town of the hundred of Brimstrey, in the county of Salop, 143 miles from London. It is a small place, of no trade except that arising from its being on the great post-road from London to Holyhead. There is a market on Friday. The population amounted in 1821 to 4411, and in 1831 to 4779.
Shijashrotan, one of the Kurile Islands, at the eastern extremity of Asiatic Russia, in the ocean south of Kamtschatka. Long. 154. 39. E. Lat. 49. 15. N.