which return 1 member to Parliament.—2. Usk, river,
South Wales and Monmouthshire; rises under Talsarn
mountain, on border of Carmarthenshire and Breck-
nockshire, and flows 57 miles E. and SE., past Breck-
nock, Crickhowell, Abergavenny, Usk, Caerleon, and
Newport, to the Bristol Channel, 3§ miles S. of New-
port ; practically forms a harbour up to Newport, and
is navigable 6% miles further up to Tredunnock; flows
through very fine scenery, and is celebrated for the
quality of its salmon ; on AVt side of entrance, 2% miles
S. of Newport, is Usk Lighthouse, 57 ft. high, with
fixed light 47 ft. above high water and seen 11 miles.—
3, Usk, hundred, Monmouthshire, 47,643 ac., pop.
19,210; contains 21 pars.

Usk, par., E. co. Kildare, 6 miles S. of Kilcullen,
1763 ac., pop. 403.

Uskane, par., N. co. Tipperary, 2 miles NE. of
Borrisokane and 3 miles N. of Cloughjordan ry. sta.,
7656 ac., pop. 775.

Usmaston, Pembrokeshire. See Uzmaston.

Usselby, par. and ry. sta.,,Lincolnshire, 3 miles N. of
Market Rasen, 1110 ac., pop. 54.

Ussle, Loch, Fodderty par., Ross and Cromarty;
Ussle Valley, 3 miles NW. of Conon Bridge; P.O.

Usworth (Great and Little), township and ry. sta.,
Washington par., Durham, 4 miles SE. of Gateshead,
2134 ac., pop. 4606; P.O.; has coal mines; contains
Usworth House, seat.

Utkin ton, township, Tarporley par., Cheshire, on N.
side and in town of Tarporley, 1889 ac., pop. 520.

Utterby, par. and vil., Lincolnshire, 4 m. N. of Louth,
1564 ac., pop. 275; P.O.; near vil. is Utterby House, seat.

Uttlesford, hundred, Essex, 48,781 ac., pop. 12,503;
contains 22 pars, and parts of 2 others.

Uttoxeter, market town and par., Staffordshire, 13
miles NE. of Stafford and 135 miles NW. of London by
rail, 8973 ac., pop. 4981; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 news-
papers. Market-day, Wednesday. Uttoxeter, known
to the Saxons as Uttocceaster, is an ancient but clean
and well-built town, situated on a gentle eminence
above the vale of the Dove. It contains several good
streets, with a central market-place, town hall, free
grammar school, and church with ancient tower and
spire. The industries comprise iron-founding and nail
and implement making, tanning and rope-spinning, and
malting and brewing.

Uttoxeter Canal, Staffordshire; extends from
Uttoxeter 18 miles NW., up the Churnet Valley, to the
Caldon Canal near Cheddleton.

Uwehgorfai, hundred, Carnarvonshire, 67,862 ac.,
pop. 15,677; contains 6 pars.

Uwchgralg, township, Llanddwywe par., Merioneth,
on the coast, 5% miles NW. of Barmouth, pop. 81.

Uwchygarreg, Montgomeryshire. See Uchygareeg.

Uxbridge, market town and township, Hillingdon
par., Middlesex, on W. border of co. and onriver Colne,
16 miles NW. of London by rail—township, 99 ac., pop.
3346; town (containing also part of Hillingdon town-
ship and part of Cowley par.), 496 ac., pop. 7669; P.O.,
T.o., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Thursday
and Saturday. Uxbridge is supposed to have been
founded by Alfred, and was the scene of negotiations
between Charles I. and the Parliament in 1645. It is
well built, and contains an ancient church and a
spacious corn exchange. Iron-founding, brick-making,
and brewing are carried on, and there is an extensive
traffic in corn and flour. Uxbridge gives the title of
earl to the Marquis of Anglesey.

Uxbridge Division, pari. div. of Middlesex, pop.
58,182.

Uxbridge Moor, eccl. dist., Hillingdon par., Middle-
sex, pop. 1549; P.O.

Uxbridge Road, ry. sta. (for Shepherd’s Bush), Mid-
dlesex, in W. of London, between Wormwood Scrubbs
and Kensington (Addison Road).

Uyea, island, Unst par., Shetland, on S. side of Unst
island, from which it is separated by Uyea Sound, pop.
5; measures 1 by 1% mile, and rises to an alt. of 183 ft.

Uyeasound, vil., on S. coast of Unst island, Shetland,
on Uyea Sound, 37 miles N. of Lerwick; P.O., T.o.

Uzmaston (or Ismiston), par., Pembrokeshire, on
SE. side and partly in bor. of Haverfordwest, 2070 ac.,
pop. 565.