Spetisbnry, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in E. of
Dorset—par., 2148 ac., pop. 530; vil., on river Stour,
3 miles SE. of Blandford ; P.O., T.O. Spetisbnry Ring
is a small circular camp.

Spexball, par., Suffolk, 2 miles NAV. of Halesworth,
1484 ac., pop. 204.

Spey, river; rises 8 miles E. of N. end of Loch Lochy,
Inverness-shire, and flows E. and NE. through Inver-
ness-shire and Elginshire and along border of Banff-
shire to the Moray Pirth at Kingston between Lossie-
mouth and Portknockie; length, 107 miles; area of
basin, 1300 square miles; is the most rapid river in
Scotland, ranks next to the Tay in point of length and
volume of water, and ranks next the Tay and the
Tweed in the area of its drainage basin and in the im-
portance of its salmon fisheries.

Speymouth, par. and quoad sacra par., Elginshire,
near mouth of river Spey—par., 6025 ac., pop. 656;
quoad sacra par. (extending into Urquhart par.), pop.
1608 ; the par. church is 1½ mile NW. of Fochabers.

Spices Bridge, hamlet, Charlwood par., Surrey, 6
miles S. of Reigate.

Spiddle, fishing vil., Moycullen par., in co. and 11
miles SAV. of Galway, at mouth of Owenboliska rivulet,
pop. 295 ; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday.

Spiggie, place, Dunrossness par., Shetland, 17 miles
SAV. of Lerwick, near Loch Spiggie, opposite Colsay isl.

Spike Island, 1 mile S. of Queenstown, S. co. Cork,
in Cork Harbour; has Fort Westmorland battery (1791),
barracks (1806), and a convict depot (1847).

Spilling Roek, on S. side of estuary of river
Shannon, about 8 miles below Limerick; has a fixed
light 13 ft. above high water and seen 4 miles.

Spilsby, town and par. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire,
7 miles SW. of Alford and 19 miles NE. of Boston,
1671 ac., pop. 1482; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Spilsby is
the chief town in the S. part of Lindsey; it has trade
in corn and agricultural produce; four fairs are held
annually. There is an endowed grammar school. A
bronze statue has been erected to Sir John Franklin
(1786-1847), the Arctic navigator, who was a native.

Spin dies ton, township, Bamburgh par., Northumber-
land, 2½ miles E. of Belford, 460 ac., pop. 123.

Spinkhill, hamlet, Eckington par., Derbyshire, 7
miles SE. of Sheffield; P.O.

Spinney Abbey, seat, Cambridgeshire, 5 miles S. of
Ely; the abbey was founded in the reign of Henry III.

Spinningdale, vil., Creich par., Sutherland, on
Dornoch Firth, 6 miles SE. of Ardgay ; P.O.

Spinsters’ Roek, cromlech, Dartmoor, Devon, 2 miles
N. of Chagford.

Spire Hill, in Erno demesne, N. Queen’s co., alt. 423
ft.; has a tower on the top.

Spit Bank.—in Cork Harbour, S. co. Cork, off
Queenstown; has a fixed light (Cork Harbour or
Queenstown) 32 ft. above high water and seen 5 miles.
—2. Spit Bank, in AVaterford Harbour, E. co. Water-
ford, off Passage Point.

Spital.—ry. sta., Bebington par., Cheshire, 4 miles
S. of Birkenhead. See Poulton cum Spittle.—2.
Spital (or Spittle), township, Ovingham par., North-
umberland, 9 miles E. of Hexham, 84 ac., pop. 12.

Spital Houghton, par., Cheshire, within the mun.
limits of Chester, 3 ac., pop. 139.

Spital Hill, township, Mitford par., Northumber-
land, 1½ mile NW. of Morpeth, 157 ac., pop. 23.

Spital House, seat, Hutton par., Berwickshire, 5¼
miles AA⁷. of Berwick-on-Tweed.

Spital Square, eccl. dist., comprising the pars, of
Norton Folgate and Old Artillery Ground, Middlesex,
within the pari, limits of Tower Hamlets, pop. 4044.

Spitalfield, vil., Caputh par., Perthshire, 3 miles
N. of Murthly ry. sta.; P.O.

Spitalfields, par., Middlesex, in pari. bor. of Tower
Hamlets, 73 ac., pop. 21,340; after 1685 was extensively
settled by French Protestants, who introduced the silk
mfr., and is still chiefly occupied by silk-weavers; it
derives its name from the spital or hospital of St Mary,
founded at the end of the 12th century.

Spitehwick, seat, Devon, 6 miles AV. of Totnes.