Padeswood, vil. with ry. sta., in NW. of Flintshire,
2% miles SE. of Mold and 10f miles SW. of Chester.

Padficld, vil., in par. and 1% mile NW. of Glossop,
Derbyshire; has cotton factories; the Manchester
waterworks are situated here.

Padgate, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Warring-
ton par., SW. Lancashire—dist., pop. 1246; vil., 2
miles NE. of Warrington; P.O.

Padiliam, manufacturing town and township with
ry. sta., Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, 3 miles W. of
Burnley and 8 miles NE. of Blackburn—township, 1953
ac., pop. 8346; town (Padiham and Hapton), pop.
8974 ; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Padiham Road, 2 Banks.
The town is a local government district, and carries on
mfrs. of cotton; coal mines and stone quarries are in
the neighbourhood.

Padiey, Xelhcr, township, Hope par., Derbyshire,
onriver Derwent, 6% miles NE. of Tideswell, 308 ac.,
pop. 37 ; contains Padiey Hail, seat.

Padnall nail, seat, in Hainault Forest, Essex, 2%
miles W. of Romford.

Padside, hamlet, Hampsthwaite par., E. div. AYest-
Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles S. of Pateley Bridge; in
vicinity is Padside Hall, seat. See Thornthwaite
with Padside.

Padstow, seaport and market town, and par., Corn-
wall, on S. side of estuary of river Camel, 5 miles NW.
of AYadebridge ry. sta. and 12 miles NW. of Bodmin—
par., 3341 ac., pop. 2191; town, pop. 1749 ; P.O., T.o.,
1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. This is a very ancient
place, its former names being Lodenek, Athelstowe, and
Petrocstowe. The town furnished ships for the siege of
Calais in 1346. It is nominally governed by a portreeve
and other officers, under charter of Elizabeth. Padstow
has a fine situation in a luxuriant valley. Its coasting
trade is considerable. (For shipping statistics, see
Appendix.) The chief articles of commerce are coals,
corn, and malt; and some shipbuilding is carried on.

Padwortli, par. and vil., Berks, in S. of co., on
river Kennet, 9 miles SAY. of Reading, 1211 ac., pop.
268 ; near the vil. is Padworth House, seat.

Page Hank, mining vil., 4 miles NW. of Ferryhill
Junction, Durham; P.O.

Page Street, hamlet, in par. and 1% mile E. of Edge-
ware, Middlesex.

Pagefold, hamlet, Mitton par., N. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 2 miles NAY. of Clitheroe.

Pagliain, coast par. and fishing vil., Sussex, on Pag-
ham Harbour, an inlet of the sea—par., 3886 ac., pop.
874 ; vil., 4% m. SE. of Chichester; P.O. Pagham Har-
bour is tidal, and has 2 islands before its narrow mouth.

Pagleskani, par. and vil., Essex, 4 miles NE. of
Rochford, 2017 ac. and 317 tidal water and foreshore,
pop. 514; P.O.

PaiMe, place with school, North Uist island, Outer
Hebrides, Inverness-shire.

Paignton, coast town and par. with ry. sta., Devon,
on Tor Bay, 2 miles S. of Torquay, 5092 ac., pop. 4613;
P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is a rapidly increasing watering-place
with extensive and firm sands, and has a pier which
affords depth of water for ships of 200 tons. Cider-
apples are largely cultivated in the neighbourhood, and
cider is manufactured here in large quantities. Near the
church are the ruins of a palace of the bishops of Exeter,
in which Miles Coverdale (1487-1563) frequently resided.

Pallton, township and vil., Monks Kirby par., War-
wickshire, 5 miles NW. of Rugby, pop. 531; P.O.

Painestown.—par., cos. Carlow and Kildare, on
river Barrow, 3 miles N. of Carlow, 2158 ac., pop. 112.
—2. Painestown, par., E. co. Meath, on river Boyne,
2% miles SW. of Slane, 3511 ac., pop. 551.

Painley Hill, hamlet, Leigh par., Staffordshire, 3
miles SW. of Cheadle.

Pains Lane (or Donnlngton Wood), eccl. dist.,
Lilleshall, Shifnal, and Wrockwardine pars., Shrop-
shire, pop. 2798.

Palnscastlc.—vil., Llanbedr-Painscastle par., Rad-
norshire, 5 miles NAY. of Hay; P.O.—2. Painscastle,
hundred, in S. of Radnorshire, 35,477 ac., pop. 3108.

Painsliaw, Durham. See Penshaw.

Patnshill Park, seat, on river Mole, Surrey, 5 miles
NW. of Leatherhead; the grounds contain numerous
grottoes, imitation ruins, and a lake of 30 ac.