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COMMERCI 



ticulavly in fliippinfij the corn of the ifland for Lon- 

 don. Being a fafliionable bathing place, a good 

 deal of loofe money is fcattered in it every fum- 

 mer. 



Market Harburgh. See Harburgh. 



Marlow, [B'ick. E.) a confiderable town on 

 the Thames, by which corn and timber are fent 

 down to I>ondon. There are maniifadtures of pa- 

 per, and black fdk lace ; alio large works of cop- 

 per, brafs, and hrafs wire ; and mills for making 

 thimbles, and for prcfTing the ofl from rape and 

 lint feed. 



M ARSHFiELD, (Gloiic. E.) a confidcrable antient 

 to\vn» has a fliare erf the clothing trade, and makes 

 a good deal of malt. 



Maryburgh, or Gordonsbjjrgh, fInv.S.J a 

 village hcfide Fort William, with a good harbour 

 in Loch Aber, where falmon and herrings are fliip- 

 ped, fometimes for foreign countriss, and fome- 

 times for other Britifh ports. A good deal of wool 

 is fliipped for England. Marble might be an im- 

 portant article of export. 



Maryburgh, f^ueen. I.J a fmall inland town, 

 has a confiderable trade in ferges, druggets, and 

 ether woolen fluffs, made in the adjacent counti-y. 



Maryport, (Cmnh. E.) a town on the north 

 fide of the mouth of the River Ellen, which has 

 lately rifeii to confiderable importance in the coal 

 trade, and has feveral veffels trading to the Baltic. 

 There is an iron furnace here. 



Masburgh, (7'ork, JV. R-) a village on the 

 River Don, oppofite to Rotherlian, has a very 

 ilourifliing trade in iron, which is here fmelted from 

 the ore, made into bars and Heel, rolled into plates, 

 moil of which are tinned, caft into great guns and 

 other articles of call work, and made into a variety 

 of utenfils in hammered work. 



Masham, [Tork, N. R.) a town on the River 

 Ure, with fonie (hare of the woolen manufafture. 



Maybole, (-i^yr, S.J an inland village, with 

 works for carding, twifting, and roving, wool by 

 machinery. 



Melcomb Regis. See Weymouth. 



Mellis, fScHi. EJ a fmall town in the field of 

 the woolen manufaifture. 



Meloch, or MiLLBROOK, (Corii. E.) a fifliing 

 town, oppotite to Plymouth. 



Melros, (Roxb. S.J a fmall inland town upon 

 the Tweed, famous for the magnificence of its ab- 

 bay, flill remaining, and the Chronicle written in 

 it by the monks. Though it is in the heart of a 

 Iheep country, the mannfafture of woolen cloth 

 was neglefted, and the place acquired a reputation 

 for its linens. But that fabric is now giving way 

 to the more beneficial fabrics from the native wool, 

 and the more eafy and profitable bufinefs of weav- 

 ing cotton. 



Melton Mowbray, (Lek. E.J a large town, 

 which may be noted as having one of the greateft 

 markets in I ngland for cattle. 



Merthvr Tydvil (Giant. W.J has lately been 

 raifcd, from a petty village, to a town of fome emi- 



nence by its forges of iron, mines of coal, and quai"- 

 ries of lime-ftone, which have been rendered valu- 

 able by the canal extending from this inland place 

 to Cardiff. 



Merton, {Sur. E.) a village with fome bufinefs 

 in calico-printing and bleachincr. 



Methil, (Fife, S.) a village with a pretty good 

 harbour, and fome trade in coals and fait, and in 

 building veffels. There is a large eftablifliment for 

 fpinnlng cotton and linen yarn at Kirkland, an in- 

 fant village in the fame parifh. 



Methven, (Perth- S.) a village with confider- 

 able manufaftures of linen and paper. 



Middlewich, (C/.'ef. E.) a fmall town, with a 

 iTianufafturo of fait from the fprings. (See Salt- 

 works.) The cotton manufafture has lately fpread 

 into this town. 



MiLDENHALL, (Snff.E.J a Confiderable town, 

 has fome trade with Lynne by the River Lark, 

 Bourn, or Mildenhall, which brings boats up to it. 



Mil FORD, [Pen:b. W.) a town lately ereiled on 

 the north fide of Milford haven, and fnrnilhed with 

 a quay, &.c. to accommodate the fiiipplng belong- 

 ing to fome royalifts from New England, who pro- 



pofed to carry on the fouthern whale fifliery. 



Milford haven is a large arm of the fea, branching 

 out in a vaft number of creeks and inlets, wherein 

 a thoufand Hiips, of any burthen whatever, may lit 

 in fafet)-, and without incommoding each-other, 

 and can thence be at fea, by favour of the extraor- 

 dinary high and llrong tides, almnft with any wind, 

 fooner than from any other confiderable port in 

 Great Britain, and without being hindered by the 

 baffling winds, fo frequent in the Channel. Thefe 

 advantages feem to point out Milford haven as the 

 properefl ftation for the royal navy. But, owing 

 nioft probably to the dock-yards being already e- 

 ftabliflied at a vaft expenfe in other places, there 

 has hitherto been alniolt no ufe made of one of the- 

 beft natural harbours in the world. Prom its vari- 

 ous creeks a good deal of coal, and fome copper, 

 flate, lime-ilone, and corn, are fliipped. 



MiLKSHAM, (IViU.E.J a flouriihing town, with 

 great bufinefs in the manufafture of the finell cloth. 



MiLLTHORP, (Wejlm. E-J a village at the mouth 

 of a little river which joins the Ken, or Kent, has 

 the only harbour in AVeftmoreland, and a few fmall 

 coafling veffels. 



Milltown, (Kerry, I.) an improving town, 

 fituated on a little river, which, by the help of the 

 tide, carries up fmall (loops to it from the River 

 Mang. 



Milton, (Kent, E.J a large town on the chan- 

 nel between Shepey and the main land, fiirniflies a 

 great part of the oyfters confumcd in London, thole 

 of this place being noted for their goodnefs. 



MiLVERTON, (Som. E. j a fmall town, with 

 manufaclures of ftrge and drugget, rather declin- 

 ing. 



ATiNEHEAD, [Som. E.) a fmall town with fome 

 coafling veflfcls, chiefly employed in carryii'g coal, 

 has a falmon fifliery, and a fiiare in the herring fiih- 



