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houfc in particular employs about 2,000 men, wo- 

 men, and children. This being the center of the 

 manufadliire of fupcrtine cloths, it is proper to ob- 

 ferve here, that the bufmefs is conduced in a man- 

 ner very different from that of York-ftiire, all the 

 manufaiSurers Ib the weft country being men of 

 great capital, who purchafe the Spanifli wool, give 

 it out to be dyed and fpun, and deliver the yarn to 

 the weavers, and finifli the cloth, when returned 

 by them, in their own works, agreeable to the 

 orders received from their correfpondents. The 

 manufafture of kerfeymeres, or cafirairs, was be- 

 gun near this place as a patent invention : but it 

 has long ago been free, and is made in various 

 parts of the weft country, and alfo in York-fliire. 



Bradford, (Toil, IV. R.) a laige town, with 

 manufaflurcs of broad and narrow cloths, caliman- 

 coes, and other light woolen goods, for the fale of 

 which there is a public hall. The adjacent coun- 

 try abounds with coal and iron-ore, in confequence 

 of which there are iron founderies and a manufac- 

 ture of aquafortis. M; ny people are employed in 

 making leather boxes and cards for wool. 



Bradley, {StaJ'. E.) a village near Wolver- 

 hampton, where there are fome iron-works, parti- 

 cularly the extenCve founderies and forges belong- 

 ing to Mr. Wilkinfon, where the drofs is feparated 

 from the ore by huge concave rollers inftead of 

 hammers. 



Bradninch, [Dcv. E.) a town on the River 

 Columb, with a manufafture of paper. The ad- 

 jacent hills contain iron ore. 



Braintree and Booking, (EJf. E.) two 

 towns feparated by a fmall (Iream, with manufac- 

 tures of baize, w hich have declined very much in 

 confequence of \^ ar, and alfo, as is faid, of the in- 

 troduftion of nachineiy. 



Brampton, [Cumb. E.) a town on the River 

 Irthing, with a niaiuifa6ture of checks. 



Brancaster, [Norf. E.) a fifhing 'own, which 

 has a few veflels employed in carrying corn, malt, 

 &c. along the (liore, and alfo to Holland. 



Brandon, {Suff. E.) a town on the foutli fide 



of the River Ouie, with a wharf for loading barges 



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and receiving goods, bein^ the feat of a confider- 

 able carrying trade between the adjacent country 

 and Lynne. 



Bray, [Wich. I.) a village with a fmall har- 

 bour and fome coafting trade. 



Brechin, [For/. S.) an ant lent epifcopal fee. 

 Ihe chief manufafture is ofnaburg, and a good 

 deal of coarfc linen is alfo made in the town and 

 neighbourhood. A cotton work was begun, 

 thrown up, and afterwards refumed on a fmall 

 ieale, only about So hands being employed in it. 



Breed, (Si^. E.) a village near Rye, with a 

 iiianufafiure of call iron. 



Brentford, {MiJ. E.) a tLwn on the north 

 bank of thf Thames, has a good deal of bufmefs 

 in diftilling, and making malt, tiles, bricks, and 

 earthen ware. 



Brickfield; or roRTOEELi.o, {Edlr.. S.) a vil- 



lage on the fliore of the Forth, with manufadlures 

 of earthen ware in the manner of Stafford (hire, 

 befides tiles, and bricks, from which the name is 

 derived. 



Bridgenorth, {Shrop. E.) a well-built town, 

 fituated on both fides of the Severn, has confider- 

 able bufmefs in conveying goods upon the river, and 

 manufactures of guns, tools, and other iron-mong- 

 ery, and ftockings. Its fairs are noted for cheefe, 

 butter, hops, linen, bacon, cattle, &c. 



Bridgewater, {Som. E.) a town and county 

 of itfelf, fituated on the River Parret, over which 

 an iron bridge has lately been erefted. Veffels of 

 200 tuns come up to the town, though 12 miles 

 (by the river) from the fea. The tide rifes above 

 30 feet in the river, with a violent run and noife 

 called the boar, and fometimes fo fuddenly as to 

 damage the (hipping. There is fome foreign trade, 

 and a great deal of coading. Coal is brought from 

 Wales, and furnilhed on eafy terms to the neigh- 

 bouring country by the navigation of the Parret 

 and Tone, which carry large barges up to Lang- 

 port and Taunton. 



Bridlington, or Burlington, {Tori, E. R.) 

 a town near the fhore, with a great market for 

 corn. The quay, which is about two miles from 

 the town, has lately been much improved, and af- 

 fords good (lielter to colliers and other coaflin<T 

 veffels. There are fome good trading veffels b.-- 

 longing to it. The men are moftly feamen and 

 fillicrmen. 



Bridport, or Britport, {Dorf. E.) a town 

 near the fhore of the Channel, had once a good 

 harbour at the month of the River Brit or Bret, 

 which was choked up with fand in the early part 

 ofthc eighteenth cemury. Jt has been fo far re- 

 covered as to admit a few veffels not exceeding 200 

 ti.ns. There are manufactures of hats, fail-clotli, 

 twine, ;ind veffels for this and other ports. 



Brierly, {Stiiff. E.) a very populous village, 

 with large manufactures of glafs. 



Brig or Glandford-brio, [Line. E.) a town 

 on the River Ankham, by whieh it has a confidcr- 

 able trade with Hull in failing veffels, which carry 

 corn, coals, &c. 



Bi'.ighthelmstone or Brighton, {Siiff. E.) 

 a town oa the fliore of the Channel, has, properly 

 fpeakiiig, no harbour, but a very good ruadilead 

 clofe in with the fhore. The principal bufmefs is 

 iifhing, and in time of peace an intercourfe by 

 packets with Dieppe in France ; unlefs we reckon, 

 as more important, the entertainment of fummer 

 vifitors, the place having become a faihionable re- 

 fort fince the prince of Wales made it his occafional 

 fummer refidence. 



Bristih , a city and county of itfcif, is a hand- 

 fome, well-built, and populous, place, fituated on 

 both fides of the Avon and on the Froome, about 

 four miles above the junction of their unite flreain 

 with the Severn, it has loi;g been the principal 

 port on the vvvtl fide of Engiand, but is now cclipf- 

 cd by I/iverpool. There is one continued quay 



