Poulton.—(or Poulton le Sands), township, Lan-
caster par., N. Lancashire, on Morecambe Bay, 3%
miles NW. of Lancaster, 1725 ac. and 4363 foreshore,
pop. 3931; the township forms a local government
district called Poulton, Bare and Torrisholine. See
Morecambe. — 2. Poulton, township, Pulford par.,
in co. and 4 miles S. of Chester, 1405 ac. (25 water),
pop. 161; contains Poulton Hall, seat.—3. Poulton,
par. and vil., Gloucestershire—par., 1580 ac., pop. 457;
vil., 5 miles SE. of Cirencester; P.O.—4. Poulton,
par., Kent, 3 miles AV. of Dover, 830 ac., pop. 27.

Poulton Junction, ry. sta., N. Lancashire, 5 miles
S. of Fleetwood. See Poulton le Fylde.

Poult on, Bare and Torrisholine, local government
district, Lancaster par., N. Lancashire; is conterminous
with the township of Poulton : which see.

Poulton cum Scacomhe, township, Wallasey par.,
Cheshire, on river Mersey, on N. side of Birkenhead,
and wholly within the local government district of Wal-
lasey, 830 ac. (72 water) and 306 tidal water and fore-
shore, pop. 7640. P. Hall is a seat. See Seacombe.

Poulton cum Spittle, township (ry. sta. Spital),
Bebington par., Cheshire, 4 miles S. of Birkenhead, 980
ac., pop. 399.

Poulton le Fylde, small market town, par., and
township with ry. sta. (Poulton Junction), N. Lanca-
shire—par. (containing the town of Fleetwood), 16,691
ac., pop. 11,912 ; town and township, near river AVyre,
5 miles S. of Fleetwood, 914 ac., pop. 1225; P.O., T.O.,
1 Bank. Market-day, Monday. Previous to the rise
of Fleetwood in 1836 Poulton was a town of some com-
mercial importance. It has a free school, and a church
(rebuilt 1751) with tower of the time of Charles I. The
weekly market is for corn, and fairs are held in Febru-
ary, April, and November.

Poulton le Sands, eccl. dist., Lancaster par., N.
Lancashire, conterminous with Poulton township. See
Poulton.

Poulton with Fearnhead, township, in par. and 2%

miles NE. of Warrington, SW. Lancashire, 1320 ac. (24
water), pop. 742.

Pound Hill, hamlet, near N. border of Sussex, 2
miles from Crawley; P.O.

Poundbury Hill, eminence, Dorset, in AV. vicinity
of Dorchester.

Pounden, township (ry. sta. Marsh Gibbon and
Pounden), Twyford par., in co. and 7 miles SW. of
Buckingham, 980 ac., pop. 72.

Poundland, vil., Colmonell par., Ayrshire, on river
Stinchar, 8 miles S. of Girvan.

Ponndsford, hamlet, Pitminster par., Somerset, 3
miles S. of Taunton.

Poundsgate, hamlet, AViddeeombe in the Moor par.,
Devon, 2 miles NW. of Ashburton ; P.O.

Foundstock, par. and vil., Cornwall, 4 miles S. of
Bude Haven, 4814 ac. (190 water), pop. 522.

Pounel House, seat, 2 miles SW. of Horrabridge
sta., Devon.

Pontherwain, Pembrokeshire, in NE. of co., 4 miles
from Llechryd; P.O.

Povesia (or Powysland), one of the three princi-
palities into which AVales was divided (843) by Roderic.

Povey’s Cross, hamlet, Surrey, 6 m. S. of Reigate.

Povington, vil., Tyneham par., Dorset, in SE. of co.,
5 miles SAV. of AVareham.

Pow, a name applied to sluggish rivulets, which
occur in marshy or alluvial districts throughout Scot-
land ; it is another form of Gaelic Poll, Welsh Pwll,
signifying “ a pool or marshy place.”

Powder Hundred, Cornwall, consisting of 3 divi-
sions—East Division, 54,768 ac., pop. 24,209; South
Division, 32,184 ac., pop. 6989 ; West Division, 50,967
ac., pop. 17,566; the entire hundred contains St Austell
and 37 other pars.

Powder Twy wardreath, hundred, Cornwall, 22,567
ac., pop. 10,388.

Powderhain.—par. and vil., Devon—par., 1947 ac.,
pop. 280; vil., on W. side of estuary of river Exe, 6%
miles SE. of Exeter; Powderhain Castle, seat of
the Earl of Devon, is an ancient Norman edifice, situ-
ated in a finely wooded park sloping to the Exe.—

2. Powderhain, Bentley par., Hants, 5 miles NE.
of Alton; pavements of a Roman villa have been
found here.

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