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    Place name County Entry Source
    COMPTON-CASTLE Devon Newton-Bushel, in Devon. It belonged to successively the Poles, the Comptons, and the Gilberts; and passed, about the beginning Imperial
    DARLINGTON County Durham Newton. Acres, 7, 856. Real property, £251, 874. Pop., 16, 762. Houses, 2, 875. The property is much subdivided. Blackwell is the seat of R. H. Allan, Esq. Bushell Imperial
    DURHAM, or Durhamshire County Durham DURHAM , or Durhamshire, a maritime county in the north-east of England; bounded, on the N, by Northumberland; on the Imperial
    ESSEX Essex ESSEX , a maritime county of England; bounded, on the N, by Cambridge and Suffolk; on the E, by the German Imperial
    GLAMORGAN Glamorgan Newton; and veins of copper, as also other useful minerals, exist. The soil, in the Vale of Glamorgan, is rich deep loam, improved in fertility by substratum of limestone or by application of lime; the soil, in the central tracts, ranges from poor detritus on the hills to rich alluvium in the valley bottoms; and the soil in the northern and nortli-eastern tracts varies from black peat on the heights, through brown gravelly earth in the drier situations, to a brown fertile loam in the valleys. About 100, 000 acres are waste. The best tracts are so well plied Imperial
    Glasgow Lanarkshire
    Renfrewshire
    Glasgow, the commercial and manufacturing capital of Scotland, and, in point of wealth, population, and importance, the second city of Groome
    Haddingtonshire or East Lothian East Lothian Haddingtonshire or East Lothian, a maritime county in the south-east of Scotland, is situated between 55o 46' 10" and Groome
    HIGHWEEK Devon Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on Icknield street, the river Teign, and the Moreton-Hampstead railway, near the South Devon railway, 1 mile NW of Newton-Bushel Imperial
    Lanarkshire Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, one of the south-western counties of Scotland, and the most important county of the country. It ranks only Groome
    LANCASHIRE Lancashire LANCASHIRE , a maritime and northern county; bounded on the N, by Cumberland and Westmoreland; on the E, by Yorkshire; on Imperial
    LONDON London
    London
    LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is Imperial
    Nairnshire Nairnshire bushels; barley, 32 to 40 bushels; oats, 28 to 40 bushels; turnips, from 12 to 20 tons; and potatoes, from 4 to 5 tons, but the latter two are very variable. The agricultural live stock in the county at different dates is shown in the following table:— Year. Cattle. Horses. Sheep. Pigs. 1854, . . 8304 1826 28,230 1489 1870, . . 5506 1123 17,278 733 1877, . . 6513 1247 16,917 932 1883, . . 5676 1292 16,799 926 The early returns seem again faulty. Not much attention is given to the breeding of pure stock, and the cattle are mostly crosses Groome
    Newton Abbot Devon Newton Abbot par., Devon, at head of Teign estuary, 16 miles S. of Exeter and 214 SW. of London by rail, pop. 9826; P.O., T.O.,2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Wednesday and. Saturday . Newton Abbot is a considerable town, and is the most important sta. on the South Devon line between Exeter and Plymouth. It is situated in the heart of a fertile and richly cultivated district, and presents a most picturesque appearance. The town consists of 2 parts - viz., Newton Abbot in Wolborough par., and Newton Bushel Bartholomew
    NEWTON-ABBOT Devon Newton-Abbot market-cross. The pedestal still stands, and bears an inscription commemorative of the fact. Two port reeves, elected annually, the one by Newton-Abbot, the other by Newton-Bushell Imperial
    Newton Bushel Devon Newton Bushel , Highweek par., Devon; forms part of Newton Abbot; was formerly a separate town. Bartholomew
    NORTHUMBERLAND Northumberland NORTHUMBERLAND , a maritime county in the N of England; bounded, on the N W and the N, by Scotland; on Imperial
    Stirlingshire Stirlingshire Stirlingshire, one of the midland counties of Scotland, partly Lowland and partly Highland, and consisting of a main portion and Groome
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