8 miles E. of Penrith, 5249 ac., pop. 276; contains
Skirwith Abbey, seat.

Skitter Ness, headland, on Lincolnshire side of the
Humber, 3 miles SE. of Hull.

Skoktiolm (or Shokholm), rocky island, Dale par.,
Pembrokeshire, 2 miles S. of Skomer isl., from which it
is separated by Broad Sound.

Skonicr Island, off W. coast of Pembrokeshire, at
S. side of St Bride’s Bay.

Skreen.—bar., mid. co. Meath, 40,891 ac., pop. 4744.
—2. Skreen, par. and hamlet, Skreen bar., co. Meath,
7 miles SE. of Navan, 4521 ac., pop. 642; Skreen Hill
has an alt. of 507 ft.—3. Skreen, coast par., N. co.
Sligo, 10 miles NAV. of Ballysadare, 13,237 ac., pop.
2275; P.O.—4. Skreen, par., in co. and 6 miles NE.
of Wexford, 1366 ac., pop. 278 ; P.O., called Screen.

Skreens, seat, 6 miles NW. of Chelmsford, Essex.

Skull, par. and vil., co. Cork, on Skull Harbour,
in Roaringwater Bay, 12 miles AA⁷. of Skibbereen—par.,
37,922 ac., pop. 8090; vil., pop. 399; P.O., T.O., called
Schull (or Scull). Market-day, Thursday. The copper
mines in the neighbourhood have been abandoned.

Skutterskelf, township, Rudby in Cleveland and
Stokesley pars., North-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles SAV.
of Stokesley, 1008 ac., pop. 65.

Sky Hill, Isle of Man, near Snae Fell; vestiges of an
ancient chapel, 2 forts, and some tumuli are on its sum-
mit ; here, in 1077, Goddard Crowan defeated the Manx.

Skye, island (the largest of the Inner Hebrides), Inver-
ness-shire, pop. 16,889; is separated from the main-
land of Inverness-shire by tbe Sound of Sleat (% mile
wide at the narrowest part—Kyle Rhea), measures 48
miles in length and from 3 to 25 miles in breadth, is
everywhere deeply indented by sea-lochs, and is re-
markable for the grand cliff and mountain scenery
around its coasts. The surface is nearly all moun-
tainous, rising in the Cuillin Hills to an alt. of 3234 ft.,
and much of the scenery is wildly grand and romantic.
There is a considerable number of streams and fresh-
water lochs, most of which afford abundance of trout
and salmon. The climate is very moist. The amount
of arable land is small, and lies chiefly along the sea-
board, and the greater part of it is cultivated under
the crofter system. Oats, potatoes, and turnips are
grown. There is a woollen factory at Portree. The
fisheries are of much importance, Skye combining with
Loch Carron to form one of the fishery districts of
Scotland. Skye comprises 7 pars.; Portree, which has
regular communication by steamers with Glasgow, is
the only town.

Skyrack, wapentake, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
bounded N. by the Wharfe and S. by the Aire, 94,725
ac., pop. 85,900 ; contains 13 pars, and parts of 3 others.

Skyrebnrn, hamlet, Anwoth par., Kirkcudbright-
shire, on Skyre Burn, 4 miles SW. of Gatehouse; P.O.

Skyreholme, vil., Burnsall par., N. div. West-
Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles NE. of Skipton; has the
Skyreholme Mill, paperworks.

Slack, 1% mile SAV. of Stainland, N. div. West-
Riding Yorkshire ; is the site of a Roman town and of
a Saxon royal residence.

Slad, eccl. dist. and vil., Painswick par., Gloucester-
shire—dist., pop. 1687; vil., 2 miles NE. of Stroud; has
a cloth factory.

Slade, hamlet, Nettlecombe par., Somerset, 4 miles
S. of Watchet.

Siade.—rivulet, co. Dublin; rises on Slievebane
mountain, and flows 14 miles NE. to river Liffey, near
Kilmainham.—2. Slade, fishing hamlet, 1 mile NE. of
Hook Head, S. co. AVexford.

Slade Down, on N. coast of Devon, near Ilfracombe,
alt. 666 ft.

Slade Green, hamlet, Crayford par., Kent, 2 miles
NW. of Dartford.

Slade House, seat, in W. vicinity of Cornwood sta.
and 4 miles NE. of Plympton sta., Devon ; here is the
Slade Bailway Viaduct, 103 ft. high.

Slade Newton, hamlet, Laughton en le Morthen
par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6 miles SW. of
Tickhill.

Sladesbridge, 2 m. from AVadebridge, Cornwall; P.O.

Slaggyford, ry. sta., on SW. border of Northumber-
land, 5 miles NW. of Alston and 8% SAA⁷. of Haltwhistle.

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