Aberdeenshire, a maritime county in the NE. of Scotland; bounded N. and E. by the German Ocean; S. by the counties of Kincardine, Forfar, and Perth; and W. by the counties of Inverness and Banff. Greatest length, NE. and SW., 85 miles; greatest breadth, NW. and SE., 42 miles; coast-line, 60 miles. Area, 1955.4 square … Read more
Anglesey – an insular county of N. Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait, over which a suspension bridge was thrown in 1826, and a tubular railway bridge in 1850. The island is about 20 miles long, 16 broad, and 76 in circumference, and is the only county in Wales that is not … Read more
Forfarshire (or Angus), maritime county in E. of Scotland; is bounded N. by the counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine, E. by the North Sea, S. by the Firth of Tay, and W. by the county of Perth; greatest length, 37 miles; greatest breadth, 27 miles; area, 560,087 acres, population 266,360. The surface presents great variety. … Read more
Argyllshire, a maritime county in the W. of Scotland, including nearly all the islands of the Inner Hebrides. In extreme length the mainland extends about 112 miles S. from the boundary with Inverness-shire to the North Channel, and approaches the opposite coast of Ireland within a distance of 13 miles. Area, 3213.1 square miles. Population … Read more
Ayrshire, a maritime county in the SW. of Scotland, adjoining the cos. of Renfrew, Lanark, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Wigtown. It is in the shape of a crescent, with the concave side, measuring about 70 miles, adjacent to the Firth of Clyde. Its greatest breadth, across the middle, is 30 miles. Area, 1128.5 square miles. Population … Read more
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Cardiff, municipal and parliamentary borough, seaport, and county town of Glamorgan, at the mouth of the river Taff and on the estuary of the Severn 29 miles W. of Bristol by water and 170 miles W. of London by rail – parliamentary and municipal borough, population 82,761. In 1801 the population was only 1018; in … Read more
Radnorshire, inland county of South Wales, bounded N. by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, E. by Herefordshire, S. and SW. by Brecknockshire, and W. by Cardiganshire; greatest length, N. and S., 30 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 34 miles; area, 276,552 acres, population 23,528. Radnorshire is the smallest of the 6 counties of South Wales. In … Read more