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Rh TJGBOROUGH. 711 UIST, SOUTH. village is situated on an eminence. The Warwickshire hounds meet in this parish. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 200, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has been restored. There is a school of recent erection. UGBOROUGH, a par. in the hund. of Ermington, co. Devon, 3 miles E. of Irybridge, its post town, and 1J mile S.W. of Kingsbridge railway station. The village ' is situated on the road from Plymouth to Exeter, and near the South Devon railway and the river Erme. The eoil is loamy, with a subsoil of slate and limestone, which are quarried. A lead mine was opened at Filham. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. .260, in the patron, of the Grocers' Company. The church, standing upon an eminence, contains a Korman font and some old screen work. At Ivybridge is a district church, and at Earlscombe was formerly a chapel. The parochial charities produce about 3 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, at which a Sunday- school is also held. The Independents and Baptists have each a chapel. Admiral Sir .1. Kempthorn was born at Widdiscombe in 1620. Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., is lord of the manor. A cattle market is held on the fourth Monday of every month. UGFORD, a tytbg. in the. par. of South Newton, co. Wilts, 2 miles N.W. of Wilton. UGGESHALL, a par. in the hund. of Blything, co. Suffolk, 1 mile N.W. of Wangford, its post town, and 5 miles N. W. of Southwold. In the vicinity are sand and clay pits. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Sother- ton, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 614. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The register dates from 1558. The parochial charities produce about 15 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. UGGLEBARNBY, a chplry. and tnshp. in the par. of Whitby, lib. of Whitby-Strand, North Riding co. York, 4 S.W. of Whitby, its post town, and 1J mile S. of the Sleights railway station. The par. includes the limit, of Iburndale, and is intersected by the stream called Little Beck. The manor formerly belonged to Whitby Abbey, and at the Dissolution came into the possession of the Archbishop of York. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to that of Eskdaleside, in the dioc. of York. The church was erected in 1137 by Nicholas, abbot of Whitby. The charities produce about 12 per annum. UGGSCOMBE, a hund. in the Dorchester div. of co. Dorset, contains Dorchester, also the pars, of Abbotsbury, Little Bredy, Chilcombe, Fleet, Kingston Russell, Lang- ton Herring, Litton Cheney, Portisham, Puncknowle, Swyre, Winterbourne Steepleton, and part of Hawk- chuich, comprising an area of 24,290 acres, exclusive of Dorchester. UGHILL, a vil. in the chplry. of Bradfield, West Riding co. York, 6 miles N.W. of Sheffield. UCilE, a small river, co. Aberdeen, Scotland, rises in two springs near New Deer, and falls into the sea at Peterhead. UGLAS, UPPER and NETHER, two rivulets, co. Dumbarton, Scotland, falling into Loch Lomond. UGLEY, a par. in the hund. of Clavering, co. Essex, 6* miles N. of Bishop-Stprtford, its post town, and 2 N.W. of the Elsenham railway station. The village is situated near the Cambridge railway, and on the high road from London to Newmarket. The land is partly iu common. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ro- chester, val. 202, in the patron, of Christ's Hospital. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. On the S. side of the chancel is a chapel belonging to Bollington Hall. The parochial charities produce about 16 per annum. There is a National school. The principal residences are Ugloy Hall and Oxford House. UGTHORPE, a tnshp. in the par. of Lythe, E. div. of Langbaurgb lib., North Riding co. York, 7 miles W. of Whitby, and 4 N.W. of Lythe. A church was erected in 1856. The Roman Catholics have a chapel. UI1JHAY, a small island, one of the Outer Hebrides, coast of Scotland. U1G, a par. in the district of Lewis, cos. Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It comprises Uig and Cailoway, with the islands of Vinavore, Bigand Little Bornara, and Pabbay, besides many other islets in Loch Roag. It extends in length about 22^ miles from N.E. to S.W., with an extreme breadth ot 17J miles. The district of Uig proper is bounded on the N. by the ocean and Carloway, on the E. by Stornoway, on the S. by Harris and Loch Reasort, and on the W. by the Atlantic Ocean. The surface chiefly conists of low, barren, heathy hills and flat moors, watered by numerous small lakes, the principal of which is Loch Langavat, 9j miles in length. The coast, which is about 60 miles in extent; is flat and indented with bays abounding in cod, ling, dog-fish, coal-fish, and lobsters, for which last it is much fre- quented by English vessels. The village of Uig stands on Uig Bay, between lochs Reasort and Shawbost. Many of the inhabitants of the neighbouring hnmlets and villages are employed in the fisheries. In the vicinity is Calarnish Druid temple, consisting of a circle of 12 stones, 7 feet in height, and a centre one of 13 feet, with three exterior lines of 3 stones each, and to the N. a double line of 6 each for the entrance. Traces of a nunnery exist at Melista, and of a circular fort at Carlaway, with a wall of 30 feet in height. This par. is in the presb. of Lewis and synod of Glenelg, and in the patron, of the crown. The stipend of the minister is about 158. The parish church was erected in 1829. There are two free churches, respectively situated at Uig and Carlaway. There are a parochial and five other schools. UIG, a vil. in the par. of Snizort, island of Stye, Scotland, 5 miles from Kingsburgh, and 30 N.W. of Broadford, near Uig Loch. UII. See KNOCK, Western Isles, coast of Scotland. UIST, the central district of the Outer Hebrides, co. Inverness, Scotland. It is situated between the sound of Harris on the N., and the Barra group on the S., and is separated into North Uist and South Uist parishes. The presb. to which it gives name includes four quoad ci'jilia parishes, and two quoad sacra parishes in the synod of Glenelg. UIST, NORTH, a par. and island in co. Inverness, Scotland. It comprises the quoad sacra par. of Trumis- gary, the vils. of Carinish and Lochmaddy, and the islets of Boreray, Orinsay, Balishear, Grimsay, Heisker, Illary, Kirkibbost, Morgay, Ronay, and Vallay. It extends in length about 17 miles from E. to W., with a breadth varying from 3J to 13 ~ miles. The parish is bounded on the N.W. by the Atlantic Ocean, on the N.E. by the Sound of Harris, on the S.E. by the Little Minch channel, and on the S.W. by a narrow and shallow strait, which is fordable at a place called the N. strand. The surface is flat in the interior, comprising a large extent of rock, bog, and barren waste, the highest point being Ben Croaghan, in the W., which rises 1,600 feet above sea-level. On the E., at lochs Maddy and Enort, are excellent harbours. The prevailing rocks are gneiss and slate, and bog iron is found 15 miles W. of Skye. At Lochmaddy is a packet station, and had formerly a considerable trade in kelp, &c. The par. is in the presb. of Uist and synod of Glenelg, and in the patron, of the crown. The stipend of the minister is about 158. The parish church was erected in 1761. At Trumisgarry are a Free church and a quoad sacra church with a parliamentary endowment. There are a parochial school, and several others. UIST, SOUTH, a par. in co. Inverness, Scotland. It extends in length about 22 miles from N.N.W. to S.S.E., with an extreme breadth of about 7J miles, and is bounded on the N. by a strait which separates it from Benbecula, on the E. by the Little Minch, on the S. by a sound of from 5 to 8J miles in breadth, and on the W. by the Atlantic Ocean. The surface is flat towards the W., and boggy in the centre, with hilly pasture in the E. The highest summit is Mount Hecla, which rises nearly 3,000 feet above soa-level, and is the place where Charles Euward, the Pretender, was secreted in 1746. The island contains a considerable number of lakes and islets. There is an abundance of