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GOMETRA, basaltic island adjacent to west end of Ulva, off west coast of Mull, Argyleshire. It comprises about 1800 acres, includes some good arable land, and rises to a height of about 800 feet. Pop. 30.
GONOCHAN, hamlet and burn in Fintry parish, Stirlingshire.
GOODBUSH, hill, 1556 feet high, 5 miles north of Muirkirk, Ayrshire.
GOODIE, rivulet in south border of Perthshire. It issues from Menteith Loch, and runs 7 miles eastward to the Forth, at 5 miles west of Stirling.
GOODIE'S KNOWE, artificial hillock in south-west of St. Ninian's parish, Stirlingshire.
GOOSY, lake and head-stream of the Cree, near south-eastern extremity of Ayrshire.
GORBALS, parish and large suburb in south side of Glasgow. The parish com-prises a compact mass of streets adjacent to left bank of the Clyde, between Victoria and Glasgow bridges. Pop., quoad civilia, 5567; quoad sacra, 4982. The suburb includes also Hutchesontown, Laurieston, Tradeston, and Kingston ; is all a compact mass of streets ; and has a relation to Glasgow-proper similar to that which Southwark has to London. Prominent buildings in the parish are Gorbals Established and Free churches ; and prominent features in the suburb are the new railway lines and stations.
GORDON, village and parish in Berwickshire. The village stands on an eminence near Eden river, 6 miles north-east of Earlston ; was anciently the capital of a territory comprehending much of Berwickshire and part of Roxburghshire ; gave the title of duke from 1684 till 1836 to the family of Gordon ; and has a post office designated of Berwickshire, a railway station, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 140 scholars. Pop. 302. The parish measures 6 miles by 3|, and comprises 9713 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 10,392. Pop. 832. The surface is uneven and gently hilly, and about one-half of it is arable. Chief objects of interest are the site of the ancient seat of the noble family of Gordon, the^ site of an extinct village of Huntly, which gave them the title of marquis, and the ruins of Greenknowe Tower.
GORDON CASTLE, a seat of the Duke of Richmond, formerly the seat of the Dukes of Gordon, in vicinity of Fochabers, Elginshire. It is mostly a modern four-storey structure, 568 feet long, but includes a massive tower of llth century, and it has a grand park of 1300 acres.
GORDON HALL, seat in Kinnethmont parish, Aberdeenshire.
GORDON PLACE, village in Dyce parish, Aberdeenshire.
GORDONS MILLS, village in Resolis parish, Ross-shire.
GORDONSTONE, a seat of Sir W. Gordon Gumming, Bart., in Duffus parish, Elginshire.
GORDONSTOWN, village in Auchterless parish, Aberdeenshire.
GORE, rivulet, running 8 miles north-ward and north-westward to the South Esk at Shank Point, about a mile beyond Gorebridge, Edinburghshire.
GOREBRIDGE, village on Gore rivulet, 10 miles by road, but 12 by railway, south-south-east of Edinburgh. It has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Midlothian, a railway station, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school. Pop. 663.
GORGASK, burn, sometimes a wild torrent, in Laggan parish, Inverness-shire.
GORGIE, village on Water of Leith, in south-western outskirts of Edinburgh. Pop. 656.
GORM, lake in Kiltarlity parish, Inverness-shire.
GORM, lake in Assynt parish, Sutherland.
GORM, lake in Kilchoman parish, Islay Island, Argyleshire.
GORMDERRY, one of the Cairngorm Mountains, south-east of Benmacdhu.
GORRIE, headland, south-west of Carsaig, in south of Mull, Argyleshire.
GORTHY, section of Fowlis-Wester parish, Perthshire.
GORTLECH, seat and post office under Inverness, in Dores parish, Inverness-shire.
GOSELAND, lofty hill in Kilbucho parish, Peeblesshire.
GOSFORD, chief seat of the Earl of Wemyss, on the coast, 5 miles north-west of Haddington.
GOTT, bay in north-east of Tyree Island, Argyleshire.
GOTT, hamlet in Tingwall parish, Shetland. It has a public school with about 51 scholars.
GOULDIE, village in Monikie parish, Forfarshire.
GOUR, lake in Criech parish, Sutherland.
