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Shotley Low Qnarter, township, Shotley par., North-
umberland, 7132 ac., pop. 534 ; contains Shotley vil.

Shotover Honse, seat, in co. and 4 m. E, of Oxford.
Shotover and Shotover Hill Flace, 2 former pars.,
are now amalgamated under the name of Forest Hill or
Shotover Forest.

Shotswell, AVarwickshire; P.O. See Shotteswell.

Shottcnden Hill, in S. vicinity of Selling, Kent.

Shottenuill, eccl. dist. and vil., Frensham par.,
Surrey-—dist., pop. 491; vil., 1 m. N. of Haslemere; P.O.

Shottery, Old Stratford par., AVarwickshire, on AV.
side of Stratford on Avon; in a cottage here resided
Anne Hathaway, wife of Shakespeare.

Sliottesbrook, par., in E. of Berks, 4 miles SAV. of
Maidenhead, 1359 ac., pop. 162; contains Shottesbrook
Park, seat.

Shottesham (All Saints), par. and vil., Norfolk—
par., 3544 ac. (including Shottesham St Mary), pop.
379 ; vil., 6 miles S. of Norwich ; P.O.

Shottesham St Mary and St Martin, par., Norfolk,
adjacent to Shottesham All Saints, pop. 316 ; contains
Low Shottesham, vil., and Shottesham Park, seat.

Shotteswell, par. and vil., AVarwickshire—par., 1860
ac., pop. 242; vil., 4 miles NAV. of Banbury; P.O.,
called Shotswell.

Shottlshaiu, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 1134 ac.,
pop. 277 ; vil., 4 miles SE. of AVoodbridge; P.O.

Shottle and Postern, township with ry. sta.
(Shottle), Duffield par., in co. and 8£ miles NAV. of
Derby, 3789 ac., pop. 449.

Shotton.—eccl. dist., township, and vil. withry. sta.
(Shotton Bridge), Easington par., Durham—dist., pop.
2234; township, 3701 ac., pop. 2131; vil. (Shotton
Colliery), 2 miles S. of Easington; P.O.-—2. Shotton,
hamlet, Sedgefield par., Durham, 6% miles NAV. of
Stockton.—3. Shotton, hamlet, Staindrop par., Dur-
ham, 5 miles NE. of Barnard Castle.—4. Shotton,
hamlet, Stannington par., Northumberland, 8 miles N.
of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Shotton Bridge, ry. sta., Durham, 12 miles S. of
Sunderland. See Shotton.

Shot (oil Colliery, vil., in par. and 2 miles S. of
Easington, Durham; P.O. See Shotton.

Shotts, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanarkshire—
par. (containing Harthill and Benhar, Calderhead, and
part of vil. of Shotts Ironworks), 24,944 ac., pop.
11,214 ; vil., 2% miles NAV. of Shotts sta., which is 16%
miles SE. of Glasgow; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Coal and
ironstone abound in the par., and are largely worked.
Janet Hamilton (1795-1873), the poetess, was a native.

Shotts Ironworks, vil., Shotts and Cambusnethan
pars., Lanarkshire, % mile E. of Shotts ry. sta., pop.
(including Torbothie) 969; has extensive ironworks.

Shotwick, par. and township, in co. and 6 miles
NAV. of Chester—par. (containing Great Saughall, &c.),
3574 ac., pop. 1006; township, 570 ac., pop. 77.

Shotwick Park, par., in co. and 4 miles NAV. of
Chester, 710 ac., pop. 14.

Shoulden. See Sholden.

Slioiildham, par. and vil., Norfolk—par., 3888 ac.,
pop. 633 ; vil., 6 miles NE. of Downham Market; P.O.;
near the vil. is Shonldhain Hall, seat.

Shouldham Thorpe, par., Norfolk, 4 miles E. of
Downham Market, 1430 ac., pop. 278 ; P.O.

Shoulton, hamlet, in co. and 2 miles NAV. of Wor-
cester.

Shoyswell, hundred, Hastings rape, Sussex, 10,770
ac., pop. 3007 ; contains Ticehurst.

Shrahuns, school, Bohola par., co. Mayo.

Shrawardine, par. and vil., Shropshire—-par., 1951
ac., pop. 193; vil., 9% miles NAV. of Shrewsbury; p.o.

Shrawley, par. and vil., AVorcestershire—par., 1877
ac., pop. 462; vil., on river Severn, 4% miles S. of
Stourport; P.O.

Slirewley, township and vil., Hatton par., in co. and
4 miles N. of AVarwick, pop. 367 ; P.O.

Shrewsbury, pari, and mun. bor., and co. town of
Shropshire, on river Severn, 42 miles NAV. of Birming-
ham and 162 miles NAV. of London by rail, 3674 ac.,
pop. 26,478; 5 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-days,
Wednesday and Saturday. Shrewsbury, with its fine
old timbered houses, is one of the most picturesque of
English towns. It is situated on a peninsula formed

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

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