See Thornley with Wheatley.—3. Wheatley, town-
ship and vil. with ry. sta., Cuddesdon par., Oxfordshire,
5 miles by road and 9 by rail E. of Oxford, 990 ac., pop.
1020; P.O., T.O.—4. Wheatley, hamlet, Ilkley town-
ship and par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 54 miles
NAY. of Otley.—5. Wheatley, vil., Ovenden township,
Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 14 mile
NW. of Ovenden; P.O.; has bleaching works and dye-
works.—6. Wheatley, township, Doncaster par., S. div.
AYest-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NE. of Doncaster, 1284
ac., pop. 996; contains Wheatley Park, seat.

Wheatley, North, par. and vil., Notts—par., 2181
ac., pop. 389; vil., 5 miles NE. of East Retford; P.O.

Wheatley, South, par., Notts, adjacent to North
AYheatley, 641 ac., pop. 37.

Wheatley Booth. See Barley with Wheatley
Booth.

Wheatley Carr Booth, township, AVhalley par.,
NE. Lancashire, 3 miles SW. of Colne, 254 ac., pop. 39.

Wheatley Hill, 2m.from Thornley sta., Durham; P.O.

Wheaton-Aston, vil., Lapley par., Staffordshire, 4
miles NW. of Brewood; P.O.

Wheatsheaf, 3 m. from Wrexham, Denbighshire; P.O.

Wheel, school, Latheron par., Caithness.

Wheeler, stream, Denbighshire, falling into the
Clwyd at Aber wheeler.

Wheeler Street, hamlet, Surrey, 2 miles SW. of
Godalming.

Wheeiock.—river, Cheshire; rises on E. border of
co., and flows NW. past Wheeiock and Warningham to
the Dane, near Middlewich; is 16 miles long.—2.
Wheeiock, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Sandbach
par., Cheshire—dist.,pop. 2264; township, 690ac., pop.
794; vil., on river Wheeiock, 4 miles NE. of Crewe;
P.O.; has a brewery, bone works, and ironworks; in
vicinity is Wkeelock House, seat.

Wheelton, township, Leyland par., N. Lancashire,
3 miles NE. of Chorley, 1696 ac., pop. 1570; P.O.; has
cotton mills.

Wkeery, par., NAY. King’s co., on Grand Canal and
river Brosna, 17,556 ac., pop. 1911; contains Ferbane.

Wheldale, hamlet, Ferry Frystone township and
par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NE. of
Pontefract.

Wheldrake, par., township, and vil., East-Riding
Yorkshire—par., 5310ac., pop. 638 ; township, 4517 ac.,
pop. 596; vil., on river Derwent, 7 m. SE. of York; P.O.

Whelford, hamlet, Kempsford par., Gloucester-
shire, 2 miles SE. of Fairford.

Whelley, 2 miles from AYigan, Lancashire; P.O.

Whelnetkan, Great and Little, 2 pars. (ry. sta.
Welnethan), Suffolk—Great Whelnetkan, 1493 ac.,
pop. 440; Little AVhelnethan, 592 ac., pop. 156; the
sta. is 34 miles SE. of Bury St Edmunds.

Whelpington, Kirk. See Kirkwhelpington.

Whelpington, West, township, Kirkwhelpington
par., Northumberland, 9 miles E. of Bellingham, 4002
ac., pop. 74.

Wkelprigg, seat, 24 miles NE. of Kirkby Lonsdale,
Westmorland.

Whenhy, par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles S. of
Gilling sta., 1042 ac., pop. 111.

Whepstead, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 2670 ac.,
pop. 625; vil., 4 miles SW. of Bury St Edmunds; P.O.;
has an endowed school.

Whernside, mountain, N. div. West-Riding York-
shire, 7 miles NE. of Ingleton, alt. 2414 ft.; commands
magnificent views.

Wkernside, Great and Little, 2 mountains, on N.
border of West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles and 5 miles
NE. of Kettlewell, alts. 2265 ft. and 1958 ft.

Wlierrytown, hamlet, in SW. of Cornwall, 3 miles
S. of Penzance.

Wkerstead, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 2154 ac.,
pop. 264; vil., on river Orwell, 24 miles S. of Ipswich;
P.O., called Wherstead Boad; in vicinity is Wher-
stead Park, seat.

Wherwell, hundred, Hants, 15,751 ac., pop. 2024;
contains 6 pars.—2. Wherwell, par. and vil. with ry.
sta., Hants—par. 3645 ac., pop. 541; vil., 34 miles SE.
of Andover; P.O.; in vicinity is W. Priory, seat.

Whessoe, par. and vil., Haughton le Skerne par.,
Durham, 2 miles NW. of Darlington, 1443ac.,pop. 256.

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