bigh District of Parliamentary Boroughs, which returns
1 member.—2. Rntliin, hundred, Denbighshire, 56,133
ac., pop. 6581; contains 15 pars, and parts of 2 others.

Rntliin with Llaurhydd, eccl. dist., comprising tbe
pars, of Ruthin and Llanrhydd, Denbighshire, pop. 2006.

Ruthrie, Linn of, cascade, on Aberlour Burn, Aber-
lour par., Banffshire.

Rutlirieston, ry. sta., on border of Aberdeenshire
and Kincardineshire, 2 miles SW. of Aberdeen.

Ruthvcn.—vil., (Jairney par., Aberdeenshire, 2miles
NW. of Rothiemay sta. and 6 miles N. of Huntly; P.O.
—2. Ruthven, par. and hamlet, Forfarshire—par., 2049
ac., pop. 195; hamlet, on Alyth Burn, 4 miles NE. of
Meigle ; P.O.; Ruthven House, seat, is in vicinity.'

Ruthvcn Castle, and Ruthveniielil, Perthshire.
See Hunttngtowkr.

Ruthven Road Crossing, ry. sta., in co. and 2%
miles NW. of Perth.

Ruthven Water, Perthshire; flows 9 miles NE. to
river Earn 1% mile N. of Aberuthven.

Ruthwell, coast piar., vil., and ry. sta., Dumfries-
shire—par., 8693 ac., pop. 868; vil., 1% mile SE. of
sta. and 9 miles SE. of Dumfries ; P.O.

Rutland (or Rutlandshire), inland co. of England,
bounded W. and N. by Leicestershire, NE. by Lincoln-
shire, and SE. by Northamptonshire; greatest length,
N. and S., 18 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 17
miles ; area, 94,889 ac., pop. 21,434. Rutland is the
smallest county in England. The surface is diversified
hy gently rising hills and fine valleys, and is watered
by the Eye Brook, the Chater, and the Gwash, flowing
into the Welland, which forms the south-eastern
boundary. The soil is in general loamy and fertile; in
the east part it is chiefly in tillage, and in the west
part under grass. The chief crops are wheat and
barley. Great attention is paid to rearing choice breeds
both of cattle and sheep. (For agricultural statistics,
see Appendix.) In the Vale of Catmose, round Oakham,
are tracts of woodland, the remains of old forests.
The prevailing rock is limestone. Rutland was made a
county by Henry III., and gives the title of duke to
the family of Manners. It contains 5 hundreds, 57
pars, and part of another, and the market-towns of
Oakham (where the assizes are held) and Uppingham ;
it has no parliamentary or municipal boroughs. It is
in the diocese of Peterborough. It returns 1 member
to Parliament; it returned 2 members until 1885.

Rutland Cavern, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.

Rutland Island (or Inishmacadnrn), Templecrone
par., AV. co. Donegal, near Arran isl., 312 ac., pop. 85.

Rutnpiae, Kent. See Richborough.

Ruxley.—hundred, Sutton at Hone lathe, Kent,
37,983 ac., pop. 29,808 ; contains 15 pars.—2. Rnxlcy,
former par., now in North Cray par., Kent.

Ruytonof the Eleven Towns, par. and vil., Shrop-
shire, on river Perry, 2% miles AV. of Baschurch and 10
miles NW. of Shrewsbury, 4698 ac., pop. 1113 ; P.O.;
is thought to occupy the site of a Roman station, and
has some remains of an old castle.

Ryail, township, Stamfordham par., Northumber-
land, on river Pont, 8 miles NE. of Hexham, 2133 ac.,
pop. 72.

Ryan, Loch, sea-loch, in NW. of Wigtownshire ; is
8 miles long and from 1% to 2 miles wide, and affords
safe anchorage ; on Cairn Ryan Point, E. side of loch,
5% miles N. of Stranraer, is a lighthouse 50 ft. high, with
fixed light (Loch Ryan) 46 ft. above high water and seen
12 miles.

Ryarsh, par. and vil., Kent, 6% miles NW. of Maid-
stone, 1552 ac., pop. 552 ; P.O.

Rybnrgh, ry. sta., Norfolk, 3 miles SE. of Fakenham.

Ryburgh, Great, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Ryburgh),
Norfolk, on river Wensum, 3 miles SE. of Fakenham,
1170 ac., pop. 693 ; P.O., T.O., called Ryburgh.

Rybnrgh, Little, par. (ry. sta. Ryburgh), Norfolk,
on river Wensum, adjacent to Great Ryburgh, 740 ac.,
pop. 181.

Rycote, seat, Great Haseley par., Oxfordshire, 2 miles
SW. of Thame; gives the title of baron to the Earl of
Abingdon.

Ry croft, hamlet, Birstal par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 4 miles SE. of Bradford.

Rydal, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Grasmere par.,