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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 Sweyn’s
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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