Roehampton, eccl. dist., Putney par., Surrey, 14
mile SW. of Putney, and within the parl. limits of
Wandsworth, pop. 1986.

Roeillaun Island, Ballynakill par., co. Galway, 36
ac., pop. 43.

Koel (or Rowell), par., Gloucestershire, 34 miles SE.
of Winchcomb, 1640 ac., pop. 32.

Roeness Hill, Shetland. See Ronas Hill.

Roffey, Sussex. See Roughey.

Rofis, The, eminence with traces of ancient camp,
near Gresford, Denbighshire, 3 miles NE. of AVrexham.

Rogart, par. and ry. sta., Sutherland, on rivers
Brora and Fleet, 66,267 ac., pop. 1227; P.O., T.o.; the
sta. is 74 miles AV. of Golspie.

Rogate, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Sussex, on river
Rother, 54 miles AV. of Midhurst, 4984 ac., pop. 986;
P.O.; near the vil. is Rogate Lodge, seat.

Rogerley Hall, seat, near Frosterley, Durham.
Rogerstone, township, Bassaleg par., Monmouth-
shire, 24 miles AV. of Newport, pop. 1302.

Rogerstown Bay, 2 miles S. of Lusk, NE. co.
Dublin.

Rogie Falls, on river Rasay, Ross and Cromarty, 3
miles AV. of Strathpeffer. See Rasay.

Rogiett, par., Monmouthshire, 64 miles SAV. of
Chepstow, 550 ac. land and 2355 water, pop. 52.

Roke, hamlet, Bensington par., Oxfordshire, 2 miles
NE. of Wallingford.

liokehy, par., North-Riding Yorkshire, at the junc-
tion of the Greta and the Tees, 24 miles SE. of Barnard
Castle, 1160 ac., pop. 196 ; is the scene of Sir AValter
Scott’s poem of Rokeby; the property belonged to the
family of Rokeby from the Conquest to the Civil AVar,
and gave them the title of baron; Rokeby Hall, seat,
occupies the site of the ancient mansion-house, burned
down by the Scots in 1314.

Rokeby Hall, seat, 3 miles SE. of Dunlee ry. sta.,
S. co. Louth.

Roker, watering-place, Monk AA’earmouth par., Dur-
ham, in NE. vicinity of Sunderland ; p.o.

Rollesby, par. and vil., Norfolk, 74 miles NW. of
Yarmouth, 1653 ac., pop. 557; P.O.; near vil. is
Roiiesby Hall, seat.

Rollcston.—township, Billesdon par., Leicestershire,

8 miles N. of Market Harborough, pop. 68; contains
Rolleston Hall, seat.—2. Rolleston, par., township,
and vil. with ry. sta. (Rolleston Junction), Notts, on
river Greet, near its influx to the Trent, 34 miles SAA⁷. of
Newark and 13 miles NE. of Nottingham—par., 2705
ac., pop. 515; township, 1662 ac., pop. 232.—3. Rol-
leston, par., township, and vil., Staffordshire, 3 miles
NAV. of Burton-on-Trent—par., 3647 ac., pop. 1140;
township, pop. 757; P.O.; near vil. is R. Hall, seat.
Rolio Fark, seat, near Chigwell, Essex.

Kollright, Great, par. and vil., Oxfordshire, 3 miles
N. of Chipping Norton, 2414 ac., pop. 388; P.O.

Rollright, Little, par., Oxfordshire, adjacent to
Great Rollright, 627ac., pop. 38; the Rollright Stones,
the most curious memorial of antiquity in the co., are
supposed to be of Druidical origin.

Rolls Liberty, par., Middlesex, in parl. bor. of Fins-
bury, 12 ac., pop. 546.

Rolls Tor, eminence, Dartmoor, Devon, 5 miles NE.
of Tavistock.

Rollstone, par., Wilts, on Salisbury Plain, 54 miles
AV. of Amesbury, 865 ac., pop. 32.

Roily Island, Tullynakill par., E. co. Down, in
Lough Strangford, 21 ac., pop. 7.

Rolvenden.—hundred, Scray lathe, Kent, 7913 ac.,
pop. 1800; contains 2 pars.—2. Rolvenden, par. and
vil., Kent, 3 miles SW. of Tenterden, 5753 ac., pop.
1286 ; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Rolvenden Lane.

Romach, Loch, on border of Rafford and Edinkillie
pars., Elginshire, 5 miles SE. of Forres.

Ro maid Kirk, par., township, and vil. withry. sta.,
North-Riding Yorkshire—par., 54,766 ac., pop. 2690;
township, 1324 ac., pop. 278 ; vil., on river Tees, 5 miles
NAV. of Barnard Castle ; P.O.

Roman, river, Essex; rises 3 miles NE. of Cogges-
hall, and flows 11. miles SE. to the Colne at AVivenhoe.
Roman Bank,3m. from Holbeach,Lincolnshire; P.O.
Roman Bridge (Font-y-Sarnddi), ry. sta., Car-
narvonshire, 74 miles SW. of Bettws-y-Co'ed.

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