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PriddbwlI, hamlet, Llansilin par., Denbighshire, 54
miles SW. of Oswestry.

Priddy, par. and vil., Somerset—par., 1361 ac., pop.
226; vil., 4 miles NW. of Wells; P.O.

Prideanx Honse, seat, in N. vicinity of St Blazey,
Cornwall; Prideaux Warren is a ruined entrench-
ment of British origin.

Pridlianislcigh Cave, limestone cavern, Devon, 14
mile SAY. of Ashburton.

Priest Cove, on coast of Cornwall, on S. side of
Cape Cornwall.

Priest Hntton, township, Warton par., N. Lanca-
shire, 2 m. S. of Burton in Kendal, 1085 ac., pop. 213.

Priest Island, Lochbroom par., Ross and Cromarty,
at the entrance of Loch Broom.

Priest Weston, hamlet, Chirbury par., Shropshire,
7 miles NAY. of Bishops Castle.

Priesthridge, hamlet, Barnes par., Surrey, 74 miles
SW. of AYaterloo Bridge Station, London.

Priestcliff, hamlet, Bakewell par., Derbyshire, 3
miles S. of Tideswell; has an endowed school. See
Taddington and Priestcliff.

Priestfleld, ry. sta., Staffordshire, If mile SE. of
Wolverhampton sta.

Priesthaggard, 8 miles S. of New Ross, SAY. co
Wexford; P.O.

Priesthill, farm, Muirkirk par., Ayrshire; has a
monument to the memory of John Brown, the Cove-
nanter, who was shot here 1st May 1685.

Priestholm, or Puffin Island : which see.

Priestland, 3 m. from Bushmills, N. co. Antrim; P.O.

Priestman, S. spur of Saddleback, Cumberland.

Priestown, 5 miles NE. of Clonee, co. Meath; P.O.

Priests House, seat, near Romford, Essex.

Priest’s Leap, mountain, on border of cos. Cork and
Kerry, between Bantry and Kenmare, alt. 1898 ft.

Priesttown, demesne, Drangan par., co. Tipperary.

Priglis Bay, on coast of St Agnes, Scilly Islands;
the church is here.

Primethorpe, hamlet, Broughton Astley par., Lei-
cestershire, 7 miles NW. of Loughborough; P.O.

Primrose, school, Old Machar par., Aberdeenshire.

Primrose Green.—hamlet, Herts, in S. of co., 2
miles. SE. of St Albans.—2. Primrose Green, hamlet,
Herts, in W. of co., near Kings Langley.

Primrose Hill.—in NAY. of London, at NAA7. side of
Regent’s Park; is pierced by a tunnel of the North-
AYestern Ry., 3360 ft. long; was the scene (1678) of the
murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey. — 2. Primrose
Hill, in N. of Isle of Man, 34 miles AV. of Ramsey.

Primrose Mills, paperworks, g mile from Clitheroe,
Lancashire.

Primrose Paper Works, 1 mile from Clitheroe,
Lancashire.

Primside Loch, in par. and 1 mile AV. of Yetholm,
Roxburghshire.

Prince Town, Devon; P.O., T.o. See Princetown.

Princeiet, hamlet, Newchurch par., Isle of Wight, 2
miles S. of Newchurch sta.

Princes Channel, fairway, in Thames estuary, 10
miles NW. of Margate; on N. side of channel, between
the Girdler and Tongue Lights, is Princes Channel
Light-Vessel, with revolving light 35 ft. above high
water and seen 10 miles.

Princes Fnd, ry. sta., Staffordshire, 44 miles SE. of
AY olverhampton.

Princes Mill, paperworks, AVooburn, Bucks.

Princes Risborough, market town and par. with
ry. sta., Bucks, 74 miles S. of Aylesbury, 4697 ac., pop.
2418; P.O., T.O. Market-day,
Thursday. The town is
situated among the Chiltern Hills, is an ancient place,
and took the distinctive title of “Princes” from a
moated palace of the Black Prince which at one time
stood here. The church (rebuilt in the time of Henry
VII.) contains effigies of crusaders. There is an endowed
school. The trade of the town is mainly agricultural.
In addition to the weekly market a cattle fair is held
in May.

Princes Shoal, submarine chalky ledge, off E. coast
of Isle of AVight, near Bembridge Point.

Princes Tower, modern tower, Jersey, Channel
Islands, on an ancient tumulus, 24 miles NE. of St
Helier.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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