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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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