil., Essex, in NE. of co.
—par., 1218 ac. and 278 tidal water and foreshore, pop.
320; vil., 2% miles SW. of Dovercourt ry. sta. ; P.O.—

2. Oakley Little, par., Northamptonshire, on river
Nen, 5% miles NE. of Kettering, 724 ac., pop. 128.

Oakley, North, hamlet, Kingsclere par., Hants, 7
miles NW. of Basingstoke.

Oakley Court, seat, 2% m. NW. of AVindsor, Berks.

Oakley Hall. — seat, Church Oakley par., Hants,
5 miles SW. of Basingstoke, near Oakley sta. — 2.
Oakley Hall, seat, Mucklestone par., Staffordshire, 2
miles NE. of Market Drayton.

Oakley House, seat, 3% m. NW. of Abingdon, Berks.

Oakley Park.—seat, 3 miles AY. of Cirencester, Glou-
cestershire.—2. Oakley Park, seat of Lord Windsor,
on river Tern, Shropshire, 2 miles NW. of Ludlow.—

3. Oakley Park, seat, 2 miles NE. of Eye, Suffolk.

Oakley Park, seat, 3 miles N. of Kells, NW. co.

Meath.

Oakmere, township, Delamere par., Cheshire, 4%
miles NE. of Tarporley, 2962 ac. (69 water), pop. 578.

Oaknioor. See Oakamooe.

Oakpark.—seat, in co. and 2 miles N. of Carlow.—

2. Oakpark, seat, 3 miles NE. of Letterkenny, E. co.
Donegal.—3. Oakpark, seat, near Tralee, N. co. Kerry.

Oakport, seat, on Lough Oakport, N. co. Roscommon,
5 miles E. of Boyle.

Oakridge, eccl. dist. and vil., Bisley par., Glouces-
tershire—dist., pop. 824 ; vil., 4% miles SE. of Stroud.

Oaks, The.—seat, Cumberland, 7% miles SW. of
Carlisle. — 2. Oaks, The, seat, Cumberland; post-
town, Broughton in Furness.—3. Oaks, The, hamlet,
Norton par., Derbyshire, 4 miles S. of Sheffield ; adja-
cent is Oaks House, seat.—4. Oaks, The, ry. sta.,
NE. Lancashire, 2 miles SE. of Bolton.

Oaks, The, seat, in co. and 5 m. SE. of Londonderry.

Oaks, The, in Charnwood, eccl. dist., Barrow upon
Soar, Newtown-Linford, Sheepshed, and AVhitwick
pars., Leicestershire, pop. 627.

Oaks Green, hamlet, on W. border of Derbyshire,
3 miles SE. of Uttoxeter.

Oakscy, par. and vil., AYilts—par., 1924 ac., pop.
419; vil., 6 miles NE. of Malmesbury ; P.O.

Oakshott Station, 4 miles NW. of Leatherhead,
Surrey; P.O. See
Oxshott.

Oakthorpe and Donlsthorpe, township, Seal par.,
Leicestershire, and Church Gresley, Measham, and
Stretton en le Field pars., Derbyshire, pop. 1494 ; con-
tains Oakthorpe, vil., 3% miles SAA”. of Ashby de la
Zouch; P.O.

Oakwell Hall, seat, in NW. vicinity of Birstal sta.,
West-Riding Yorkshire.

Oakwood.—seat, Sussex, 2 miles NAY. of Chichester.
—2. Oakwood, Surrey. See
Okewood.

Oakwood Tower, ruined baronial fortalice, in co.
and 4% miles SW. of Selkirk, on Ettrick AYater ; be-
longed in 13th century to the wizard Sir Michael Scot
of Balwearie, and in the 16th to “Wat” Scott of
Harden; it is now the property of Lord Polwarth.

Oakworth, town with ry. sta., partly in Hawortli
par., but chiefly in Keighley par., West-Riding York-
shire, 3 miles SW. of Keighley by rail, pop. 5762 ; p.o.
Oakworth has mfrs. of cotton and worsted, and shares
in the general prosperity of Keighley, of which it is
practically an outgrowth.

©are.—hamlet, Chieveley par., Berks, 5 miles NE. of
Newbury.—2. Oare, par. and vil., Kent, on creek of
river Swale, 1% mile NAY. of Farnham, 647 ac. and 274
tidal water and foreshore, pop. 512; has gunpowder
mfr. and brickmaking.—3. ©are, par., Somerset, at
boundary with Devon, on river East Lyn, 7 miles SE.
of Lynton, 4000 ac., pop. 61.—4. ©are, vil., AVilcot
par., Wilts, 4 miles SW. of Marlborough ; P.O.

©ashy, hamlet, Hay dor par., Lincolnshire, 5§ miles
NE. of Grantham.

©athlaw, par., mid. Forfarshire, on river South Esk,
5274 ac., pop. 440; the church is 4% m. NE. of Forfar.

Oatlands, eccl. dist., Walton on Thames par., Surrey,

3 miles SE. of Chertsey, pop. 1472; P.O., T.O., called
©atlands l'ark. Oatlands is the site of a palace built
by Henry VIII.; a grotto, formed by the Duke of New-
castle, at a cost of £40,000, is still shown to visitors.

Oatlands, SW. suburb of Glasgow; P.O., T.o.

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

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