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—2. Selside, wide aperture in Ingleborough mountain, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire ; is 300 ft. deep.
Selside and Whitwell, township, Kendal par., AYestmorland, 3388 ac., pop. 244.
Selslcy, eccl. dist. and vil., Kingstanley par., Glou¬ cestershire—dist., pop. 759; thevil. is2m. SAY. of Stroud.
Selson, hamlet, Eastry par., Kent, 5 m. NW. of Deal.
Selston, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Pinxton and Selston), Notts, 7 miles SAY. of Mansfield, 3318 ac., pop. 4373 ; P.O.; has large coal mines.
Selworthy, par. and vil., Somerset, 3 miles W. of Minehead, 2219 ac., pop. 410.
Seiner, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 1248 ac., pop. 356 ; vil., on river Bret, 3 miles NW. of Hadleigh ; P.O.
Semington, vil., Steeple Ashton par., AVilts, 3 m. NE. of Trowbridge; p.o. See Littleton with Semington.
Semley, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (for Shaftesbury), Wilts—par., 2945 ac., pop. 686; vil., 3 miles NE. of Shaftesbury by road and 17fW. of Salisbury by rail; P.O.
Semperinghain, par. and township, Lincolnshire, 3 miles SE. of Falkingham—par., 3480 ac., pop. 580; township, pop. 85.
Semple, Renfrewshire. See Castle Semple.
Sence, river, Leicestershire ; rises on Bardon Hill, and flows 15 miles SAY. to the Anker at boundary with Warwickshire, near Atherstone.
Send, eccl. dist. and vil., Send and Ripley par., Surrey—dist., pop. 809; vil., on river AYey, 3 miles NE. of Guildford; P.O. ; in vicinity is S. Grove, seat.
Send and Ripley, par., Surrey, on river Wey, 5182 ac., pop. 1855; contains Send, eccl. dist. and vil.
Sennen, par. and vil., Cornwall—par. (including Lands End and the lighthouse), 2299 ac., pop. 737 ; vil.,
1 m. E. of Lands End and 10 m. SAY. of Penzance; P.O.;
¾ mile NW. of vil. is Sennen Cove, a fishing hamlet.
Sennicotts, hamlet, Funtington par., Sussex, 2 m. NW. of Chichester ; in vicinity is S. House, seat.
Sennow Lodge, seat, 5 m. SE. of Fakenham, Norfolk.
Senny, township, Devynnock par., in co. and 8 miles SW. of Brecknock, pop. 219; P.O., called Senny bridge.
Senwick, ancient par., now in Borgue par., Kirk- ; cudbrightshire ; Scnwick House, seat, is 5 miles SAY. of Kirkcudbright.
Sephton, Lancashire. See Sefton.
Sepston, vil., Harmondsworth par., Middlesex, 2 miles NE. of Colnbrook.
Serjeants Inn Fleet Street, par., Middlesex, in London city, pop. 49.
Serk (or Serq). See Sark.
Serlby Hall, seat of Lord Galway, Harworth par., Notts, 2 miles NE. of Blyth.
Seskanore, 3 m. NE. of Fintona, mid. co. Tyrone; P.O.
Seskilgrean, 5 m. fromBallygawley, co. Tyrone; P.O.
Seskinan, par., N. co. Waterford, on river Nier, 8 miles NE. of Cappoquin, 16,982 ac., pop. 1879.
Sessay, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., North- Riding Yorkshire—par., 3773 ac., pop. 456; township, 3034 ac., pop. 325; vil., miles SE. of Thirsk; P.O.; the par. contains Hutton Sessay, township, 739 ac., pop. 131.
Sessiagh, Lough, 4½ mile SE. of Dunfanaghy, N. co. Donegal.
Sesswlck, township, Bangor par., Denbighshire, 6 miles SE. of AVrexham, 675 ac., pop. 110.
Setchey (or Setch), par., Norfolk, 4 miles S. of Kings Lynn, 780 ac., pop. 118; P.O.
Setmurthy, township, Brigham par., Cumberland, adjacent to Cockermouth, 2783 ac. (115 water), pop, 173.
Seton, ancient par., now in Tranent par., Hadding¬ tonshire ; the church (14th century), 4½ mile NE. of Tranent, is an interesting ruin; Seton Palace, built in the reign of James V., stood near the church, and was the seat of the Lords Seton, Earls of Winton;
S. House, seat, occupies the site of the ancient palace.
Settle, market town and township with ry. sta., Giggleswick par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ribble, 14 miles NW. of Skipton, 4490 ac., pop. 2213; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. The town is picturesquely situated at the base of Castleberg, a limestone cliff 300 ft. in height, and serves as a convenient centre for tourists in their explorations of Upper Airedale. The church (1858) is a handsome building. Other buildings are a town Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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