Power (or Poor) Head, 3 miles E. of the entrance
to Cork Harbour,S. co. Cork.

Power’s Court, seat, co. Waterford; post-town,
Tramore.

Powerscourt, par., NW. co. Wicklow, on river
Dargle, 18,938 ac., pop. 2034; contains Powerscourt
House, seat of Viscount Powerscourt, 44 miles SW. of
Bray; Powerscourt Waterfall, 3 miles to the SW.,
in the Dargle glen, has a fall of 300 ft.

Powerscross, 3 m. from Woodford, co. Galway; P.O.

Powerstock, ry. sta., Dorset, 5 miles NE. of Brid-
port. See Poorstock.

Powerstown.—par., E. co. Kilkenny, on river Bar-
row, 3 miles SE. of Gowran, 5432 ac., pop. 854.—2.
Powerstown, seat, near Clonmel, S. co. Tipperary.

Powfoot (or Queensberry), hamlet, Cummertrees
par., Dumfriesshire, on Solway Firth, at mouth of Pow
Water, 4 miles SW. of Annan.

Powfowlls House, seat, Airth par., Stirlingshire,
near Firth of Forth, 6 miles NE. of Falkirk.

Powick, par. and vil., Worcestershire—par. (con-
taining Worcestershire Pauper Lunatic Asylum), 5194
ac., pop. 2635; vil., 3 miles W. of Worcester; P.O. ;
in vicinity is Powick Court, seat.

Powis Castle (in Welsh, Castell Coch, i.e., the Red
Castle), seat of the Earl of Powis, Montgomeryshire,
in E. of co., 1 mile S. of Welshpool; is an ancient
mansion (1109), situated on a commanding eminence,
and surrounded by a large park. Powis was an ancient
territory or kingdom of the Welsh, and originally ex-
tended over the Severn into the counties of Salop,
Worcester, and Hereford, to the Wye, but was curtailed
after the construction of Offas Dyke to Montgomery-
shire, and parts of Radnorshire and Brecknockshire.

Powis House, seat, near Old Aberdeen, Aber-
deenshire.

Powmillion Burn, AV. Lanarkshire; rises in East
Kilbride par., and flows 7 miles NE. and SE. to Avon
Water, 1 mile E. of Strathaven.

Pownail Fee, township, AVilmslow par., Cheshire,
on river Bollin (containing part of AVilmslow), 3595 ac.
(40 water), pop. 2882; has an extensive cotton factory
and a silk throwing mill; contains Pownail Hall, 5
miles SW. of Stockport.

Powrie, ruined castle, Murroes par., Forfarshire, 3
miles NE. of Dundee.

Powtrail Water, Lanarkshire. See Potrail AA⁷ater.

Powys. See Powis.

Poxwell (or Pokeswell), par., Dorset, in SE. of co.,
5 miles NE. of Weymouth, 887 ac., pop. 86; has remains
of a Druidical circle.

Poyle, vil., Stanwell par., Middlesex, 1 mile SE. of
Colnbrook; the Poyle paperworks are here; in vicinity
is Poyle Honse, seat.

Poyle Park, seat, 4 miles NE. of Farnham, Surrey.

Poynings.—hundred, Lewes rape, Sussex, 7201 ac.,
pop. 1047 ; contains 3 pars, and a part.—2. Poynings,
par. and vil., Sussex—par., 1642 ac., pop. 316; vil., 6
miles NW. of Brighton ; P.O.

Poyntington. See PoiNTlNGTON.

Poynton, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Prestbury
par., Cheshire—dist., pop. 2166; vil., 5J miles N. of
Macclesfield; P.O., T.O.; the dist. is conterminous with
the township of Poynton with Worth; near the vil.
is Poynton Hall, seat of Lord Vernon.

Poynton with Worth, township (ry. sta. Poynton),
Prestbury par., Cheshire, 2966 ac., pop. 2166.

Poyntzfiehl, hamlet, Resolis par., Ross and Cro-
marty, 3 miles S. of Invergordon by ferry; P.O.; Poyntz-
field Honse, seat, is in vicinity.

Poyntzpass; P.O., T.o. See Pointz Pass.

Poyston, hamlet, Rudbaxton par., Pembrokeshire, 3
miles N. of Haverfordwest; General Picton (1758-1815)
was a native.

Pradanack Point, small headland, on SW. coast of
Cornwall, 4 miles NAV. of the Lizard; Pradanack
Cross, an ancient monument, 5 ft. high, is 1 mile
inland.

Pradoc, seat, 3 m. SW. of Ruyton, Shropshire.

Praed Street (Paddington), ry. sta. (on Metropoli-
tan Railway), in AV. of London.

Pratling Street Hills, paperworks, Aylesford, Kent.

Prawle, fishing vil., Chivelstonepar., Devon, 7 miles