©wcrs Light-Vessel, in the English Channel, off S.
spit of Outer Owers, 7 m. SE.of Selsey Bill, Sussex; has
a revolving light 34 ft. above high water and seen 10 m.

©Wersby, vil., North and South Owersby pars., Lin-
colnshire, 4 miles NW. of Market Rasen; P.O.

©wersby, North, and ©wersby, South, 2 adjacent
pars., Lincolnshire (containing Owersby, vil. with P.O.)
—North Owersby, 4718 ac., pop. 343; South Owersby,
810 ac., pop. 92.

Owey Island, Templecrone par., NW. co. Donegal,
301 ac., pop. 141.

©wlerton, eccl. dist., Sheffield par., S. div. West-
Riding Yorkshire, in NW. of Sheffield, pop. 5884 ; P.O.

Owlpen, par.,Gloucestershire,24milesE. of Dursley,
720 ac., pop. 110 ; contains ©wlpen Park, seat.

©wishaw, hamlet, Gisburn par., N. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 10 miles S. of Settle.

©wlswick, hamlet, Monks Risborough par., Bucks,
2 miles NW. of Princes Risborough.

©wmby.—par., Lincolnshire, 7 miles SW. of Market
Rasen, 1650 ac., pop. 266.-2. ©wmby, hamlet, Searby
par., Lincolnshire, 4 miles NW. of Caistor.

©wney and Arra, bar., W. co. Tipperary, 85,494
ac., pop. 13,460.

©wneybeg, bar., co. Limerick, 27,211 ac., pop. 5538.
Owning (or Beaulieu), par., SW. co. Kilkenny, 2
miles NW. of Piltown, 4030 ac., pop. 783 ; P.O.

Owram, North and South. See Northowram and
SOUTHOWRAM.

Owres Green, hamlet, in S. of Hants, on Southamp-
ton Water, 74 miles SE. of Southampton.

Owsden, Suffolk. See Ousden.

©wslebury, par. and vil., Hants—par., 5413 ac.,
pop. 848 ; vil., 44 miles SE. of Winchester ; P.O.

Owsthorpe, township, in par. and 2 miles NE. of
Pocklington, East-Riding Yorkshire, 331 ac., pop. 12.

Owston.—par. and vil., Leicestershire, 74 miles SE.
of Melton Mowbray, 2460 ac., pop. 189.—2. Owston,
par. and township, Lincolnshire—par., 5350 ac., pop.
2058; township, pop. 1322; contains Owston Ferrt :
which see.—3. Owston, par., township, and vil., S. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire—par., 3039 ac., pop. 488; town-
ship (partly also in Burgh Wallis par.), 1815 ac., pop.
339 ; the vil. is 5 miles N W. of Doncaster.—4. Owston.
See also Ouston.

Owston Ferry (or West Ferry), small town, Owston
par., Lincolnshire, in Isle of Axholme, on river Trent,
34 miles SE. of Epworth and 7 miles N. of Gainsborough;
P.O., T.O. Brewing, boatbuilding, brick and tile mak-
ing, ropemaking, and sacking and sailcloth making, are
carried on. There is some trade in cattle.

©wstwick, township, Roos and Garton pars., East-
Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles NE. of Hedon, 1336 ac., pop.
89; P.O.

©wthorne,coast par., township, and vil., East-Riding
Yorkshire—par., 4032 ac., pop. 816; township, 1052 ac.,
pop. 540 ; vil., 44 miles NE. of Patrington; is a sea-
bathing place.

Owthorpe, par., Notts, 44 miles SAV. of Bingham,
1700 ac., pop. 131; contains ©wthorpe Hall, seat.

Ox Mountains, mid. co. Sligo, greatest alt. 1778 ft.
©x Bocks, AVigtownshire. See Aires.

Oxborongh, par. and vil., Norfolk—par., 2578 ac.,
pop. 228; vil., 7 miles SAY. of Swaffham; P.O.; in
vicinity is ©xborough Hall, seat.

©xcar Lighthouse, on the Oxcar Rocks, Firth of
Forth, 5 miles NAY. of Leith; is 634 ft. high, with
fixed light 544 ft. above high water and seen 13 miles,
©xclilfc. See Heaton with Oxclippe.

Oxcomhe, par., Lincolnshire, on the AYolds, 6 miles
NE. of Horncastle, 1021 ac., pop. 28.

©xcroft, hamlet, Bolsover par., Derbyshire, 4 miles
E. of Chesterfield.

Oxenbold, Great and Little, 2 hamlets, in S. of
Shropshire, 54 miles SW. of Much Wenlock.

©xendale, "valley, in W. of Westmorland ; forms a
branch of Great Langdale.

Oxendon, Great, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Clipston and
Oxenden), Northamptonshire—par., 1620 ac., pop. 232;
vil., 34 miles S. of Market Harborough; P.O., called
©xeudon.

Oxendon, Little, hamlet, Little Bowden par., North-
amptonshire, 2 miles SW. of Market Harborough.