Wooler, small market town and par., Northumber-
land. under the Cheviots, 9 miles SW. of Belford and
20 S. of Berwick upon Tweed—par., 4917 ac., pop.
1529; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday.
Wooler, anciently called Willover, is in some parts ill-
built, but possesses a neat church (1765), a public
school, a dispensary, and a mechanics institute with
library and reading-room. Fairs for cattle and horses
are held in May, September, and October. Traces of
an old castle and many ancient entrenchments are in
the vicinity, the most remarkable being Humbledon
Heugh, 1 mile NAV. The pillar commemorating Earl
Percy’s victory is in the plain beneath.

Wooler Hangli Head, 2 miles from AVooler, North-
umberland; P.O.

AVooler Park, seat, S. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire,
6 miles NAY. of Barnsley.

AVooley Terrace, 3 miles from Crook, Durham ; P.O.

AVoolfardiswortby (near Bidcford), par. and vil.,
Devon—par., 5798 ac., pop. 699; vil., 10 miles SAA⁷. of
Bideford; P.O., called AVoolsery; the church is ancient.

AVoolfardiswortby (near Crediton), par., Devon,
6 miles N. of Crediton, 1815 ac., pop. 176.

Woolfold, vil. with ry. sta., SE. Lancashire, lg mile
NAY. of Bury; P.O.; has the AVoolfold Paperworks.

AVoolhampton, par. and vil., Berks, in S. of co.—
par., 719 ac., pop. 493; vil., 7 miles E. of Newbury;
P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is AVoolhampton House, seat.

AVooliiopc, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in E. of co.
—par., 4653 ac., pop. 745; vil., 3g miles E. of Holme
Lacy sta. and 7 SE. of Hereford; P.O.

AVoolland, par. and vil., Dorset, in N. of co.—par.,
1098 ac., pop. 120; vil., 7 miles AV. of Blandford;
P.O.; contains Woolland House, seat.

AVoollas Hall, seat, Eckington par., AVorcestershire,
3g miles SAV. of Pershore ; belonged to Lord Burleigh.

AVoollaston.—(or AVollaston), par. and vil. with
ry. sta. (AVoolaston), Gloucestershire—par., 3300 ac.
land, 232 tidal water, and 1314 foreshore, pop. 866 ;
vil., on AV. bank of river Severn, 5 miles NE. of Chep-
stow ; has the Rowley Papermill.—2. AVoollaston,
AVorcestershire. See Wollaston.

AV ooliavington, eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Graff ham), com-
prising East Lavington and Graffham pars., Sussex,
pop. 634; P.O. at Lavington and at Graffham; the
church is 24 miles SAA⁷. of Petworth. Woollavington
was at one time a par. comprising the present pars, of
East and AVest Lavington.

AVoolley.—par., in co. and 6 miles NAV. of Hunting-
don, 3718 ac., pop. 89.—2. AVoolley, par., Somerset,
2\ miles N. of Bath, 365 ac., pop. 64.—3. AVoolley,
hamlet, Bradford on Avon par., Wilts, in W. of co.,
14 mile NE. of Bradford on Avon. — 4. AVoolley,
township and vil. with ry. sta., Roystone par., West-
Riding Yorkshire—township, 2587 ac., pop. 600; vil.,
54 miles S. of Wakefield; P.O.; has an endowed school.

AVoolley Park, seat, Chaddleworth par., Berks, in
AV. of co., 54 miles S. of Wantage.

AVoolmer Green, hamlet, 5 miles S. of Stevenage,
Herts.

AVoolmer Place, seat, Hants, in E. of co., 7 miles
NE. of Petersfleld. AVoolmer Forest, a heath tract,
chiefly in Hants but partly in Sussex, is 7 miles long
and 24 wide, and was formerly a crown forest.

AVoolmet, ancient par., now in Newton par., Edin-
burghshire.

AVoolpack Sands, shoal, off N. coast of Norfolk, 6 m.
NE. of Hunstanton Lighthouse ; is dry at low water.

AVoolpit, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 1877 ac., pop.
1034; vil., 5 miles NW. of Stowmarket; P.O., T.O.

AVoolscott, hamlet, Grandborough par., Warwick-
shire, 6 miles S. of Rugby.

AVoolsery, in W. of Devon, 10 miles SAV. of Bide-
ford ; P.O. See AA⁷oolfardis worthy.

AVooIsington, township, Newburn par., Northumber-
land, 5 m. NAV. of Newcastle on Tyne, 610 ac., pop. 73.

AVoolsner Skoal, at E. entrance to Spithead, Hants;
in 1779 the Impregnable was wrecked here.

AVoolstanwood, township, Nantwich par., Cheshire,
3 miles NE. of Nantwich, 612 ac., pop. 117.

AVoolstaston, par., Shropshire, Smiles N. of Church
Stretton, 843 ac., pop. 97.

AVoolstliorpe.— par. and vil., Lincolnshire—par.,
2600 ac., pop. 598; vil., 6 miles SAA⁷. of Grantham;
P.O.; a new church (1846) has replaced the old one,
which is in ruins. There is a girls free school.—2.
AVoolstliorpe, hamlet, Colsterworth par., Lincolnshire,
5 miles W. of Corby.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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