Rudy ard, township and ry. sta., Leek par., Staf-
fordshire, 2 miles NW. of Leek, 1435 ac., pop. 72; here
is the reservoir (2 miles long) of the Uttoxeter Canal.

Ruel, rivulet, Kilmodan par., Argyllshire; flows 10
miles S. to the head of Loch Riddon.

Kueval, sound, between North Uist and Benbecula
islands, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire ; is 9 miles
long and about 3 miles in mean breadth, and is com-
monly called Loch Rueval.

Rufford.—par. and vil. withry. sta. , SW. Lancashire,
on river Douglas, 5¼ m. NE. of Ormskirk, 3120 ac., pop.
905; p.o.; near vil. is Rnfford Hall, seat.—2. Kuf-
ford, par. and vil., Notts, 2 miles SAY. of Oiler ton,
10,320 ac., pop. 333; Rnfford Abbey, seat, with deer-
park and lake, was anciently a Cistercian monastery,
founded in 1148.

Rnfforth, par. and vil., E. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire,
5 miles AV. of York, 2463 ac., pop. 272; P.O.

Rug, seat, 1¼ mile NAY. of Corwen, Merioneth.

Rugby, market town and par., AYarwickshire, on
river Avon, 15 miles NE. of Warwick, 30 SE. of Bir-
mingham, and 83 NW. of London by rail, 2190 ac.,
pop. 9891; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-
day, Saturday. Rugby is an ancient place, but it first
came into prominent notice in the lSth century in con-
nection with its school, which was founded in 1567 by
Lawrence Sheriff, a native of the neighbouring village
of Brownsover, and which has risen under a series of
able headmasters, including Dr Arnold, to be one of
the first public schools in England. The school occu-
pies a splendid range of buildings in the Elizabethan
style, possesses an endowment estimated at from £5000
to £6000 a year, and has usually from 400 to 500 boys;
it induces many wealthy families to settle in the place.
Rugby has become an important railway centre, and
has consequently a very extensive transit trade. It has
no mfrs. of note, but it has large fairs for horses, cattle,
and sheep.

Rugby (or South Eastern) Division, pari. div. of
Warwickshire, pop. 49,291.

Rngeley, market town and par. (ry. stations Rugeley
Junction and Rugeley Town), in co. and 9¼ miles SE.
of Stafford, on river Trent—par., 8449 ac., pop. 7048;
town, 600 ac., pop. 4249; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 news-
paper. Market-day, Thursday. Rugeley has public
buildings (commenced in'1878), with market hall, &c.,
and a free grammar school. The inhabitants find em-
ployment chiefly in the iron foundries, and in the
extensive collieries in the neighbourhood.

Rugley, hamlet, in par. and 3 miles S. of Alnwick,
Northumberland.

Ruishton, par. and vil., Somerset, on river Tone, 2
miles E. of Taunton, 1003 ac., pop. 467.

Rnlslip (or Riselip), par. and vil., Middlesex, 3¼
miles NE. of Uxbridge, 6585 ac., pop. 1455; P.O. ;
near vil. is Ruislip Park, seat.

Rule Water, Roxburghshire ; rises in Hobkirk par.,
and flows 13 miles N. to river Teviot opposite Minto
Crags.

Rnllion Green, Glencorse par., Edinburghshire, on
E. slope of Pentland Hills, 1|- mile NW. of Penicuik;
was the scene of a defeat of the Covenanters in 1666.

Rum Island, Small Isles par., Inner Hebrides,
Argyllshire, 15 miles NW. of Ardnamurchan Point,

30,000 ac., pop. 89; measures 8¼ miles by 8 miles, and
is mountainous, several summits being upwards of 2000
ft. high.

Rumbles (or Rombalds) Moor, West-Riding York-
shire, between the Wharfe and the Aire; extends from
Skipton to Guiseley, and from Ilkley to Keighley.

Rumbling Bridge.—ry. sta., Fossoway and Tullie-
bole par., at border of Kinross-shire and Perthshire, 4¼
miles NE. of Dollar; P.O.; takes its name from a bridge
over a cataract on the river Devon.—2. Rumbling
Bridge, bridge, over a deep chasm on the river Bran,
Little Dunkeld par., Perthshire, 2| m. SAY. of Dunkeld.

Rnmbolds-Wykc, par., Sussex, partly in bor. of
Chichester, 652 ac., pop. 902.

Ruinbridgc, hamlet, Eling par., Hants, 4 miles
NW. of Southampton.

Riimbiirglt, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NAY. of
Halesworth, 1468 ac., pop. 346; P.O.; has some re-
mains of a Benedictine priory founded in 1065.