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Shan well House, seat, Orwell par., Kinross-shire, 3
miles W. of Milnathort.

Sliap, market town and par. with ry. sta., West-
morland, 12 miles SE. of Penrith—par., 27,177 ac. (310
water), pop. 1416;
P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day,
Monday. Shap is a place of considerable antiquity,
and has endowed schools for boys and girls, and fairs
in May and September; the chief features are the church
of St Michael, a 13th century structure, and the ruins of
Shap Abbey, founded about the close of the 12th cen-
tury. The town has risen into notice as a watering-
place and summer resort for invalids. A mineral
spring, with suits of baths and a large hotel, is situated
in a hollow of Shap Fell, 31? miles S. of the town.
Large granite quarries give employment to the in-
habitants; blue slate and limestone are also worked.
In the neighbourhood are some Druidical remains of
great interest.

Shap Summit, 2| miles S. of Shap, Westmorland,
1000 ft. above sea-level; is the highest point of the
London and North-'Western Ry.

Shapinshay, island and par., Orkney, 1 m. N. of the
nearest part of Pomona and 4 m. NE. of Kirkwall, 6733
ac., pop. 974 ; is generally flat, and well-cultivated.

Shap wick.—par. and vil., Dorset—par., 3670 ac.,
pop. 432; vil., on river Stour, 4 miles SE. of Bland-
ford ;
P.O.—2. Shapwick, par. and vil. with ry. sta.,
Somerset—par., 3781 ac., pop. 436 ; vil., 3 miles NW.
of Glastonbury;
P.O. Shapwick House and Shap-
wick Manor House are seats.

Sharavogue, seat of the Earl of Huntingdon, 5 miles
S. of Parsonstown, W. King’s co. ;
P.O.

Shardiow with Wilne, par., Derbyshire, 1580 ac.,
pop. 869; contains Sharillow, vil., 7 miles SE. of
Derby;
P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Sliardlow Hall, seat.

Shareshlll, par. and township, Staffordshire, 6 miles
NE. of Wolverhampton—par., 1985 ac., pop. 612;
township, pop. 342 ;
P.O.

Shark, Lougli, on border of cos. Armagh and Down,
on the Newry Canal, 2 miles N. of Pointzpass.

Sliarleston, township and ry. sta., Warmfield par.,

S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SE. of Wake-
field, 1199 ac., pop. 1890 ;
P.O., called Sharlston
Common. Sliarleston Hall
is a Tudor mansion.

Sharnal Street, ry. sta., Kent, 8J m. E. of Gravesend.

Sharnbrook, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 7
miles NW. of Bedford, 2880 ac. (including Colworth
Farm), pop. 826;
P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is Sharnbrook
House, seat.

Sharnford, par. and vil., Leicestershire, on river
Soar,
4.j miles SE. of Hinckley, 740 ac., pop. 459; P.O.

Sharow, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Ripon par.,
Yorkshire—dist., pop. 850; township, 725 ac., pop. 380;
vil.,
b mile B- of Ripon sta.; P.O.

Sharp Point Tor. See Sharpetor.

Sharp Tor, eminence, in Dartmoor, Devon, 4 miles
N. of Ivybridge.

Sharpenhoc, hamlet, Streatley par., Bedfordshire,
7 miles NW. of Luton.

Sharperton, township, Alwinton par., Northumber-
land, on river Coquet, 7 miles NAY. of Rothbury, 966
ac., pop. 74;
P.O.

Sharpetor (or Sharp Point Tor), eminence, Corn-
wall, 6 miles N. of Liskeard, alt. 1500 ft.; has ruins
of ancient British settlements.

Sharpham House, seat, Ashprington par., Devon,
on the Lower Dart, 2 miles SE. of Totnes.

Sharpies, township, Bolton le Moors par., SE. Lan-
cashire (partly within the parl. limits of Bolton, and
containing Ashley Bridge), 3999 ac., pop. 3710; Sharpies
Hall, seat, is 3 miles N. of Bolton.

Sharplow Point, rocky eminence, Dovedale, Derby-
shire, near border of Staffordshire, 5 miles NAV. of
Ashborne; affords one of the finest views of the sur-
rounding district.

Sharpness.—ry. sta., at Severn Bridge, 3b miles NW.
of Berkeley, Gloucestershire;
P.O., T.O., called Sharp-
ness Point.—2. Sharpness, the N. point of Havengore
Island, Essex, 6 miles E. of Rochford.

Sharpnose, Lower and Upper, 2 small headlands,
on NW. coast of Cornwall, 4
b and 5b m. N. of Bude.

Sharrington, par. and vil., Norfolk, 3b miles SW. of
Holt, 863 ac., pop. 216.


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