Poffley End, hamlet, in par. and 2% miles N. of Wit-
ney, Oxfordshire.

Pointe du Chateau, bold promontory, at S. side of
Sark, Channel Islands.

Pointers, seat, 5 miles NW. of Leatherhead, Surrey.

Pointer’s Grove, seat, near Totteridge, Herts.

Pointington (or Poyntington), par., Somerset, 3
miles NE. of Sherborne, 1020 ac., pop. 116.

Pointon, township and vil., Sempringham par., Lin-
colnshire, 2% miles SE. of Falkingham, pop. 438 ; P.O.

Pointz Castle, mound, at St Bride’s Bay, Pembroke-
shire, 4% miles SE. of St David’s; is supposed to have
been the site of a Roman watch tower.

Pointz Pass, vil. with ry. sta., Aghaderg and Bally-
more pars., cos. Armagh and Down, on Newry Canal,
8 miles N. of Newry and 10 miles S. of Portadown
Junction, pop. 343; P.O., T.o., called Poyntzpass;
1 Bank. Market-day, Friday.

Pokesdown, eccl. dist., Christchurch par., Hants,
near Christchurch sta., pop. 1795; P.O.

Pol Ledan (“the Broad Pool”), in SW. of Corn-
wall, near Lands End.

Polbathic, hamlet, Cornwall, 1% mile W. of St Ger-
mans ; P.O.

Polcnel Ferry, on estuary of river Fal, Cornwall;
forms the direct route between Gerrans and Falmouth;
steamboats from Falmouth run up to this point.

Polders, hamlet, Woodnesborough par., Kent, near
Sandwich.

Pole, The, seat, 3% miles N. of Northwich, Cheshire.

Polebrook.—hundred, in N. of Northamptonshire,

19,899 ac., pop. 5366; contains 6 pars, and 3 parts.—
2. Polebrook, par., township, and vil., Northampton-
shire—-par., 2730 ac., pop. 451; township, pop. 426;
vil., 2 miles SE. of Oundle; has a free school.

Polegate, vil. with ry. sta., Hailsham par., Sussex,
3 miles S. of Hailsham and 12 miles SE. of Lewes ; P.O.

Poles, seat, in co. and 3 miles NE. of Hertford.

Poles, in co. and 4 miles from Cavan ; P.O.

Polesden, seat, 3 miles NW. of Dorking, Surrey.

Polesworth, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Warwick-
shire—par. (containing Warton and part of Wilnecote),
6310 ac., pop. 3472; vil., on river Anker, 4 miles SE. of
Tamworth; P.O., T.O.; is a large place, and ranked for-
merly as a market town. There are collieries, quarries,
and clay works; also some remains of a nunnery,
founded shortly after the Norman Conquest.

Polgooth Mine, tin mine, Cornwall, 2 miles SW. of
St Austell; is one of a number worked by the mining
population of St Austell.

Polgraln, hamlet, St Michael Car hay es par., Corn-
wall, 3 miles SE. of Tregony.

Poling.—hundred, Arundel rape, Sussex, 18,557
ac., pop. 8766.—2. Poling, par. and vil., Sussex, 2
miles SE. of Arundel, 790 ac., pop. 180; here is a large
wildfowl “ decoy,” supplied by a tributary of the Arun.

Poljevv Cave, small recess, on W. coast of Cornwall,
5 miles S. of Helston.

Polkemmet, seat, in par. and 1% mile W. of Whit-
burn, Linlithgowshire.

Polkerris, fishing vil., on S. coast of Cornwall, 2
miles W. of Fowey.

Poll, school, Strachur and Stralachlan par., Argyll.

Polla, rivulet, Durness par., N. Sutherland; issues
from Loch Dubh, and flows 8 miles N. to Loch Erriboll.

Pollacappul Lough, W. co. Galway, near Kylemore
Lough.

Pollanass, waterfall, on river Avonmore, mid. co.
Wicklow, near Glendalough.

Pollards Lands, township, Auckland St Andrew
par., Durham, partly in town of Bishop Auckland, 438
ac., pop. 614.

Pol lards town, par., mid. co. Kildare, on Grand
Canal, 2 miles W. of Newbridge, 1249 ac., pop. 117.

Follathomas, school, co. Mayo. See Pulathomas.

Pollerton Honse, seat, in co. and 1 m. NE. of Carlow.

Pollicott, hamlet, Ashendon par., Bucks, 4 miles N.
of Thame.

Pollington, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Snaith
par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire—dist. (Pollington
cum Balne), pop. 745; township, 1920 ac., pop. 387;
vil., 2% miles SW. of Snaith; P.O.; gives title of baron
and viscount to Earl of Mexborough.