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NE. of Lizard Head and 9 miles SE. of Helston, 704
ac., pop. 292; P.O.

Ruardean, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, 6 miles
NW. of Newnham, 1593 ac., pop. 1295; P.O.; has ruins
of ancient castle.

Rubane House, seat,2 m. SE. of Kircubbin, co. Down.

Rubers Law, hill, Hobkirk and Cavers pars., Rox-
burghshire, 5 miles E. of Hawick, alt. 1392 ft.

Rubery, ry. sta., Worcestershire, 3J miles SE. of
Halesowen ; P.O., called Rubery Hill.

Rubislaw, quoad saera par., Old Machar par., Aber-
deenshire, on W. side of burgh of Aberdeen, pop. 3194;
P.O.; has factories and bleachfields.

Kuchill Water, Comrie par., Perthshire; flows 104
miles NE. along Glen Artney to river Earn at Dalgin-
ross, opposite Comrie.

Ruchlaw, seat, AVhittinghame par., Haddington-
shire, 3| miles SE. of East Linton.

Ruekcroft, vil., Ainstable par., Cumberland, 3 miles
NW. of Kirkoswald.

Ruckiuge, par. and vil., Kent, adjacent to Royal
Military Canal, 1 mile E. of Ham Street sta. and 6
miles S. of Ashford, 3448 ac., pop. 396 ; P.O.

Ruckland, par., Lincolnshire, 6 miles S. of Louth,
713 ac., pop. 63; contains Ruckland House, seat.

Rucltley, Shropshire. See Langley and Ruckley.

Rndbaxton, par., Pembrokeshire, 3 miles N. of
Haverfordwest, 4142 ac., pop. 521.

Rudby in Cleveland, par. and township, North-
Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles AV. of Stokesley—par., 7227
ac., pop. 1275; township, 889 ac., pop. 81.

Rudchester (or Koucliester), township, Ovingham
par., Northumberland, on the Roman AVall, 8g miles
NW. of Newcastle on Tyne, 647 ac., pop. 42; a Roman
station was here, and has yielded numerous relics.

Rudding Fark, seat, Spofforth par., E. div. AVest-
Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles S. of Knaresborough.

Kuddington, par. and vil., in co. and 4 miles S. of
Nottingham, 2190 ac., pop. 2638; P.O., T.O.; Kudding-
ton Hall and Kuddington Grange are seats.

Ruddy Reek, streamlet, Cumberland; flows NE.
from Red Pike to S. end of Crummock AVater.

Ruddy Gill, ravine, Cumberland, between Sprinkling
Tarn and Esk Hause; is traversed by a tributary beck
of Borrowdale.

Rudford, par., township, and vil., in co. and 4 miles
NW. of Gloucester—par., 1204 ac., pop. 220; township,
pop. 124.

Rudge.—2g miles from Stroud, Gloucestershire; P.O.
—2. Rudge, township, Pattingham par., Shropshire,
7 miles NE. of Bridgnorth, 1542 ac., pop. 155; contains
Rudge Hall, seat.—3. Rudge, hamlet, Beckington
par., Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Frome.

Kudgeway, hamlet, Alveston and Olveston pars.,
Gloucestershire, 3 miles SAV. of Thornbury; P.O.

Rudgwick, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Sussex, on N.
border of co., 7 miles NAV. of Horsham and 12j miles
SE. of Guildford by rail, 6022 ac., pop. 1122 ; P.O.

Rudh’ Re, headland, Gairloch par., Ross and
Cromarty.

Rudli’ an Duiiain, headland, in S. of Bracadale
par., Skye island, Inverness-shire.

Rudha Hunish, headland, at N. extremity of Skye
island, Inverness-shire.

Rudha Mhail Lighthouse, on N. point of Islay
island, Argyllshire; is 113 ft. high, with fixed light
147 ft. above high water and seen 18 miles.

Rudhall, seat, Herefordshire, 2 miles NE. of Ross.

Rudhain, East, par., township, and vil. with ry.
sta., Norfolk—par., 4231 ac., pop. 793; township, 3891
ac., pop. 781; vil., 6| miles AV. of Fakenham ; P.O., T.O.

Rudhani, West, par. and vil., Norfolk, adjacent to
East Rudham, 2835 ac., pop. 473.

Rudheath, township, Davenliam and Great Bud-
worth pars., Cheshire, on Trent and Mersey Canal,
2 miles SE. of Northwich, 2218 ac., pop. 504; the heath
was the scene of an action in 1643.

Kudry, par., Glamorgan, 2 miles E. of Caerphilly,
2668 ac., pop. 3S7.

Kudston, par. and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5
miles W. of Bridlington, 5551 ac., pop. 604; P.O.;
takes its name from an ancient monolith, 29 ft. above
ground, near the church.

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

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