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ments and artificial manure—are limited. Fine sea- salt is made on the coast. The trade of the seaports is chiefly in corn and malt. The herring and mackerel fisheries are extensively prosecuted at Lowestoft and other places, and oysters are found in the Orwell and Orford. Most of the towns have river communication, and the co. is traversed in all directions by the railways of the Great Eastern system. It comprises 21 hundreds, 517 pars, with parts of 7 others, the pari, and mun. bors. of Bury St Edmunds (1 member) and Ipswich (2 members), the mun. bors. of Beccles, Eye, Lowestoft, and Southwold, and part of the mun. bor. of Sudbury. It is mostly in the diocese of Norwich. For pari, purposes it is divided into 5 divisions—viz., Northern or Lowestoft, North-Eastern or Eye, North-Western or Stowmarket, South or Sudbury, and South-Eastern or Woodbridge, 1 member for each division; the represen- tation was increased from 4 to 5 members in 1885.
Sutton, hamlet, Mordiford par., in co. and 4 miles SE. of Hereford; in vicinity is Sufton Court, seat.
Sugar Loaf, The, Sutherland. See Suilven.
Sugarloaf.— isolated rock (150 ft. high), Isle of Man, at NE. corner of Stacka Bay, 1% mile SW. of Port St Mary.—2. Sugar loaf, mountain, on NW. border of Monmouthshire, 3 miles NW. of Aber- gavenny, alt. 1954 ft.—3. Sugarloaf, rocky islet, Scilly Islands, lying E. of St Martins.
Sugarloaf.—mountain, 4 miles SW. of Glengariff, SAY. co. Cork, near Bantry Bay, alt. 1881 ft.—2. Sugar- loaf, hill, in co. and 4 miles SW. of Waterford.
Sugarloaf, Great, mountain, 4 miles SW. of Bray, NE. co Wicklow, alt. 1651 ft.; 2 miles NE. is Little Sugarloaf, alt. 1120 ft.
Sugley.—hamlet, Horsley par., Gloucestershire, 3 miles SW. of Minchinhampton.—2. Sugley, township, Newburnpar., Northumberland, on river Tyne, 4 miles W. of Newcastle on Tyne, 61 ac., pop. 217.
Sugnall, vil., in par. and 2% miles NW. of Eccleshall, Staffordshire; P.O.
Sugwas Court, seat, on river AVye, in co. and 3% miles W. of Hereford; was built in 1792, and includes some portions of a palace of the bishops of Hereford, which occupied its site.
Suilven (or The Sugar Loaf), mountain, Assynt par., on SW. border of Sutherland, alt. 2399 ft.
Suir, river, Munster province; rises in the Devils Bit Mountains, N. co. Tipperary, and flows S. through co. Tipperary, E. between cos. Tipperary and Waterford, and SE. between cos. Kilkenny and Waterford, to a confluence with the Barrow in Waterford Harbour; length 85 miles, and is navigable for barges to Clonmel.
Suisgill Burn, affluent of river Helmsdale, Kil- donan par., Sutherland.
Sul . See also Sull .
Sulber Nick, limestone plateau, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, atheadof CrummackDale, 6m. E. of Ingleton.
Sulby.—eccl. dist. and vil. (ry. stations Sulby Bridge and Sulby Glen), Lezayre par., Isle of Man—dist., pop. 557; vil., on river Sulby, 4 miles W. of Ramsey; P.O.; is situated in Sulby Glen (Glen Mooar), a picturesque vale, bounded by lofty and rugged hills, and traversed by Sulby Biver, which rises among the hills, flows 6 miles N. to the vil., and thence 4 E. to the sea at Ramsey.—2. Sulby, par., Northamptonshire, 6 miles SW. of Market Harborough, 700 ac., pop. 80; con- tains Sulby Hall, seat; an abbey was founded here in 1155.
Sulgrave, par. and vil., Northamptonshire—par., 4100 ac., pop. 459; vil., 6 miles NW. of Brackley; P.O.
Sulhain, par. and vil., Berks—par., 699 ac., pop. 145; vil., 4 miles W. of Reading; P.O.; in vicinity is Sulhain House, seat.
Sulhauipstead Abbots, par., township, and vil., in S. of Berks—par., 1936 ac., pop. 319; township, 1417 ac., pop. 302; vil., 5% miles SW. of Reading; in vicinity is Sulhaiupstead House, seat.
Sulhampstead Banister, par. and vil., in S. of Berks—par., 1132 ac., pop. 256; vil., 1 mile NAV. of Suhampstead Abbots; P.O.; the par. consists of 2 town- ships, Sulhaiupstead Banister Lower End, pop. 102; and Sulhaiupstead Banister Upper End, pop. 154.
Sulisker, rocky islet, 39 miles NW. of Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire.
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