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©yne, stream, NW. co. Clare, near Ennistimon; falls
into Liscannor Bay.

©yster Haven.—narrow sea inlet, 3 miles E. of Kin-
sale Harbour, S. co. Cork. — 2. ©yster Haven (or
Pallas), hamlet, on Oyster Haven, co. Cork.

Oyster Island, in Sligo Bay, in co. and 4 miles NW.
of Sligo;_ has a lighthouse 43 ft. high, with 2 fixed
lights (Sligo Bay) 40 and 49 ft. above high water and
seen 11 miles.

OysteriHouth, coast par., vil., and local government
district, Gower, Glamorgan—par., 2996 ac. and 971
foreshore, pop. 3945; dist., 2600 ac., pop. 3487; vil., 5
miles SW of Swansea; P.O. at ©ysterniouth Boad;
in vicinity are the ruins of Oystenuoiith Castle. The
par. contains the vils. of Newton, Norton, and Mumbles.

Ozendlke, hamlet, Ryther par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 7 miles NW. of Selby.

©zleworth, par., Gloucestershire, among the Cots-
wolds, 5 miles NE. of Charfield, 1114 ac., pop. 78;
contains ©zleworth Park, seat.

Palmy (or Pabaidh), island, Uig par., Outer
Hebrides, Ross-shire, near W. coast of Lewis island,
in West Loch Roag, pop. 9.

Pabbay.—island, Barra par., Outer Hebrides, Inver-
ness-shire, 64 miles S. of Barra island, pop. 26; con-
sists chiefly of a gneiss hill rising 800 ft. above sea level.
—2. Pabbay, island, Harris par., Outer Hebrides,
Inverness-shire, in Sound of Harris, pop. 2; measures
24 miles by 14 mile, and rises to an alt. of 1000 ft.
above sea level.—3. Pabbay, island, Strath par., Skye
island, Inverness-shire, at the entrance of Broadford
Bay, pop. 10; contains the ruins of a small chapel.

Pabo Hill, Carnarvonshire, 2 miles NE. of Conway.

Packham Honse, seat, near Fordingbridge, Hants.

Packington.—vil., on W. border of Leicestershire,
and par., partly also in Derbyshire—par., 2360 ac.,
pop. 1153; vil., 1 mile S. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; p.o.
—2. Packington, hamlet, Weefordpar., Staffordshire,
3 miles NW. of Tamworth ; in vicinity is Packington
Hall, seat. See
Swineen and Packington.

Packington, Great, par., AYarwickshire, on river
Blithe, 24 miles NAY. of Meriden and 7 miles NW. of
Coventry, 2451 ac., pop. 239 ; Packington Hall is the
seat of the Earl of Aylesford.

Packington, Little, par., AYarwickshire, adjacent
to Great Packington, 1110 ac., pop. 119; contains
Packington Park, seat.

Packniinstcr, near Shoreham, Sussex; a new Car-
thusian monastery has been built here, on a site of 300 ac.

Packmoor, hamlet, on N. border of Staffordshire, 3
miles N. of Burslem.

Pack wood, par., AYarwickshire, 44 miles NE. of
Henley in Arden, 1655 ac., pop. 291; contains Pack-
wood House, seat.

Padanarum, vil., Kirriemuir par., Forfarshire, 2
miles NW. of Forfar; P.O.

Padbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Bucks—par.,
2029 ac., pop. 530 ; vil., 24 m. SE. of Buckingham ; P.O.

Paddington.—parl. bor., par., and terminus of the
Great Western Railway, Middlesex, in W. of London,
1251 ac., pop. 107,218 ; Paddington returns 2 members
to Parliament (2 divisions—North and South, 1 member
for each division); it was made a parl. bor. in 1885.—2.
Paddington, eccl. dist., Eccles and Manchester pars.,
SE. Lancashire, on W. side of Manchester, pop. 9391.

Paddington Canal, branch of the Grand Junc-
tion Canal, Middlesex, extending from near Cranford
to Paddington; was formed in 1795-1801, and is 134
miles long.

Paddles worth.—par., Kent, 34 miles NW. of Folke-
stone, 561 ac., pop. 50.—2. Paddlcsworth, vil., 1 mile
W. of Snodland, Kent. See
Snodland and Paddles-
wokth.

Paddock.—eccl. dist., Huddersfield par., S. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire, pop. 4823. — 2. Paddock,
hamlet, Kirkburton par., S. div. West-Riding York-
shire, 5 miles SE. of Huddersfield.

Paddock Wood, vil. with ry. sta. (Paddock AYood
Junction), Brenchley par., and eccl. dist., partly also in
Nettlestead and Yalding pars., Kent—dist., pop. 1558 ;
vil., 5 miles E. of Tunbridge; P.O., T.o.

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

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