Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLENMEAY, or Glenmoy

GLENMEAY, or Glenmoy, a hamlet and a narrow vale in Kirkpatrick parish, Isle of Man. The hamlet stands in the vale, near the coast, 3 miles S by W of Peel; and has a post office under Donglas, Isle of Man. The vale is a continuation of Glen-Rushen: curves round Corrans hill to the sea; abounds in sylvan beauty; and is traversed by a stream which makes a fine fall of 30 feet.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a narrow vale"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: the Isle of Man CrProt
Place names: GLENMEAY     |     GLENMEAY OR GLENMOY     |     GLENMOY
Place: Glen Maye

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