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St Ossytli,par. and vil., Essex—par., 8877 ac.land, 723
tidal water and 849 foreshore, pop. 1405; vil., 11 miles
SE. of Colchester; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is St Ossyth
Priory, seat.

St Oncn, par. and vil., in W. of Jersey, Channel
Islands—par., 3707 ac., pop. 2267 ; vil., on St Ouen’s
Bay, 6 miles NAV. of St Helier; P.O., T.O.; near the vil.
is St Ouen’s Manor House, a modernised mansion.
St Oncn’s Bay (5% miles long) is the largest of the
Jersey bays, and occupies almost all the western coast
of the island; it has a fine firm promenade of sands.
St Onen’s Pond, a fresh-water lakelet, lies close to the
shore.

St Pancras, pari, bor., par., and terminus of the
Midland Ry., Middlesex, in N. of London, 2672 ac.,
pop. 236,258; St Pancras returns 4 members to Pari.
(4 divisions—viz., North, East, AVest, South—1 member
for each division); it was made a pari. bor. in 1885.

St Pancras Priory, ruined priory, near Lewes, Sussex.

St Patrick’s.—par., cos. Clare and Limerick, on river
Shannon, 5231 ac., pop. 1886; contains part of Limerick.
—2. St Patrick’s, par., mid. co. Kilkenny, 4186 ac.,
pop. 2063; contains part of Kilkenny city. — 3. St
Patrick’s, par., in co. and pari. bor. of AVaterford, 9 ac.,
pop. 1469.—4. St Patrick’s, par., in co. and bor. of
Wexford, 7 ac., pop. 630.

St Patrick’s, Liberties of, par., Dublin city, around
St Patrick’s Cathedral, 9 ac., pop. 1797.

St Patrick’s Bridge, submarine causeway, S. co.
Wexford, joining Little Saltees to Crossfarnogue Creek.

St Patrick’s Hivision, div. of the pari. bor. of Dublin,
pop. 67,061.

St Patrick’s Island, near Skerries, NE. co. Dublin.

St Patricksrock, par., mid. co. Tipperary, 10,561 ac.,
pop. 1605; contains part of Cashel.

St Patrickswell, Limerick. See Patrickswell.

St Paul, par., Cornwall (containing part of Newlyn),
3442 ac., pop. 6005 ; P.O. at Paul Church Town.

St Paul’s, ry. sta., in City of London.

St Paul Covent Garden, par., Middlesex, in Strand
pari. div. of Westminster, 26 ac., pop. 2919,

St Paul’s.—par., in co. and pari. bor. of Cork, 22 ac.,
pop. 2967.—2. St Paul’s, par., in NW. of Dublin city,
115 ac., pop. 9350.

St Paul’s Cray, par. and vil., Kent, on Cray rivulet,
4% miles E. of Bromley, 1654 ac., pop. 774; P.O.; the
Cray Valley Paperworks are here.

St Paul’s Walden, par., Herts, 4 miles S. of Hitchin,
3720 ac., pop. 1020.

St Paul’s and St Peter’s, par., S. co. Limerick, 4074
ac., pop. 2004; contains Kilmallock.

St Peter.—par. and vil., in W. of Jersey, Channel
Islands, 4 miles NAV. of St Helier, 2875 ac., pop. 2488 ;
P.O., T.o.—2. St Peter, Guernsey; P.O. See
St Peter
du Bois.—3. St Peter, Kent; P.O., T.o. See St Peter
Thanet.

St Peter Port, town and par., Guernsey, Channel
Islands, on E. coast, 25 miles from St Helier, Jersey,
and 108 miles from Southampton, 1499 ac., pop. 16,658;
P.O., T.O., called Guernsey; 2 Banks, 7 newspapers.
St Peter Port is the chief town of Guernsey, and con-
tains the Court-house, the New Prison, &c. St Peter’s
Church is said to be the finest in the Channel Islands.
The harbour is extensive and commodious, occupying an
area of 73 ac., and enclosing a large anchorage ground,
a floating dock, building yards, a careening yard, and
other conveniences for shipping. The mail steamers are
able to come alongside the piers at all states of the tide.
On a small rocky island close to the southern arm of the
harbour is Castle Cornet, of historical interest; and % m.
S. of town is Fort George, a regular fortification of con-
siderable length. At St Peter Port is Elizabeth College.

St Peter Tavy, par. and vil., Devon, 3% miles NE. of
Tavistock, 3500 ac., pop. 309.

St Peter (Thanet), par. and vil., Kent—par.
(containing Broadstairs), 2922 ac. and 342 foreshore,
pop. 4957; vil., 2 miles SE. of Margate; P.O., T.o.

St Peter du Bois (St Peter in the AYood), par. and
vil., in SW. corner of Guernsey, Channel Islands—par.,
1662 ac., pop. 1171; vil., 4% miles SAV. of St Peter Port;
P.O., called St Peter.

St Peters, ry. sta., Northumberland, 1% mile E. of
Newcastle.

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

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