Passford, seat, 2| miles S. of Hatherleigh, Devon.

Passlngford Bridge, hamlet, on river Roding, Essex,
6 miles N. of Romford; P.O.

Paston.—coast par. and vil., Norfolk, 6 miles NE.
of North Walsham, 1445 ac. (70 water), pop. 252.—2.
Paston, par., township, and vil., Northamptonshire
—par. (containing Werrington), 3050 ac., pop. 1168;
township, pop. 112; vil., 24 miles N. of Peterborough ;
near the vil. is Paston Hall, seat.—3. Paston, town-
ship, Kirk Newton par., Northumberland, on river
Beaumont, 10 miles NW. of Wooler, 2355 ac., pop. 172.

Pastrow, hundred, Hants, in NW. of co., 18,852 ac.,
pop. 2211; contains 8 pars.

Pasture Beck, stream, Westmorland, flowing NW.
through Thresthwaite Glen to Goldrill Beck, near Low
Hartsop.

Pastures.—seat, in co. and 3 miles SW. of Derby.—

2. Pastures, hamlet, Ripon par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 4 miles N. of Ripley.

Pataig, rivulet, Inverness-shire. See Pattack.

Patckam, par. and vil., Sussex, 3 m. N. of Brighton,
4425 ac., pop. 873; near the vil. is Patcham Place, seat.

Patcliets Green, hamlet, Aldenham par., Herts, 2
miles NE. of Watford.

Patching, hundred, par., and vil., Sussex—hundred
and par., 1767 ac., pop. 274; vil., 4miles SE. of Arundel;
P.O.; near the vil. is Patching Place, seat; Patching
Pond, a large sheet of water, abounds in trout, eels, &c.

Patchole, hamlet, Kentisbury par., Devon, 9 miles
NE. of Barnstaple.

Patchway, vil. with ry. sta., Almondsbury par.,
Gloucestershire, 6 miles N. of Bristol; in vicinity is
Patchway House, seat.

Pateley Bridge, market town with ry. sta., Ripon
par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Nidd, 14
miles NW. of Harrogate and 212 miles NW. of London,
pop. 3197; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Saturday.
Lead mines and stone quarries are numerous here, and
active industries are carried on in flaxspinning and
brewing; there are also important cattle and sheep
fairs. Four miles from the town is a curious and beau-
tiful series of caverns, encrusted with stalactites and
stalagmites, discovered in 1860.

Pater (or Pembroke Dock), on NW. side and in
bor. of Pembroke; Pater was a small village until 1814,
when the Royal Dockyard for the construction of ships
of war was removed thither from Milford Haven. See
Pembroke and Pembroke Dock.

Paternosters, The. See Pierres de Lecq.

Path of Condie (or Pathstruic), hamlet, Forgan-
denny par., Perthshire, on Water of May, 54 miles SE.
of Forteviot ry. sta.; P.O., called Pathstruic.

Pathhead.—part of New Cumnock vil., N ew Cumnock
par., Ayrshire, pop. 532.—2. Pathhead, vil., Crichton
par., Edinburghshire, on river Tyne, 5 miles SE. of
Dalkeith and 11 miles SE. of Edinburgh, pop. 583.—

3. Pathhead, quoad sacra par., Dysart par., Fife, in
royal burgh of Kirkcaldy, pop. 3930; P.O.,T.O., 1 Bank.

Pathlow, vil., Aston Cantlow par., Warwickshire, 3
miles NW. of Stratford on Avon.

Pathstruie, Perthshire; P.O. See Path OP Condie.

Patieiuuir, vil., Fife. See Pettymuir.

Patmore Hall, seat, on E. border of Herts, 5 miles
NW. of Bishop Stortford.

Patna, vil. with ry. sta., Dalmellington and Straiton
pars., and quoad sacra par., partly also in Dalrymple
and Kirkmichael pars., Ayrshire—quoad sacra par.,
pop. 1179; vil., on river Doon, 10 miles SE. of Ayr,
pop. 603; P.O. ; is situated in a mineral field rich in
coal and ironstone.

Patncy, par. and vil., Wilts, on river Avon, 44 miles
SE. of Devizes, 830 ac., pop. 142.

Patrick (or Kirk Patrick), coast par., in W. of Isle
of Man, 10,634 ac., pop. 2626; contains Dalby; the
church is 1 mile S. of Peel.

Patrick Brompton, par., township, and vil., North-
Riding Yorkshire—par., 4173 ac., pop. 720; township
(partly in Bedale par.), 1238 ac., pop. 178; the vil. is
4 miles NW. of Bedale.

Patrick’s (or St Patrick’s) Isle, island of 74 ac.,
off AY. coast Isle of Man, near Peel; is joined to the
mainland by a causeway, and contains the ruins of
Peel Castle and Peel Cathedral. See Peel.