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Wall under Haywood, hamlet, Rushbury par., Shropshire, 4% miles SE. of Church Stretton; P.O.
Walla, Tlie, stream (affluent of the Tavy), Devon.
Wallabarrow Crag, lofty rock, on left side of river Duddon, N. Lancashire, near Broughton in Furness.
Wallace Hall Academy, endowed school, Close- burn par., Dumfriesshire, 2% miles SE. of Thornhill.
Wallacestone and Standrig, conjoint vil., Pol- mont and Muiravonside pars., Stirlingshire, 1% mile SW. of Polmont Junction, pop. 334.
Wallacetown, quoad sacra par., St Quivox par., Ayrshire, on right bank of river Ayr, on E. side and in pari, and police burgh of Ayr, pop. 5923.
Wallasey, par., township, and vil., Cheshire, in NW. of co., in Wirral Peninsula — par. (containing New Brighton, Egremont, Seacombe, &c.), 3408 ac. and 1625 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 21,192; township, 1596 ac., pop. 1940 ; vil., 3% miles NW. of Birkenhead; P.O.; the township contains many fine residences. The Wallasey Embankment was constructed by the Liver- pool Dock Trustees, to prevent the encroachment of the sea on the Wirral Peninsula. Submerged remains of an ancient forest exist. Wallasey Grange, seat, is near the vil. The entire parish is a local government district.
Wallbottle, township and vil., Newburn par., Northumberland—par., 1277 ac., pop. 923; vil., 5 miles AV. of Newcastle on Tyne; P.O.
Wallditck, Dorset. See AValditch.
Walldridge, Northumberland. See AVallridge.
Wallerscoat, township, AVeaverham par., Cheshire,
2 miles W. of Northwich, 128 ac., pop. 11.
Wallerthwaite, hamlet, Ripon par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 3 miles N. of Ripley.
Wallet, fairway off E. coast of Essex, inside Gun- fleet Sand, 5 miles S. of the Naze.
Wallhouse, seat, Torphichen par., Linlithgowshire,
3 miles NW. of Bathgate.
Wallingfen, township and vil., Eastrington par., East- Riding Yorkshire, 2409 ac., pop. 862. See South Cave.
Wallingford, mun. bor. and market town, Berks, on river Thames, 14% miles NAY. of Reading and 51 from London by rail, 380 ac., pop. 2803; P.O., T.O.; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. AVallingford was a stronghold of the ancient Britons, the Romans, and the Saxons; its castle, reconstructed by AVilliam the Conqueror, was dismantled in 1646. Ithas 3 oldchurches, a grammar school, market place, corn exchange, free library, &c., and a bridge, 900 ft. long, across the Thames. Wallingford was created a borough by Edward the Confessor ; it sent 2 members to Parlia- ment from the 23d year of Edward I. until 1832 (when its parliamentary limits were extended into Oxford- shire), and 1 member from 1832 until 1885.
Wallingford Castle Precincts, par., Berks, partly in bor. of AVallingford, 31 ac., pop. 23 ; a strong castle was here constructed by AVilliam the Conqueror; it figured in the history of successive monarchs down to Charles I. in 1646, when it was taken and dismantled by Fairfax; only a small fragment of wall remains.
Wallington.—seat, Berks, in SW. of co., 3 miles SE. of Hungerford.—2. Wallington, hamlet, in par. and % mile N. of Fareham, Hants.—3. Wallington, par., Herts, in NE. of co., 3 miles E. of Baldock, 2043 ac., pop. 191.—4. Wallington, hundred, Surrey, 38,328 ac., pop. 115,520; is in two divisions—First and Second —and contains 12 pars.—5. Wallington, township and vil. with ry. sta., Beddington par., Surrey—township, 823 ac., pop. 3007; vil., 2% miles SAV. of AVest Croydon sta.; P.O., 1 newspaper ; the township contains Upper Wallington, vil., % mile from AVallington sta.; P.O.; is the site of a Roman station, and has yielded many Roman relics.
Wallington Demesne, township, Hartburn par., Northumberland, near Scots Gap sta. and 12 miles W. of Morpeth, 1850 ac., pop. 166; contains Wallington Hall, seat.
Wallington cum Thorpland, par., Norfolk, 1460 ac., pop. 76; Wallington Hall, seat, is 3 miles NE. of Downham Market.
Wallingwells, par., Notts and West-Riding York- shire, 3 miles N. of Worksop, 742 ac., pop. 32; contains Wallingwells House, seat.
Wallis Down, 3 m. from Bournemouth, Hants ; P.O.
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