Bible Encyclopedias

Alain de L'isle
a professor of theology in the university of paris, surnamed the doctor universel (1114-1203).

Athelney, Isle of
an island in a marsh near the confluence of the tone and parret, somerset; alfred's place of refuge from the danes.

Axholme, Isle of
a tract of land in nw. lincolnshire, 17 m. long and 5 m. broad; once a forest, then a marsh; drained in 1632, and now fertile, producing hemp, flax, rape, &c.

Belle-Isle
a fortified island on the w. coast of france, near which sir edward hawke gained a brilliant naval victory over the french, under m. de conflans, in 1759.

Dogs, Isle of
a low-lying projection of a square mile in extent from the left bank of the thames, opposite greenwich, and 3½ m. e. of st. paul's.

Ely, Isle of
a name given to the n. portion of cambridgeshire on account of its having been at one time insulated by marshes; being included in the region of the fens, has been drained, and is now fertile land.

Emerald Isle
ireland, from the fresh verdure of its herbage.

Man, Isle of
A small island in the Irish Sea, 35 m. W. of Cumberland and about the same distance E. of Co. Down; from its equable climate and picturesque scenery

May, Isle of
island at the mouth of the firth of forth, 5½ m. se. of crail on the fife coast; has a lighthouse with an electric light, flashing out at intervals to a distance of 22 nautical miles.

Portland, Isle of
a rocky peninsula in the sw. of dorsetshire, connected by chesil bank and the mainland; is famous as the source of great quantities of fine building limestone; here is also a convict-prison opened 1848, accommodating 1500 prisoners.

Purbeck, Isle of
the peninsula in south dorsetshire lying between the river frome, poole harbour, and the english channel; formerly a royal deer-forest; has a precipitous coast, and inland consists of chalk downs; nearly 100 quarries are wrought of "purbeck marble."

Ré, Isle of
small island, 18 m. by 3, off the french coast, opposite la rochelle; salt manufacturing chief industry; also oysters and wine are exported. chief town, st. martin.

Sheppey, Isle of
An islet in the estuary of the Thames, at the mouth of the Medway, belonging to Kent, from which it is separated by the Swale (spanned by a swing-bridge);

Thanet, Isle of
forms the ne. corner of kent, from the mainland of which it is separated by the stour and the rivulet nethergong; on its shores, washed by the north sea, stand the popular watering-places, ramsgate, margate, and broadstairs; the north-eastern extremity, the north foreland, is crowned by a lighthouse.

Wight, Isle of
An island in the S. of England, included in Hampshire, from which it is separated by the channel of the Solent (q. v .); it is of triangular shape, is