APPENDIX, W. IV. 



COMMERC] 



Adbotsburry, (DorJ. E.) a town utuated at 

 the head of the illhrnus, or bank, which coiinefls 

 I'ortland iflaiid (as it is called) with the main land, 

 has a marufafturt of cotton ftockinpjs ; and many of 

 the inhabitants are employed in filhing, 



Abekavon, (Glnm. W.) a town near the month 

 of the Avon, has feme iron works, and a harbour 

 for fn;all vefTcls. 



Aberbrothock, or Arbroath, (Forf. S.J a 



ed, from London and Newcafllc, combad and fpuii 

 in the city and adjacent country, and delivered to 

 the knitters by agents in varions parts of the coun- 

 try. A good deal of the wool is fpun upon jen- 

 nies for making cloth, duffle, fcrges, and foaie other 

 i\iif}"s for home confuniption, and Ji'fo for Londo;i 

 and America. AVorks have been eftabliftied for 

 fpinning cotton, weaving andprintin,; calicoes, &c. 

 The breweries of Aberdeen arc famous, and much 



profperous town, containing above 5,000 inhabit- of their ale is (liipped for London and foreign 

 ants, employed in manufaAiiring fail-cloth, ofna- ' ' nnr . ,-n. _ r r 1 



burg, brown linen for coach-makers, and upholfter- 



f rs, calicoes, and thread, and in fpinning cotton. 

 There is a fmall made harbour. Some veffels be- 

 longing to the town import flax and hemp from 

 Ruffia, and wood and iron from Norway and Swe- 

 den. Before the abolition di the duty on fea-born 

 coal this port, being the neareft to the Red head, 

 the tie plus ultra of duty-free coal, drove a confider- advancing profperity of Aberdeen appears by an 



countries. The fifhery for falmon in the two rivers, 

 and in the fea, is a very confiderable objeft. About 

 two thirds of the fifh are lent to Loudon, and the 

 reft are cured, and exported to France and Flanders, 

 where the Aberdeen filh ftill preferve their antient 

 reputation. Some cod .-.re alfo exported. Great 

 quantities of {tones, formed for paving, and fome 

 alfo for building, are fliipped for London. The 



able trade in that neceflary article for the fupply 

 of the adjacent country. 



Aberconway, fCarn. W.) a town fituated near 

 the mouth of the River Conway, which is navigable 

 by large veflels. Some timber, and bark, and a little 

 corn, are (hipped from the harbour. The trade has 

 formerly been more confiderable than it is now. 



Aberdeen, the capital of the extenfive (hire 

 which takes its name, confilts of the cities of Aber- 

 don or Old Aberdeen at the mouth of the River 

 Don, and New Aberdeen at the mouth of the River 

 Dee, which, by increafe of buildings are nearly 

 united, almoft like London and Wcftminfter. The 

 houfes are well built, and contain about 24,000 

 inhabitants. The mouth of the River Dee is the 

 harbour, in which there is water for veffels of 10 

 feet draught at the upper part, and from i8 to 21 

 at the entrance, the bar being removed by a pier 

 built in tlie year 1775. The principal manufafture 

 has long been knitted ftockings, in which the wo- 

 men, and alfo many men and boys, in all the adja- 

 cent country, are employed. The value is eftimat- 

 ed above ^^ 100,000 annually, whereof about two 

 thirds go to Holland and Germany, and the reft to 

 England, Portugal, and America. A great deal 

 of linen yarn is fpun in Aberdeen and the neigh- 

 bouring country, moft of which is lent to Perth, 

 Dunfermline, and Glafgow. Brown (heeting, of- 



aft in the year 1800 for eredling two new ftreets. 

 And its prolperity is a blefling to all the country 

 around to a confiderable diltance, particularly as the 

 manufaftures afford employment to many thoufands 

 of women. 



Aberdour, (Fife, S.J 3 fmall town with a fafe 

 harbour on the Forth, to which there belong a few 

 fmall veffels. Some bed ticks and coarfe linens are 

 made here. 



Abergavenny, ( M nm. E.J a large town on 

 the Ufli, between the mouths of two fmaller ftreams, 

 is the market for the Welfti flannels made in all the 

 furrounding country. Near it there is plenty of 

 coal, lime, and iron ore. 



Abernethy, (Elg. S.J an inland village on the 

 River Spey. There are here four faw-mills for, 

 converting into planks and boards the excellent fir, 

 oak, and birch, of the adjacent mountains, belong- 

 ing to the duke of Gordon, Sir James Grant, Ro- 

 thimurchus, and Macintofh, which for many ages 

 had flourifhed and periftied, ufelefs to the proprie- 

 tors and the community. Logs, planks, boards, 

 mafts (fome 60 feet long), yards, fhip timbers, &€• 

 are floated down the river to Speymouth. See 

 Speymouth. 



Aberthav/, (Glam. W.J a fmall town on both 

 fides of the mouth of the Thaw, has fome coafting 

 trade with Briftol for the accommodation of the ad- 



naburg, and failcloth, are made here, and likely to jacent country. 



increafe. White and coloured threads, articles in Aberystwith, (Card. W.J a town on the 



which the Scots are thought to excell, are made to banks of the Ridiol near its mouth, and near where 



\i larger extent in Aberdeen than in any other place, 

 and are almoft all fent to London. Coarfe woolen 

 iluffs, called plaidings and (ingrums, have long been 

 made by the farmers and cottagers near Aberdeen 

 from the wool of their own fheep, and fent moftly 

 to Hamburgh : but this trade has declined, in con- 

 fequence of fewer fheep being now kept by the farm- 

 ers. Wool is now chiefly brought, proper'y fort- 



the Yftwith alfo falls into the fea, has an indifferent 

 harbour, fuppofed to have been better in former 

 ages *. It is clofe upon one of the beft fifhing 

 ftations on the Welfh coaft, and has fome trade 

 with Ireland, and along the coaft, in timber, bark, 

 fifti, fifli oil, and lead ore, which has increafed of 

 late years ; and confequently the harbour has been 

 improved. 



* From the name of the town, fignifying the mouth of the Vflwith, and alfo from the appearance of the ground, there 

 is fome reafon to believe that that river formerly carried it» water* to the town, and that the united ftream of the two rivert 

 liM had a fufficient body of water to make a good harbour and fcour out the bar. % 



