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Rawcliffe, Ont, township, St Michael on Wyre par., N. Lancashire, on river Wyre, 5% miles SW. of Gar- stang, 4593 ac., pop. 815.
Rawcliffe, Upper, with Farnacre, township, St Michael on Wyre par., N. Lancashire, 3839 ac., pop. 618; contains Upper Rawcliffe, vil., on river Wyre, 3£ miles SAV. of Garstang; P.O., called Rawcliffe.
Rawdon (or Rawden), town and township, Guiseley par., AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NE. of Bradford and 6 miles NW. of Leeds, 1559 ac., pop. 3407 ; P.O., T.O.; has mfrs. of cloth, and possesses numerous im- portant educational institutions. Rawdon gives the title of baron to the Marquis of Hastings.
Rawlsbnry Camp, on Bullbarrow Down, Dorset, 4 miles NAV. of Milton Abbas.
Rawmarsh, town and par. (ry. sta. Park Gate and Rawmarsh), S. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NE. of Rotherham, 2578 ae., pop. 10,179; P.O.; has china and iron works, and in the neighbourhood are collieries.
Rawreth, par. and vil., Essex, 5 miles NE. of Pitsea, 2375 ac., pop. 331.
Rawtenstall, town with ry. sta., Bury and AVhalley pars., NE. Lancashire, 4 miles W. of Bacup and 8 N. of Bury, 1667 ac., pop. 12,571; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; carries on cotton and woollen mfrs.; is of compara- tively recent origin, and consists of regular and well- built streets.
Rawyards, vil. with ry. sta., in NE. suburbs of Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Ray, 3 miles from Rathmullen, N. co. Donegal; P.O.
Raybarrow Pool, bog, Dartmoor, Devon, on S. side of Cawsand Beacon.
Kay don.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 3 miles SE. of Hadleigh, 2335 ac., pop. 524 ; P.O.—2. Raydon, hamlet, in par. and near Orford, Suffolk.—3. Raydon, Essex. See Roydon.
Rayleigh (or Raleigh), par. and vil., Essex, 4% miles W. of Rochford, 2906 ac., pop. 1327 ; P.O., T.O.; gives the title of baron to the family of Strutt; at the upper end of the vil. is a moated mound, the site of Sweyns castle.
Raymoghy, par., N. co. Donegal, on Lough Swilly, 5 miles N. of Raphoe, 15,190 ac., pop. 3134.
Kaymunterdoney, par., N. co. Donegal, 5 miles SW. of Dunfanaghy, 12,018 ac., pop. 1853.
Rayne,—par. and vil. with ry. sta., Essex, 1% mile W. of Braintree, 1708 ac., pop. 404 ; P.O.—2. Rayne, hamlet, in par. and near Orton, AVestmorland.
Rayne, par., Aberdeenshire, 7885 ac., pop. 1284; contains Old Rayne, vil., on river Ury, 1% mile NE. of Oyne ry. sta.; the parish church is 2% miles NE. of Old Rayne.
Rayners, seat, Bucks; post-town, Penn, near High Wycombe.
Kaynes Fark, ry. sta., Surrey, 1% mile SW. of Wimbledon.
Raynham Park, ry. sta., Norfolk, 3% miles SW. of Fakenham. See Rainham.
Rayrigg Hall, seat, AVestmorland, on E. side of Windermere, | mile N. of Bowness ; was for several years the summer residence of AVilliam Wilberforce (1759-1833), the philanthropist.
Rea.—river, Shropshire; rises near Long Stanton, and flows 20 miles S. past Cleobury Mortimer to the Teme at Rochford, on NAV. border of AVorcestershire.—
2. Rea, river, AVorcestershire and AVarwickshire ; rises near the Cleat Hills, and flows 11 miles NE. through Birmingham to the Tame at Castle Bromwich.
Reach.—vil., Swaffham Prior and Burwell pars., Cambridgeshire, 5% miles NAV. of Newmarket. — 2. Reach, Bedfordshire. See Heath and Reach.
Read, township and vil., in par. and 2 miles E. of Whalley, NE. Lancashire, 1548 ac., pop. 909; P.O.; has a cotton mill; near vil. is Read Hall, seat. |
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