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VI.—2. Wisbech, hundred, Cambridgeshire, in the
liberty of the Isle of Ely, 54,725 ac., pop. 11,487 ; con-
tains 9 pars.

Wisbech (or Northern) Division, pari. div. of Cam-
bridgeshire, pop. 48,650.

Wisbech St Augustine, eccl. dist., Leverington and
Wisbech St Peter pars., Cambridgeshire, pop. 2695.

Wisbech St Mary, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Cam-
bridgeshire, in N. of co.—par. (containing parts of
Guyhirne and Southea cum Murrow), 9606 ac., pop.
2124; vil., 2% miles SW. of Wisbech by rail; P.O.

Wisbech St Peter. See Wisbech.

Wlshorongh Green, par. and vil., Sussex—par.,
8565 ac. (90 water), pop. 1656 ; vil., on Arun and Wey
Canal, 6 miles NE. of Petworth; P.O.

Wiscombe Park, seat, Devon, 3 m. W. of Colyton.

Wiseton (or Wyeston), township, Clay worth par.,
Notts, 5% miles N. of East Retford, pop. 120 ; contains
Wiseton Hall, seat.

Wisewood, hamlet, Ecclesfield township and par.,
S. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles N. of Sheffield.

Wishaw (or Whishaw), par., AVarwickshire, 8 miles
NE. of Birmingham, 1196 ac., pop. 173.

Wishaw, police burgh and quoad sacra par., Cam-
busnethan par., Lanarkshire, 15 miles SE. of Glasgow
by rail
—quoad sacra par., pop. 9791; police burgh,
pop. (including Cambusnethan and Craigneuk) 13,112 ;
P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day,
Satur-
day.
AA'ishaw is the centre of a vast mineral trade,
and has a distillery.
Wishaw House, seat, on South
Calder Water, is 1 mile NW. of the town.

Wishaw, South, ry. sta., Lanarkshire, between Coat-
bridge and Motherwell.

Wlshford (or Great Wlshford), par. and vil. with
ry. sta., Wilts—par., 1679 ac., pop. 358; vil., onriver
AViley, 2% miles NW. of Wilton; P.O.

Wiske, river, North-Riding Yorkshire; rises near
Arncliffe Ingleby, and flows W. and S., past Appleton,
Danby Wiske, and South Otterington, to the Swale,
below Kirby Wiske; is 24 miles long.

Wisley, par., Surrey, on river AVey, 2% miles SW. of
AVeybridge, 1339 ac., pop. 186.

Wisp Hill, mountain, Ewes par., on E. border of
Dumfriesshire, 8 miles N. of Langholm, alt. 1950 ft.

Wispington, par., Lincolnshire, 3% miles NW. of
Horncastle, 1570 ac., pop. 109.

Wlssendine, Rutland. See Whissendine.

Wissett, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 2259 ac., pop.
394; vil., 2 miles NW. of Hales worth; P.O.

Wisslngton (or Wiston), par., Suffolk, on river
Stour, 1% mile S W. of Nayland, 1485 ac., pop. 191.

Wistanstow, par. and vil., Shropshire—par., 5160
ac., pop. 960; vil., 6 miles S. of Church Stretton; P.O.

Wlstanswick, hamlet, Stoke upon Tern par.,
Shropshire, 3 miles S. of Market Drayton; P.O.

Wistaston, par. and vil., Cheshire—par., 1472 ac.,
pop. 407; vil., 2 miles SW. of Crewe; in vicinity is
Wistaston Hall, seat.

Wlsteston, vil., Marden par., Herefordshire, on river
Lugg, 6 miles N. of Hereford.

Wistlade, hamlet, Devon, in E. of co., 5 miles S. of
Exeter.

Wiston.—Suffolk. See WiSSiNGTON.—2. Wiston,
par. aud vil., Sussex—par., 2842 ac., pop. 315; vil., 2
miles SW. of Steyning; in vicinity is
Wiston Park,
seat.—3. Wiston, pari. bor. and par., Pembrokeshire,
5% miles NE. of Haverfordwest, 7078 ac., pop. 717;
P.O.; was originally called Gwyston, from a castle
built here by a Norman knight called Gwys. Wiston
forms one of the Pembroke District of Parliamentary
Boroughs, which returns 1 member.

Wiston, vil., Wiston and Roberton par., Lanark-
shire, 1% mile NW. of Lamington ry. sta.; P.O.

Wiston and Roberton, par., Lanarkshire, on river
Clyde, 13,140ac., pop. 562; the church is near Wiston vil.

Wistow.—par. and vil., Huntingdonshire—par.,
2070 ac., pop. 392; vil., 3 miles S. of Ramsey; P.O.; in
vicinity is
Wistow House, seat.—2. Wistow, par. and
township, Leicestershire, on Union Canal, 7 miles SE.
of Leicester—par., 2100 ac., pop. 234; township, pop.
49; contains
Wistow Hall, seat.—3. Wistow, par.
and vil., E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire—par., 4316 ac.,
pop. 769 ; vil., 3 miles NAV. of Selby; P.O.



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