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accessible to vessels of 80 tons. In vicinity of the town
is a mound marking the site of an ancient castle demo-
lished in 1215.

St Cleer, par. and vil., Cornwall—par. (partly within
the mun. limits of Liskeard), 11,263 ac., pop. 2865; vil.,
2J miles N. of Liskeard; P.O.; is situated in a district
of great archaeological interest; the church is very an-
cient, and there is a ruined chapel, and a wayside cross
9 ft. high; copper and lead mines are in the neighbour-
hood. St Clecr Down is 750 ft. high.

St Clement.—township, Truro par., Cornwall, on
SE. side and partly in city of Truro, 3548 ac., pop. 3481.
—2. St Clement, par. and vil., Jersey, Channel Islands,
on St Clements Bay, 2g miles SE. of St Helier, 1044
ac., pop. 1313; St Clements Bay occupies the E. part
of the S. coast of Jersey.

St Clement Danes, par., Middlesex, within the par-
liamentary limits of Westminster, 53 ac., pop. 10,280.

St Clement’s Isle, insulated rock, in Mounts Bay,
Cornwall, 3 miles S. of Penzance.

St Clement’s Reach, bend of the Thames, between
Greenhithe and Grays Thurrock; is lg mile long.

St Clether, par. and vil., Cornwall, on river Inny, 7
miles E. of Camelford, 2960 ac., pop. 215.

St Cloe, hamlet, in par. and near Minchinhampton,
Gloucestershire.

St Colme Honse, seat, Dalgetty par., Pife, on Firth
of Forth, lg mile SW. of Aberdour.

St Columb Major, market town and par., Cornwall,
on river Trent, 2g miles N. of St Columb Road sta.
and 9 miles NAV. of St Austell, 12,884 ac., pop. 2739;
P.O., T.O., called St Columb, 2 Banks. Market-day,
Thursday. The town is picturesquely situated on an
eminence in the Vale of Lanherne, and is much fre-
quented by parties exploring the coast. The church,
a 12th century building, is of great interest.

St Columb Minor, coast par. and vil., Cornwall—
par., 5780 ac. and 305 tidal water and foreshore, pop.
2775; vil., 2 miles E. of Newquay and 5 miles AV. of
St Columb Major; P.O.

St Columb l’orth, small bay, on AV. coast of Corn-
wall, 2 m. NE. of Newquay, and near St Columb Minor.

St Columb Road, ry. sta., Cornwall, 2g miles S. of
St Columb Major and 6g miles E. of Newquay sta.

St Columba, quoad sacra par., Kilmore and Kil-
bride par., Argyllshire, in Oban, pop. 1360.

St Comb, fishing vil., Lonmay par., Aberdeenshire,

5 miles SE. of Fraserburgh, pop. 614.

St Constantine’s Cells, 3 caverns, AVetheral par.,
Cumberland, 5 miles SE. of Carlisle.

St Cronan’s, school, Lusmagh par., King’s co.

St Cross.—eccl. dist., St Faith AVinchester par.,
Hants, pop. 825; P.O.—2. St Cross, Oxford, or Holy-
well : which see.

St Cuthbert, par., York city, 833 ac., pop. 3655.

St Cuthbert’s, par., Edinburghshire, chiefly within
the burgh of Edinburgh, 6648 ac., pop. 166,603.

St Cyres Newton, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (St
Cyres), Devon—par., 4305 ac., pop. 849; vil., 5 miles
NW. of Exeter ; P.O.

St Cyrus, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Kincardine-
shire, on river North Esk—par., 8249 ac., pop. 1487;
vil., near the coast, and
5\ miles NE. of Montrose ; P.O.

St Davids, small town and par., in W. of Pembroke-
shire, on N. side of and 1 mile from St Brides Bay, 15
miles NAY. of Haverfordwest, 11,185 ac., pop. 2053;
P.O., T.O. St Davids (the Mynyw of the Britons, and
the Menevia, or Menapia, of the Romans) owes its
name to St David, the patron saint of AVales, who
was archbishop of Caerleon, and afterwards of Menevia
or St Davids, where he died about 601. Though now
an insignificant place, in the middle ages it was an im-
portant city, owing to the numerous pilgrims attracted
to it by the sanctity of its shrine. Fragments still re-
main of the lofty embattled wall, 1200 yards in circuit,
which formerly enclosed the Cathedral, the Episcopal
Palace, St Mary’s College, and other ecclesiastical
buildings, chiefly ruinous. The Cathedral, a venerable
Gothic structure, has been carefully restored. St Davids
Head, 2g miles NAV., is 100 ft. high.

St David’s.—seaport vil., Dalgetty par., Fife, onFirth j
of Forth,
lb mile E. of Inverkeithing.—2. St David’s, j
vil., Madderty par., Perthshire, 5
\ miles E. of Crieff. I



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