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 is a favourite holiday resort; it has important lead mines at Laxey and Foxdale; fishing and cattle-grazing are profitable industries; the people are Keltic, with a language and government of their own; the island is a bishopric, with the title Sodor and Man.
Population (circa 1900) given as 56,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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