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St Just (in Roscland), par. and vil., Cornwall, on
St Just Creek—par. (containing St Mawes town), 2650
ac. land, 1528 tidal water and 176 foreshore, pop. 1447;
vil., 2 miles N. of St Mawes and 7 miles SE. of Truro;
P.O., called St Just Lane.

St Katherine by tbe Tower, par., Middlesex, in
Tower Hamlets pari, bor., 15 ac., pop. 104.

St Keverne, coast par. and vil., Cornwall—par.,
10,298 ac., pop. 1820; vil., 8 m. S. of Falmouth; p.o.

St Kevin’s Bed, small cavern, in Yale of Glenda-
lough, mid. co. Wicklow. See Glendalough.

St Kew, par. and vil., Cornwall—par., 7563 ac. and
201 foreshore, pop. 1102; vil., 7 miles S. of Camel-
ford ; P.O.

St Keyne (or St Kean), par. and vil., Cornwall—
par., 944 ac., pop. 162; vil., on river Looe, 2 miles S. of
Liskeard; P.O.; near the vil. is the famous Well of St
Keyne, which Southey has made the subject of a ballad.

St Kilda, island, Harris par., Outer Hebrides, Inver-
ness-shire, pop. 77 ; is the chief islet, and the only
inhabited one, of a rocky group lying far out in the
Atlantic, 40 miles W. of the NW. extremity of North
Uist; measures about 7 miles in circumference, has
precipitous cliffs on its coasts, and a maximum alt. of
1220 ft. The islets swarm with myriads of seafowl,
which are killed in great numbers by the inhabitants
for the feathers and also for the oil which some species
yield. Yery little of the soil is cultivated; some sheep
and cattle are reared.

St Kingsmark, par., Monmouthshire, 2 miles NW.
of Chepstow, 18 ac., pop. 7.

St Laurence, par., Jersey, Channel Islands, 2% miles
NW. of St Helier, 2337 ac., pop. 2343.

St Lawrence.—par. and vil., on S. coast of Isle of
Wight, 2 miles SAY. of Yentnor, 328 ac., pop. 249.—

2. St Lawrence, Kent. See St Lawrence Thanet.

3. St Lawrence, par., in NAA7. of Pembrokeshire, on
river Cleddau, 8 miles N. of Haverfordwest, 1751 ac.,
pop. 190.—4. St Lawrence, par., partly in East-Riding
Yorkshire, but chiefly in York city, 1476 ac., pop. 3263.

St Lawrence College, R.O. educational institute,
near Ampleforth sta., North-Riding Yorkshire ; is pic-
turesquely situated, and is one of the oldest R.O. centres
of education in England.

St Lawrence Thanet, par. and ry. sta. (St Law-
rence Junction), Kent, 3247 ac., pop. 6839; contains
Ramsgate ; the sta. is in AA7. vicinity of Ramsgate.

St Lawrence’s, par., in co. and pari. bor. of Lime-
rick, 280 ac., pop. 2334.

St Leonards.—eccl. dist. and hamlet, Aston Clinton
par., Bucks—dist., pop. 178; the hamlet is 3 miles SE.
of AYendover; in vicinity is St Leonards Hill, seat.—
2. St Leonards, seat, 4% miles E. of Horsham, Sussex.
See St
Leonards Forest.—3. St Leonards, ry. sta.,
Sussex. See
St Leonards on Sea.

St Leonards, par., Fife, partly within the burgh of St
Andrews, 1008 ac., pop. 769.

St Leonards Forest, tract of 9000 ac., on NE. side of
Horsham, Sussex; was formerly held by the Braose
family.

St Leonards Mill, paperworks, Lasswade, Edin-
burghshire.

St Leonards on Sea, town and par., on coast of
Sussex, on W. side of Hastings and within its parlia-
mentary limits, pop. 7165; 2 Banks ; has a pier 900 ft.
long, a large pavilion, and all the conveniences of a
much frequented watering-place. See
Hastings.

St Levan, coast par. and vil., Cornwall, 8 miles SW.
of Penzance, 2406 ac., pop. 584.

St Luke, eccl. dist., St Clement, St Helier, and St
Saviour pars., Jersey, Channel Islands, pop. 3082.

St Luke Old Street, par., Middlesex, in bor. of
Finsbury, 2139 ac., pop. 46,849.

St Luke’s, par., in Dublin city, 39 ac., pop. 3914.

St Lythans, par., in SE. of Glamorgan, 5% miles SW.
of Cardiff, 1284 ac., pop. 81.

St Mabyn, par. and vil., Cornwall—par., 4101 ac.,
pop. 694 ; vil., 8 miles NW. of Bodmin Road sta.; P.O.

St Macdara’s Island, 7 miles S. of Roundstone, W.
co. Galway; has church ruins.

St Madoes, par., Perthshire, on Firth of Tay, 1160
ac;, pop. 316; the chinch is near Glencarse ry. sta., 6
miles E. of Perth.



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