OUT-SKERRIES, islet group north-east of Whalsay, Shetland.

OVERBERVIE.

OVERBIE, Roman camp in Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire.

OVERBRAE, hill, with great turbary, in King-Edward parish, Aberdeenshire.

OVERLEE, farm on which an ancient subterranean village was discovered about 1812, on the White Cart, 3 miles south-south-east of Pollockshaws, Renfrewshire.

OVERSAY.

OVERTON, town, 3 miles north-west of Carluke, Lanarkshire. It has a post office under Wishaw, a railway station, a depot for Lesmahagow coal, and a recent steepled quoad sacra parochial church. Pop. of town, 1293; of quoad sacra parish, 2051.

OVERTON, suburb of Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

OVERTON, village in Dreghorn parish, Ayrshire. Pop. 413.

OVERTON, section of Smailholm village, Roxburghshire.

OVERTON, seat near Strathaven, Lanarkshire.

OXCLEUGH, burn, entering foot of Loch of the Lowes, Selkirkshire.

OXENFORD, seat of the Earl of Stair, 4J miles east-south-east of Dalkeith, Edinburghshire.

OXGANG, estate, with ruined old parochial church, in south-eastern vicinity of Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire.

OXHILL, burn and medicinal spring in Rathven parish, Banffshire.

OXNA, island, 4 miles south-west of Scalloway, in Shetland. Pop. 30.

OXNAM, rivulet, hamlet, and parish in Roxburghshire. The rivulet rises among the Cheviot Hills, and runs about 10 miles northward to the Teviot at 6 miles south-south-west of Kelso. The hamlet lies on the rivulet, 4 miles south-east of Jedburgh, and has a post office under Jedburgh, a parochial church, and a public school. The parish measures 10 miles by 5, and comprises 21,190 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 12,643. Pop., quoad civilia, 683; quoad sacra, 638. The southern section is a lofty part of the Cheviot Hills, and the northern one is much diversified with green conical hills and numerous narrow ravines. Chief objects of interest are a long reach of the Roman "Watling Street, two Caledonian stone circles, several old circular camps, and ruins of an old castle. There are 2 schools with capacity for 176 scholars.

OXNOR, island in Tingwall parish, Shetland.

OXTON, village, 4J miles north-north-west of Lauder, Berwickshire. It has a post office under Lauder.

OYKELL.

OYNE, village and parish in Garioch district, Aberdeenshire. The village stands 25 miles north-west of Aberdeen, and has a post office designated of Aberdeenshire, a railway station, a large suite of factories, a conspicuous modern parochial church, a Free church, and a public school with capacity for 150 scholars. The parish measures about 6 miles by 3J, and com-prises 10,131 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 5898. Pop. 962. The surface is bounded on the north by the Shevock, on the north-east by the Ury, on the south by the Don ; and it includes about three-fourths of the great mountain Bennochie. About 3200 acres are in tillage, and the rest is variously woodland, good pasture, moor, and bare rock. Chief residences are Westhall, Pittodrie, and Tillyfour ; and chief antiquities are the ruined ancient fortalice of Harthill and three Runic stones.

PABBAY, island off mouth of Broadford Bay, north-east side of Isle of Skye. It measures nearly 3 miles in circuit, has a flattish surface less than 60 feet high, and is engirt with low reefs.

PABBAY, island in north-west end of Harris Sound, Outer Hebrides. It measures about 7 miles in circuit, rises conically to a height of about 800 feet, and has been much damaged by storm and sand-drifts.

PABBAY, island, 5 miles north-north-east of south-western extremity of Outer Hebrides. It measures about 4J miles in circuit, consists of a single hill, and rises to a height of about 800 feet. Pop. 26.

PABBAY, islet, with ruins of ancient nunnery, in Uig parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

PACKMAN, quondam island in the Clyde, now part of Scotstown lands, near Renfrew.

PAD, tabular-topped hill, 854 feet high, with grand panoramic view, in south-eastern vicinity of Neilston, Renfrewshire.

PADANARAM, village in Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire. It has a post office under Forfar, and a public school with about 53 scholars.

PAISLEY, town and parishes in upper ward of Renfrewshire. The town stands on the White Cart, 6| miles west of Glasgow ; covers the site of the Roman station Vanduara, with commencement of iter thence to Antoninus' Wall ; sprang from an abbey founded in 1163 by the High Steward of Scotland ; was originally a village for use of the abbey's retainers, all situated on the Cart's right bank, and now represented by Seedhill suburb ; spread thence to the left bank, and gradually extended there into large town and new suburbs ; stands partly there on a gentle hill-ridge, but everywhere else on low ground ; enjoys charming environs, with rich immediate scenery, and exquisite, extensive, panoramic views; ranks as the political capital of upper ward of Renfrewshire, a burgh sending a member to Parliament, and a great seat of textile manufacture ; measures nearly 2 miles in length, and fully 1J mile in breadth ; exhibits an urban centre and almost rural outskirts, compact and straggling sections, regular and irregular thoroughfares and intermix-tures of old and new ; is traversed from side to side by a high railway viaduct overlooking much of its interior ; was designed in 1877 to undergo material improvement by widening and otherwise altering narrow streets ; contains a number of imposing public edifices; publishes a daily newspaper and three weekly news-papers ; has a head post office, with all departments, 2 sub post offices, with money order department, a central railway station on expansion of the high viaduct, 7 banking offices, 4 hotels, a beautiful public park of about 22 acres opened in May 1877, 8 Established churches, 7 Free churches, 6 United Presbyterian churches, 12 churches of other denominations, an endowed educational institution, a grammar school or academy, 10 primary public schools, a number of other schools, and a free public library and museum ; and is notable for the great number of distinguished natives who have emerged from it into almost every part of the field of fame. The County Buildings were erected in 1818-22 at a cost of L>8,000, and enlarged about 1860 at a cost of 10,000. The New Town Hall was erected in 1879-82 at a cost of between 80,000 and 100,000, and has a large tower and an imposing aspect. The waterworks have extensive reservoirs of 1837 among Gleniffer braes, acquired a large new one in 1879-80, and were to be enlarged in and after 1881 at an estimated cost of 100,000. The Abbey church was burnt by the English in 1307, was rebuilt in portions till about middle of 15th century, survives in main parts of much architectural and monumental interest, has been used in its nave as a parochial church since the Eeformation, and was designed in 1882 to undergo renovation. The High Established church stands conspicuously on the hill-ridge, and has a lofty steeple. The High Free church is in the Norman style, and has a massive tower. The Underwood Road United Presbyterian church was erected in 1881, and is a steepled cruciform edifice. The endowed educational institution, like the High Established church, figures conspicuously on the hill-ridge, and is a large edifice in form of a Greek cross surmounted by a dome. The free public library and museum was erected in 1869-71 at a cost of 15,000. The Good Templars' halls were built in 1880 at a cost of about 6500. The new cemetery com-prises 23 acres of high undulated ground, is richly embellished, and contains a number of interesting monuments. Real property of the burgh in 1880-81, 206,334. Pop. 55,627. The parishes are Abbey, High, Low, and Middle. The Abbey parish includes part of the town, but extends far beyond it, and has been separately noticed. The other three parishes lie wholly in the town, and comprise respectively 259, 94, and 517 acres. Pop. 17,914, and 7095, and 13,117.