1077 



WATERFORD. 



WEARDALE. 



1078 



town at the entrance of Waterford Harbour, about 9 miles from the 

 town : population, 313. It is in a sheltered bay, and great efforts 

 have been made to render it eii'ective as the mail-packet harbour, for 

 which purpose a mole has been built 800 feet long, and a quay or pier 

 900 feet, and the packets ply regnhrly between it and Milford. It is 

 also a coast-guard station and a bathing-place. Much of the improve- 

 ment in the place hat been effected by the ilarquis of Waterford. 

 Kn u vttHOMAs, the seat of a Poor-Law Union, is noticed in a separate 

 article. Puuagt ia a sea-port and post-town on the right bask of the 

 Suir, or rather of Waterford Uaven, about 5 or 6 miles below Water- 

 ford, and about the same distance from the mouth of the river : popu- 

 lation, 604. The town ia irregularly built. There are a church, a 

 Uethodist and a Romau Catholic chapel, and a dispensary. A court 

 of petty session is held weekly. A quay was built in 1S36, which 

 affords accommodation to steam-vessels, and there is a ferry to Cork. 

 Some ship-building i carried on. Pwllatc, a small manufacturing and 

 post-town, on the road from Kilmarden to Carrickbeg, stands upon 

 the Clodagb, a small mountain-stream : population, 4351. It is clean, 

 respectable, and flourishing, chiefly in consequence of the establish- 

 ment of a cotton manufactory by the Hewn. Malcolmson, the 

 machinery of which ia worked by the Clodagh. There are a pariah 

 church, and chapels for Presbyterians and Koman Catholics. Three 

 fain are held yearly. StnMolly, a village and post-town, about 

 4 mile.; S.W. from Bonuuhou, on the road to Dungarvan : population, 

 660. There are a modern church, a Koman Catholic chapel, and a 

 dispensary. Talloie, a post- and market-town, and a parliamentary 

 borough prior to tho Union, stands near the right bank of the navi- 

 gable river Bride, au affluent of the Hlackwuter, on the road from 

 rd to Cork, about 5 miles 3.W. from Luiuore : population 

 19 Sri, betides 687 in the workhouse. There are a well-built modern 

 church, a large Roman Catholic chapel, a market-house, a sewione- 

 house, a convent, a fever hospital, a ili-peiisary, several schools, and a 

 jail. There are five fairs yearly. Tallow Bridge, which has a popu- 

 lation of 181, is the port of Tallow King on the Bride, about half a 

 luile from Tallow. In the neighbourhood are the ruioa of Kilmacow 

 Castle and Moygeelj Abbey. Tramort. an irregularly-built but neat 

 market- and post-town on the Bay of Tramore, is about 9 miles S. 

 from Waterford : population, 1882. It is inuch resorted to by the 

 inhabitant* of Waterford as a bathing-place. The bay it dangerous 

 (ping. There are beacon* on Newtown Head and Browuatowu 

 Head, and a lightship is stationed north of the Saltee* Islands. The 

 town has a church, a chapel, a market-house, an assembly-room, 

 dixpenaary, and a loan-fund office. Races are run in the summer. 



The county returns five member* to the Imperial Parliament two 

 for the county, two for Waterford city, and one for the borough of 

 Dungarvan. It is in the Leinster circuit. The aseiw* are held at 

 :<>rd, where i* the county jail. (Quarter session* are held at 

 Carrickbeg, and iu Dungarvan aud Lisuiore, which two towns have 

 bridewell*. Petty sessions are held in 15 place*. The lunatic 

 asylum, which admit* 73 patients from tho county, is ill Waterford 

 There are fever hospital* in Dungarvan. Lismore, Tallow, and 

 Waterford ; and dispensaries in 22 place*. There are a saving* bank 

 and a loan-fund at Watorford, aud loan-fund* in Cappoquiu, Kewtown, 

 and Tallow. The Union workhouae* are at Waterford, Duugarvau, 

 Lumore, and Kilnjacthomas. The county U in the military district of 

 Kilkenny, and the barrack stations an at Dungarvnu and Waterford. 

 The militia sUff i* stationed at Waterford. The police force, of 201 

 men and officer*, i* distributed over 7 district*, comprising 37 stations, 

 of which Dungarvan i* bead quarters. The districts are Dungarvan, 

 Cappoquin, Portlaw, Ballinauiult, Clashmore, Waterford, and Tramore. 

 In September, l>ii!, there were in the county 93 National schools, 

 attended by 6486 m*Je and 6890 female children. 



lliiiory ai.d AtUiqutiu*. According to Ptolemxu*, the Menapii, a 

 Belgio colony, were the ancient inhabitants of Waterford and the 

 adjoining county of Wexford. The Desii, from the county of ' 

 were a powerful clan at the period of the Engluh invasion, when 

 importance was nearly destroyed. In 1171 Henry II. granted 

 the city of Waterford and tho adjacent province to Richard le Poer, 

 aud by marriage the estate* and honour* of hi* descendants came to 

 the Benaford family, who still retain large pcasession* in the county. 

 The county suffered little during the rebellion in 1798. Waterford 

 city ha* been the chief sc.-ne of most of the historical evciiU of 

 importance. 



liany remain* of antiquity, both military and ecclesiastical, are 

 found in the county ; most of them are noticed in the account* of 

 the town* and village* where they are situated. A largo double 

 trench, called by the Irish ' the trench of St. Patrick's cow,' may be 

 traced for 17 or 18 miles across the Black water towards Ardmore ; it 

 corresponds with the work called ' Dane'* Cast,' in the couutie* of 

 Armagh and Down. A second trench run* westward from Cappoquin 

 into Cork. 



WATERFORD, the capital of the county of Waterford, Ireland, a 

 county of a city, a market- and post-town, a sea-port, a parliamentary 

 borough, an episcopal city, and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, i* 

 itunU'd on the river Suir, ia 52 16' IT. lat, 7 8' W. long., distant 

 S.W. from Dublin. The population of the city in 1851 

 was i:.V-'.'7. The city is governed by 10 aldermen and 30 councillors 

 on* of whom is mayor ; and return* two members to the Imperial 



Parliament. Waterford Poor-Law Union contains 30 electoral divi- 

 sions, with au area of 125,719 acres, and a population iu 1S41 of 

 71,223 ; iu 1851 of 69,083. 



The city itself is entirely on the ris-hi bank of the Suir, and ia 

 about a mile long ; a suburb lies on the left bank of the river. A 

 noble quay, 120 feet in width, except at each end, where it narrows, 

 extends for nearly a mile along the bank of the river, from which tho 

 city rises gradually. Waterford is about 12 miles from the sea, and 

 vessels of 800 tons burden can lie by the side of the quay, but larger 

 ships anchor about 6 miles lower down, opposite the village of 

 Passage. The river is crossed at the upper end of the city by a very 

 long wooden bridge, which opens in one part to allow vessels to pass. 



The principal public buildings are the cathedral, an elegant modern 

 structure ; the bishop's palace, which is of hewn stone, with a double 

 front, and commands an extensive view across the river into the 

 county of Wexford ; the dean's house ; two parish churches ; several 

 Roman Catholic chapels, one of which haa a handsome Ionic front, 

 and ia said to be the largest in Ireland ; and places of worship for 

 Quakers aud other sects. The other public buildings are a town- 

 hall, a market-house, an exchange, a custom-house, a theatre, an 

 assembly-room, a jail, aud artillery and infantry barracks. Among 

 thj charitable institutions are a house of industry, a hospital for the 

 poor, a fever hospital, a dispensary, aud a lunatic asylum. 



The commerce of Waterford is chiefly with England, and consists 

 for tho most part of agricultural produce butter, pork, bacon, grain, 

 flour, aud meal, and, since tlie introduction of steam-vessels, of live- 

 stock. On December 31st 1854, the number aud tonnage of vessels 

 registered as belonging to the port were, sailing-vessel* under 50 tons 

 62, tonnage 1U02; above 50 tons 93, tonnage 13,633; steam-Vessels 

 19, tonnage 5861. During 1854 there entered and cleared at the port 

 as follows: Inwards, sailing-vessels 1147, tonnage 99,149; steamers 

 192, tonnage 55,660: outward*, sailing-vessels 9i5, tonnage 74,670; 

 steamers 200, tonnage 56,977. There is n packet-station at Waterford 

 for conveyance between Waterford and Milford daily. 



Waterford was originally founded by the Danes about 850, ami it 

 was their chief possession in Ireland for some centuries. In 1170 it 

 was taken by aaiault by Strongbow, earl of Pembroke, who afterwards 

 restored and enlarged the town. Waterford received its first charter 

 from King John, who resided there for some time. All its charters 

 were seized and annulled by James L, on the ground of the noncon- 

 formity of the chief magistrates, and Waterford remained without a 

 charter from 1617 to 1626, when it received one from Charles I. 

 Waterford was unsuccessfully besieged by Cromwell, but it was after- 

 ward* taken by Iretou. Some remain* of the old fortifications still 

 exist, and there are a few relics of some of the ancient monasteries. 

 Uivraykmorr, the magnificent domain of tho Marquis of Waterford, 

 i* in the neighbourhood of Waterford ; it contains 4,000 acres. 



WATERGRASSHILL. [CORK.] 



WATER! NGBURY. [KENT.] 



WATERLOO. [BitABAXT. .SOUTH ; LANCASHIRE.] 



WATERTOWN. [Nw ToBX.1 



WATERVILLE. [KKBRY.] 



WATFultD, Hertfordshire, a market-town, and the seat of a Poor- 

 Law Union, in tho parish of Watford, U situated on the right 1> 

 the river Colne, in 51 39' X. lat., 24' W. long., distant 18 miles S. W. 

 from Hertford, 15 miles N.\V. from London by road, and 17j miles by 

 the London and North- Western railway. The population of tliu town 

 of Watford in 1851 was 3800. The living is a vicarage in the arch- 

 deaconry of St. Albans and dioceie of Rochester. Watford Poor-Law 

 Union contains 6 parishes and townships, with au area of 30,520 acres, 

 and a population in 1851 of 18,800. 



Watford consists principally of one main street, about a mile and a 

 half iu length. The parish church has at the wert end a fine embattled 

 tower, surmounted with a spire 100 feet high. The Wesleyan 

 Methodists, Independents, and Baptists have places of worship. There 

 are National, British, and Infant schools; an old establi.-hi d Vina 

 school ; a literary institute ; and a savings bank. The market, i 

 a long building resting on wooden pillars, is situated mar the oliurch. 

 There is here a bridge over the river Colne. The market is held on 

 Tuesday ; fairs are held on Whit-Tuesday and September 9th. Th.iv 

 are silk-, paper, and flour-mill*; breweries, tan-works, nnd a manu- 

 factory of agricultural implements. Cosiiiobury Park, adjoining the 

 town, is the seat of the Karl of Essex. 



WATLINOTOH. [OxFOUDSiniiE.] 



WATTON. [HsBWOUDSHlUE ; Noni'OLK.] 



WAYENKY. [NouvoLK] 



WAVRE-oX-THK UYLE. [BRABANT, SOUTH.] 



WAYLAND, a hundred in the county of Norfolk, which gives name 

 to a Poor-Law Union. The hundreds of Wayland and Shrophaui, tho 

 greater part of which U included in the Union, include together 

 37 parishes, with an area of 80,734 acres, aud a population ia 1851 of 

 17,488. Wayland Poor-Law Union contains 25 parishes, with au area 

 of 51,063 acres, aud a population in 1851 of 12,141. 



WKALD, THK. [KKHT; SUSSEX.] 



WEALD, NORTH ANU SOUTH. [Esgx.l 



WEUt, UlVKli. [DURHAM.] 



WEAUDALE, a district iu the vale of the river Wear, in the county 

 of Durham, the parishes ia which have becu constituted a Poor-Law 



