APPENDIX, NO. IV. 



COMMERC 



pier and dock capable of receiving large fiiips, being 

 lituated on a commodious bay in the Channel. He 

 erefted warehoufes tor li(h, and eftabliftied a manu- 

 faftare of thread. Many vefiels are built here ; 

 and large quantities of ore, granite ftone, and china 

 ftone for the potteries, are (hipped from this thriving 

 port for Liverpool, Driftol, Staffordfhirc, &c. 



Charlestown, {Fife, S.) a. village with a good 

 harbour for (hips of 300 tuns, where from 30 to 50 

 veflelb are ufually waiting for their turns of being 

 loaded with lime of an excellent quality, made at 

 the kilns erected in 1777 by the earl of Elgin, 

 which are believed to be the moft extenfive works 

 of the kind in Great Britain, Iron-ftone is alfo 

 (hipped for Canon. 



Chatham, (Kent, E.) a town adjacent to Ro- 

 chefter, entirely occupied by the royal dock-yard, 

 ftore-houfes, rope-walks, and other departments ne- 

 ceflTary in building, equipping, arming, and repairing, 

 (hips of war. 



Cheatjle, {S:af. E.) a town fituatcd in a coun- 

 try abounding with coal, has maiiufaClures of iron, 

 copper, and brafs. 



Chedder, {Som. E.) a village famous for its 

 cheefe. It has alfo a manufacture of paper ; and 

 many of the people of the neighbourhood are em- 

 ployed in fpinniiig yarn and knitting it into ftock- 

 ings. 



Cheltenham, (G/ouc. E.) a town of little bu- 

 fmefs, except in making malt, has lately become a 

 place of fafliionable refort in confequence of his 

 Majefty's viiit to it in the year 1788 for the fake of 

 the mineral fpring. 



Chepstow, [Man. £.) a large and handfome 

 town on the weft iide of the Wye, two miles above 

 its junftion with the Severn, has the benefit of the 

 tide in the Britiih channel, which raifes the water 

 52 feet at this town *. The inhabitants are induf- 

 trious and enterpriiing, and deal largely in corn and 

 other provilions, the produce of the fertile furround- 

 ing countiy. Many vefTels are built here ; fome of 

 them veiy large for the Baltic trade. 



Chertsey, {Siir. E.) a town on the fouth bank 

 of the Thames, with manufactures of malt, thread, 

 iron hoops, and bricks, which are fent to London 

 by the river. 



Chester, the capital of the (litre named from 't, 

 is an antient city, containing about 15,000 inhabit- 

 ants, which has long had a confidcrable trade with 

 Ireland. About a miUion of yards of Irilh linen 

 are fold at each of the fairs held in July and Octo- 

 ber : and, for the accommodation of this trade, a 

 new hall, containing 1 1 1 (hops in a fpacious oblong 

 fquare, was eredled in the year 1778. York-(hire 

 ilotlis, WeKh flannels, cheefe, horfes, cattle, &c. to 

 a large amount, are alfo fold at the fair?. Great 

 quantities of cheefe are (hipped for London, and the 



carriage of them, and the intercourre. with Ireland, 

 conftitute the principal fliipping trade of the place : 

 for Chefler is too near Liverpool to have a great 

 trade by fea, though veflels from ico to 500 tuns, 

 remarkable for (bength and beauty, are built here, 

 entirely of Britifh oak. Neither is there much 

 fpirit for manufadlures, the chief of which are a 

 fmall cotton work, a needle manufaftoiy, and two 

 iron founderies. 



Chesterfield, [Derb. E.) a thriving and po- 

 pulous town, has manufaClurcs of carpets, (lockings, 

 and woolen (luffs ; and in the neighbourhood there 

 are iron founderies and potteries. There is a navig- 

 able communication v.-ith Hull by a canal, which 

 joins the Trent below Gainfburgh. 



Chichester, {Suff^E.) an antient city, fituated 

 on the River Lavant, which brings fmall veffels up 

 to it ; but large ones mull difcharge two miles lower. 

 The merchants have fome foreign trade ; but m&:l 

 of the veffels are employed in coafting, and carrjing 

 corn to London. There are manufactures of baizt, 

 coarfe cloth, ar.d blankets ; and many veffels are 

 built in the river. 



Chippenham, {JVilt. £,) a town on the Avon, 

 with a good (liare gf the fine clothing trade. 



Chipping Norton, [Oxf. E.) has manufaftures 

 of horfe cloths and fome other llufi's, 



Chorley, [Lan. E.) a town in the cotton man- 

 ufatlure, the great ftaple of the fouth part of Lan- 

 calhirc. There are lead mines in the neighbour- 

 hood, and the whole counti-y is full of coal. 



Christchurch, [Hamp. E.) a town fituated 

 at the mouth of the Avon, oppofite to the junc- 

 tion of the Stour with it, and on a little bay 

 opening to the Channel, which makes an indifferent 

 harbour, the entrance being obftrucled by a bar. 

 There is fome coatting trade. Gloves and filk 

 (lockings are the chief articles of manufacture. 



Church Stretton, {Sbro/>. E.) a town with 

 a market for wool and hops, has a manufatlure of 

 coarfe linens. 



Cirencester, {G/ouc. E.) an antient town, 

 with a (hare of the fine clothing trade, and a very 

 great market for wool -j-. 



Clackmannan, a village which gives its name to 

 a fmall (hire. The only branches of indullry are 

 working the coal mines and fpinning. 



Clara, {King. I.) a village furrounded by a 

 linen country. 



Clare, {jClare, I.^ a village fituated on the 

 River Fergus, has fome coading tiade, and is rank- 

 ed as a port in the cuilom-houfe, though fomctimes 

 it has not a fingle veflel belonging to it. 



Clay. Sec Blackney. 



Cleland. See Omoa. 



ClEUGH iron-works. SeeWlLSONTOWN. 



Clifton, or Tiendrum, {_PtTih, S.) a village 



* Common report, which fcldom flops ihort of the marvellous, maljes the rife of the tide in the Wye and other rivers 

 «f the Briilol channel fixty, and even fcventy, feet. But that the grcatcft height does not exceed^ry-Ztto feet at Chcpfiow, 

 has been afcertained by an able engineer. 



f In the year 1720 it was thought worthy of remark, that Cirencefter had a ftsge coach which went to London. 

 |M(if. Brit. F. \,p. 797] In the prcl'ent day a town without a ftagc coach to London may rather tc an objf d of remark. 



