APPENDIX, N". IV, 



COMMERC 



Arigna, (Lclt. 7.) a village with great alnir.d- 

 ance of iron ore ;ind coal in its neighbourhood. 

 There are confiderablc iron-works, with a very- 

 complete furnace, boring mills, a flitting mill, and 

 a double fleam engine made by Meflieurs Boulton 

 and Watt. 



Arklow, (IV'ich. /. ) a town with a fmall har- 

 bour, at the mouth of a river called the Ovoca, 

 has fome coalling trade. Near this town is the 

 gold mine, difcovered in the year 1795, and thought 

 by fome mineialogills to be very copious : but it 

 has not yel been very produftive. 



Armagh, the capital of tlie county of the fame 

 name, an antient city, and the fee of the primate 

 of all Ireland, is a place of little trade. 



Arundel, (Suff. E.) an antient town on the 

 River Arun, which is made navigable up to Pul- 

 burgh ; and veffels of 100 tuns go above the town 

 with the tide. The chief bufinefs of the place is 

 Shipbuilding, the timber being fupplied from the 

 neighbouring forefls. There is fome foreign com- 

 merce, and a good deal of coafting trade. 



AsHBURN, (Derh. E.) a town in the heart of 

 the rich pallares of Dovedale, whereby it has a 

 trade in butter and cheefe. 



Ashburton, (Dev. E.) one of the ftannary 

 towns, is furrounded by mines of tin and copper, 

 and has a manufafture of lerges. 



Ashby de la Zouch, (Lelc. E.) a town with 

 a confiderable trade in malt and ale. 



Ashford (Derh. E.) has a mill for polifhing 

 marble, of which there are many beautiful kinds in 

 the Peak country. 



Athelstaneford, C/^fli/. S.)a pleafant village 

 with a rifing manufafture of woolen cloth. 



Atherston, (IViir. E.) a confiderable town, 

 with manufaftures of hats, (balloons, and light 

 woolen Huffs. 



At H LONE, C^K Maalh, I.) a confiderable town 

 on the Shannon, with fome linen nianufatture in 

 and around it. 



Ath Y, (Kild. I.) a town fituated at the junftion 

 of the grand canal with the highell navigable water 

 of the River Barrow, and thereby enjoying a very 

 confiderable trade with the furrounding country. 



Auburn, (IVilts, E.) a fmall town, with a ma- 

 nufattuve of fuftians. 



AucHTERMucHTY, (Eifc, S.) a town in the 

 heart (.f a weaving country. Silcfias and brown 

 linens are the chief articles. 



AuKLAND. .'^ee Bishop's AuKLAND. 



AvENiNG, (Gluuc. E.) a village, with a manu- 

 faflure of woolen cloth. 



AxBRiDGE, (Som. E.) a neat fmall town, with 

 a manufafture of knit (lockings. There are many 

 mines of lapis calaminaris in the neighbourhood. 



AxMiNSTER, (Dev. E.) a confiderable town, 

 with manufaftures of cloth, cotton, tapes, druggets, 

 and carpets made with needle work. 



AxMOUTH, (Dev. E.) a town at the mouth of 

 the Axe, once had a confiderable trade, which is loft 

 in cQJifequence of the deftruftion of the harbour. 



AYLESHAM.CA'i;/. E.) an inland town, which 

 has fome trade in confequence of the River Thyrne 

 being made navigable up to it. 



Aylmouth. See Alnemouth. 



Ayr, a handfome and populous town, the cap- 

 ital of the (liire of the fame name, is fituated on 

 both fides of the mouth of the River Ayr, which, 

 having a bar at the entrance, does not admit veffels 

 drawing more than twelve feet. The chief trade is 

 the exportation of coals to Ireland. Shipbuilding 

 is carried on to a confiderable extent, with timber 

 brought from England, Wales, INIemel, Dantzik, 

 &c. The manufatlures are fait, linen, fome wool- 

 en, hofiery, tanning, hard and foft foap ; but none 

 of them very extenfive. j^.Iany young girls are em- 

 ployed In tambouring. 



Ayton, (Berw. S.) a village fituated on the 

 Ay or Eye, has mannfaftures of thread and paper, 

 and a bleachfield. Some kelp is made on the fliore. 



Bakewell, (Derb. E.^ the chief town of the 

 High Peak country, is furrounded by mines of lead, 

 and has a manufadture of cotton. 



Bala, (Mer. IF.) a fmall town, with a good 

 market for corn, and fome manufaftures of flannel 

 and knit (lockings. 



Balbriggan, (Dul. I.) a village, with a flour- 

 ifhing manufadlure of cotton, and a fafe little har- 

 bour. 



Baldock, (Hert. E.) a large town, with con- 

 fiderable markets for corn and malt, the produce of 

 the fertile fields of Hertford-fhire. 



Balfrone, (Stir!. S.) a new village, wherein a 

 manufafture of mufliu was eftablifhed In the year 

 1788 by Mr. Duumore, the proprietor, who alfo 

 erefted a mill at BaUiklnrain, another part of his 

 eftate, for fpinning wool Into yarn for carpets, and 

 cotton Into yarn for muflins. A great print-field 

 was begun In the neighbourhood. But all thefe 

 fources of profperlty received a fevere check In the 

 year 1793 by the war. 



Ballachulish, (^rg. S.J a village at the 

 mouth of Loch Levin, with a good quarry of 

 Hates, which are carried to various parts of the 

 country. 



Ballibay, (Man. I.) a town with a confider- 

 able linen manufafture. 



Ballikinrain. See Balfrone. 



Ballimote, (SUgo,I.J a village, which, with 

 the adjacent country, is enlivened by a brifk linen 

 manufafture. 



Ballinasloe, (Galnv. I.) an inland town, fitu- 

 ated on the River Suck, a navigable branch of the 

 Shannon, has fome trade, and a great market in fum- 

 mer for wool, and another in Oftober, at which 

 great numbers of oxen and flieep, bred in the adja- 

 cent grazing country, are fold. 



Ballindrait, (Don. I.) a village on the River 

 Dale, which affords it the convenience of a boat na- 

 vigation to Londonderry. 



Ballintoy, (Ant. I.) a village, with a fmall 

 harbour and fome coafting trade, near the celebrated 

 Giant's caufeway, and near fome ^oal mines. 



