NEWPORT NEWS 



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NEW ROSS 



Newport, Rhode Island. Old stone 



mill, probably ruins of a windmill 



erected about 1675 



served by the New York, New 

 Haven and Hartford Rly. It has a 

 secure and spacious harbour, 

 and several naval establishments. 

 The old state house, now the 

 court house, Redwood Library, 

 and the old market house are of 

 interest. In Touro Park is the Old 

 Stone Mill mentioned by Long- 

 fellow in his Skeleton in Armour as 

 of Norse origin. Set- 

 tled in 1638, New- 

 port was chartered 

 as a city in 1784 

 and rechartered in 

 1853. Pop. 30,300. 

 Newport News. 

 City and port of 

 entry of Virginia, 

 U.S.A., in Warwick 

 co. It stands at the 

 mouth of James 

 river on Hampton 

 Roads, 74 m. by rly. 

 S.E. of Richmond, 

 and is served by 

 the Chesapeake 

 and Ohio Rly. and 

 by several lines of steamers. 



and the Grand Junction Canal. The 

 ehief building is the church of 

 SS. Peter and Paul, dating in the 

 main from the 14th century, with 

 two fine porches. There is an alms- 

 house, founded in 1280, but now 

 known as Queen Anne's Hospital, 

 after the queen of James I. The 

 centre of an agricultural district, 

 the town was once known for its 

 manufacture of lace. A castle was 

 built here in the Middle Ages, but 

 disappeared soon after it had been 

 taken by the parliamentarians 

 during the Civil War. Market day, 

 Wed. Pop. 4,200. 



New Providence. Island of 

 the Bahamas, British W. Indies. 

 It lies between Andros and 

 Eleuthera islands, and is 19 m. long 

 by 10 m. wide. It is covered with 

 undergrowth and contains exten- 

 sive lagoons. On its N. coast is 

 Nassau, the seat of government of 

 the Bahamas. It is the most 

 densely populated of the islands, 

 and produces various fruits, being 

 specially noted for its pineapples-, 

 exported to England and the U.S. 

 in large quantities. Settled by the 

 English in 1629, it was not perma- 

 nently colonised by them until 

 early in the 18th cent. Pop. 13,600. 



Newport News, Virginia. Air view of the water front show- 

 ing the docks and shipbuilding yards on the James River 



An 



important commercial and indus- 

 trial city, it has an excellent 

 harbour, dry docks, and a foreign 

 trade amounting annually to 

 upwards of 14,000,000. It has a 

 flourishing shipbuilding . industry, 

 grain elevators, and manufactures 

 of iron goods and lumber products. 

 Coal, maize, flour, and lumber are 

 the chief articles exported. The 

 county buildings and the custom 

 house are the most notable city 

 edifices. Casino Park on the James 

 river is much frequented. New- 

 port News was settled in 1620 and 

 incorporated in 1896. Pop. 35,600. 

 Newport Pagnell. Market town 

 and urban dist. of Buckingham- 

 shire, England. It stands where the 

 Ousel joins the Ouse, 14 m. from 

 Buckingham and 50 from London. 

 It is served by the L. & N.W. Rly. 



Newquay. Watering-place and 

 urban dist. of Cornwall, England. 

 It is on the N. coast of the county 



on Newquay Bay, ^ ,__ 



14 m. from Truro, I 

 and is served by | 

 the G.W. Rly. | 

 With a small ( 

 harbour, it has a 

 shipping trade and 

 is a fishing port, but 

 it is chiefly known 

 as a pleasure resort, 

 visitors being 

 attracted by the 

 fine coast scenery. 

 There are golf 

 links. Market day, 

 Fri. Pop. 4,400. 



New River. 



Artificial water- 

 way in Hertford- 

 shire and Middle- 



sex, England. jOFed by the Chad- 

 well and Amwell springs in Herts, 

 and by the Lea at Broxbourne, it 

 extends S. about 27 m. to New 

 River Head at Clerkenwell, having 

 reservoirs also in the bors. of Stoke 

 Newington and Hornsey. Con- 

 structed by Sir Hugh Myddelton 

 (q.v.), 1609-13, at a cost of 

 500,000, the undertaking was 

 acquired by the Metropolitan 

 Water Board (q.v.) in 1904, when 

 the New River Co. received as the 

 purchase price 6,534,000 of 3 p.c. 

 water stock, besides certain con- 

 tingent rights estimated roughly 

 at an additional 500,000. New 

 offices of the Water Board were 

 opened at Rosebery Avenue, on 

 the site of the New River Head, 

 May 27, 1920, at a cost of 300,000. 

 New Rochelle. City of New 

 York, U.S.A., in Westchester co. 

 It stands on Long Island Sound, 

 17 m. N. by E. of New York city, 

 and is served by the New York, 

 New Haven and Hartford and 

 the New York, Westchester and 

 Boston rlys. Among many fine 

 residences are several commodious 

 colonial mansions dating from the 

 Dutch and English periods. Leland 

 Castle, noted for its fine interior 

 decorations, is occupied by an 

 Ursuline Seminary. New Rochelle 

 was settled by Huguenots in 1688, 

 incorporated in 1847, and char- 

 tered as a city in 1899. Pop. 36,200. 

 New Ross. Urban dist., market 

 town, and river port of co. Wex- 

 ford, Ireland. It stands on the 

 Barrow, 13 m. 

 N.E. of Water- 

 ford and 102 m. 

 from Dublin, 

 with a station 

 on the Dublin 

 and S.E. Rly. On 

 the other side 

 of the river, in 

 Kilkenny, is New Ross arms 

 Rosbercon, part of the urban 

 dist. The industries include ship- 

 ping, for which there are quays 



Newquay, Cornwall. 



Town beach from the Headland, 

 looking east 



