Wythburn, eccl. dist. and hamlet, Crosthwaite par.,
Cumberland—dist., pop. 116; hamlet, 7 miles NE. of
Keswick; P.O.

Wythenshawe,seat, Cheshire; post-tn., Northenden.

Wythop, township, Brigham par., Cumberland, on
Bassenthwaite AYater, 5 miles SE. of Cockermouth,
3353 ae. (300 water), pop. 114,

Wyton.—township, Swine par., East-Riding York-
shire, 5 miles NE. of Hull, 792 ac., pop. 80; contains
Wyton Hall, seat.—2. Wyton, Huntingdon. See
AYitton.

Wyvenhoe, ry. sta., Essex, 4 miles SE. of Col-
chester, in vicinity are Wyvenhoe Hall and Wyven-
hoe Park, seats. See AYivenhoe.

Wyverstone, par. and vil., Suffolk, 6 miles N. of
Stowmarket, 1522 ac., pop. 216.

Wyville with Hungerton, par., Lincolnshire, 5
miles SAY. of Grantham, 1670 ac., pop. 116.

Y* Drosgl (Hump).—mountain, Carnarvonshire, 4
miles S. of Aber, alt. 2478 ft.; commands an extensive
view.—2. Y Drosgl, mountain, Carnarvonshire, 2%
miles SE. of Llanfairfechan, alt. 2300 ft.

Y Foel Fras (The Big Bare Hill), Carnarvonshire, 4
miles SE. of Aber, alt. 3091 ft.

Y Foei Perfedd, height, Carnarvonshire, 5 miles
SE. of Llanberis sta., and near Penygwryd inn; is a
“ cub ” of Glyder-fawr.

Y Garn (Heap of Stones), mountain, Carnarvonshire,
3 miles E. of Llanberis sta. and 1% mile NAY. of Glyder-
fawr, alt. 3107 ft.

Y Garnedd Goch (Red Cairn), mountain, Carnarvon-
shire, 5 miles AY. of Beddgelert and 6% miles SAY. of
Snowdon, alt. 2315 ft.

Y Glyder-Fawr. See Glyder-fawr.

Y Mwd, woody top-flattened mound, Aber, Carnar-
vonshire ; is said to have been the site of a castle in
which Llewelyn received the summons of Edward I. to
surrender AVales.

Y Ro, Carnarvonshire. See Roe-AYen.

Y Tryfan (The Three-Headed Peak), Carnarvonshire,
5 miles SE. of Bethesda and 1% mile NE. of Glyder-
fawr, alt. 3000 ft.; is a pyramid of rock rising 2000 ft.
above the upper Llugwy valley, and perhaps the most
remarkable mountain in AVales.

Y Vanner, or Cymmer Abbey : which see.

Y Wacn-oer (The cold mountain flat), precipice,
between Glyder-fawr and Glyder-fach, Carnarvonshire.

Y Wyddfa, the central and highest peak of Snow-
don, Carnarvonshire, alt. 3571 ft.

Yaddlethorpe, township, Bottesford par., Lincoln-
shire, 8 miles AY. of Brigg, pop. 168.

Yadmoss Mine, lead mine, Alston par., Cumber-
land, near Alston; was opened in 1828.

Yafforth, township, DanbyAViske par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 1% m. AY. of Northallerton, 1350 ac., pop. 189.

Yair House, seat, in N. of Selkirk par., Selkirkshire,
on river Tweed, 5 miles NAY. of Selkirk.

Yalding, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Kent, at the
confluence of the Beult and the Medway, 5% miles SAY.
of Maidstone, 5843 ac., pop. 2514; P.O., T.O.; was once
a market town, and was frequently desolated by the
plague ; hops and fruit are largely grown, and there is
navigation by barges on the Medway.

Yale, hundred, Denbighshire, 34,320 ac., pop. 4563;
contains 5 pars, and part of another.

Yantlet Island, in river Thames, off Hoo Allhallows,
Kent, near the London Stone.

Yanwath and Earnont Bridge, township. Barton
par., AYestmorland, on river Earnont, 1% mile S. of
Penrith, 1299 ac., pop. 289 ; P.O., at Earnont Bridge ;
Yanwath Hall, now a farmhouse, was a residence of
the Threlkelds.

Yanworth (or Enworth), eccl. dist. and township,
Hazleton par., Gloucestershire, 8% miles NE. of Ciren-
cester—dist. (Hazleton with Yanworth), pop. 335;
township, 1340 ac., pop. 139 ; P.O.

Yaphain cum Meitonby, township, Pocklington
par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 2% miles NAY. of Pockling-
ton, 1888 ac., pop. 235.

V (Yr before a vowel), in Welsh, signifies “the.”

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