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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH	Leicestershire	Hill. Acres, 12,480. Pop., 8,290. Houses, 1,640. The district comprehends also the subdistrict of Hartshorn, containing the parishes of Willesley, Smisby, Hartshorn, and Ticknall, the extra-parochial tract of Bondary or Burton Road, and parts of the parishes of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Seal, Stretton-en-le-Field, Church-Gresley, and Measham, all, except the parts of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Seal, electorally in Derby; the subdistrict of Measham, containing the parishes of Heather, Swepstone, and Snarestone, and parts of the parishes of Nailstone, Measham, and Appleby, the three last electorally in Derby; and the subdistrict	Imperial
  ASTON	Warwickshire	Orton. The hamlets of Deritend and Bordesley form one of the borough wards of Birmingham; the hamlet of Duddeston-cum-Nechells forms another ward; and the manor and the other hamlets are suburban or rural. Acres within the borough, 2,626; without the borough, 11,251. Real property of Aston manor, £53,188; of the suburban or rural hamlets, £43,452; of the entire parish, £276,514. Pop. in 1821, 19,189; in 1841, 45,718; in 1861, 94,995. Houses, 19,256. The manor belonged to the Saxon Earls of Mercia; was given, at the Conquest	Imperial
  Banffshire	Banffshire	Banffshire, a maritime county in the NE of Scotland. It is bounded N by the Moray Firth, E and S	Groome
  Bellie	Banffshire Moray	Orton Junction. In it are also the villages of Auchenhalrig, 3 miles NNE of Fochabers, Upper and Nether Dallacby and Bogmuir, 3, 4, and 3 3 / 8 miles N by E; Tynet, at the mouth of the Spey, 4¾ miles N; and Enzie, 3¼ miles ENE. Bounded N by the Moray Firth, E by Rathven and Keith, S by Keith and Boharm, and W by Speymouth and Urquhart, it has an extreme length from N to S of 7 1 / 8 miles, a breadth from E to W of from 2 1 / 8 to 4½ miles	Groome
  BOSWORTH (Market)	Leicestershire	Orton-on-the-Hill, Norton-juxta-Twycross, and Congerston, the extra-parochial tract of Gopsall-Hall, most of the parishes	Imperial
  CARLISLE	Cumberland	CARLISLE , a city and a district in Cumberland; and a diocese in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire The city stands on	Imperial
  Elginshire or Moray	Moray	Elginshire or Moray, a maritime county on the southern shore of the Moray Firth, forming the central division of the	Groome
  ELY	Cambridgeshire	ELY , a city and several territorial tracts in Cambridgeshire; and a diocese in the counties of Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, Norfolk	Imperial
  Great North of Scotland Railway	Aberdeenshire Banffshire Inverness Shire Moray	Great North of Scotland Railway, a railway supplying the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, and part of Inverness-shire	Groome
  Highland Railway	Inverness Shire Nairnshire Ross Shire Sutherland	hill, are seen Belville House and the monument erected to Macpherson of Belville, the translator and editor of Ossian. The line is now completely in rear of the Grampians, and at this part of the journey splendid views of the northern ranges in Inverness-shire are obtained. Two miles from Boat of Inch the railway passes Tor Alvie, on the top of which is placed a cairn in memory of Highlanders who fell at Waterloo, and on the Hill of Kinrara a tall pillar to the memory of the last Duke of Gordon. Further on the opposite side the mass	Groome
  LEICESTERSHIRE, or LEICESTER	Leicestershire	hill, in Charnwood forest, is the highest elevation, and has an altitude of 853 feet above sea-level. Beacon and other hills in Charnwood forest, Belvoir Castle, Blackberry hill, and Stathern hill, to the NE, -Breedon hill, Cloud hill, and Castle Donington toward the NW, Burrow hill, Whadborough hill, Billesdon-Coplow, and Quenby hill, to the E,-Saddington and Gumbly, to the S, -and Croft hill, Hinckley, Higham, and Orton	Imperial
  Orton on the Hill	Leicestershire	Orton on the Hill , par. and vil., Leicestershire-par., 2290 ac., pop. 275; vil., 4 miles N. of Atherstone; P.O.; near	Bartholomew
  ORTON-ON-THE HILL	Leicestershire	ORTON-ON-THE HILL , a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The village stands near the boundary	Imperial
  Rothes	Banffshire Moray	Orton, Dundurcas, Rothes, and Dan daleith, two of which figure in the old rhyme which declares that Dipple. Dundurcas, Dandaleith. and dalvey Are the four bonniest haughs on the banks of the Spey. The haughs are separated from one another by hill	Groome
  SHROPSHIRE, or Salop	Shropshire	hills. Coal exists in seams sometimes 6 feet thick; and, in 1859, was worked in 59 collieries, with an annual output of 765,750 tons. Ironstone is found in the same tracts as the coal; and, in 1859, yielded 149,480 tons of ore, and was worked in 37 furnaces and 14 ironworks. Lead ore, calamine, and traces of copper ore occur in the W. Limestone of quality resembling marble, is quarried near Oswestry, Ludlow, and Orton	Imperial
  Spey	Banffshire Inverness Shire Moray	hill and its lower grounds, intermixed with open glades, irregular clumps, and scattered trees, combines the discordant characters of wild mountain landscape and of ornamental park scenery. The Spey, here a quick and clear stream, is ornamented by trees in every possible combination, and the banks beyond, rising into irregular, rocky, and wooded hills, everywhere rich with an endless profusion of objects, and as they gradually ascend, displaying the dark sweeping forests of- fir that skirt the bases of the farther mountains, which terminate the view by their bold outlines. To wander along the opposite banks is to riot	Groome
  WESTMORELAND	Westmorland	Orton, Raine, Shap, and Kirkby-Lonsdale. The soils, on a few farms, are clayey or loamy; but, in general, are gravelly and dry. Much of the hill	Imperial
  Westmorland	Westmorland	hills. The mineral productions include graphite, marble, roofing slate, and some coal, lead, and copper. The only mfrs. of any consequence are the coarse woollens of Kendal. The county has good communications by railway. It comprises 4 wards, 109 pars., the mun. bor. of Kendal, and the towns of Ambleside, Appleby (the co. town), Brough, Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby Stephen, and Orton	Bartholomew

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