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quay, and is navigable as far as Atliy in the county 

 of Kildare, has a confiderable exportation of beef, 

 butter, corn, flour, and fome linens. 



Newry, (Z)otoh, /.) a profperous town with 

 about 10,000 inhabitants, who carry on a confider- 

 able trade, chiefly in linen and provifions, which is 

 much promoted by a canal affording an inland 

 communication between Lough Neagh and Car- 

 lingford bay, which is an excellent harbour for the 

 largeft fhips. 



Newton, (Down, I.) a town at the head of 

 Strangford lough, with fome trade. 



Newton, {^Hamp. E.^ a fmall town on the north 

 fide of the Ifle of Wight, witli a fpacious tiatural 

 harbour, capable of receiving the largcll (hips, but 

 ver)' little ufcd. 



Newton, (Mont. fl'.J a fniall town on the Sev- 

 ern, with a manufaifture of flannels. 



Newton Douglas, formcilv called Newton 

 Stewart, {ll''igt. S.) a thriving village on the 

 River Cree, which, with the flood tide, carries 

 veffels almoll up to it, lias fume trade in (liipping 

 lead from the adjacent mines. 



Newton Limavady, (Lou. /.) a town near 

 the eaft (horo of Lough Foyle, witli a coiiUdenible 

 Ihare of the linen bufinefs. 



Neyland, {Si'_^. E.) a town on the north bank 

 of the Stour, by the navigation of which it has 

 fome trade. A good deal of yarn for the Norwich 

 manufacturers is fpun here. 



Nielston, {Renf. S.) a thriving village, which, 

 with fome newer villages in its neighbourhood, is 

 occupied by weavers, employed upon muslins and 

 other cotton goods, filk gauzes, cainbrics, lav/ns, 

 &c. There are here three cotton mills, an exten- 

 five print-field, and twelve bleaehfields. 



Northampton, the capital of the (hire of the 

 fame name, is a handfome town on the River Nen, 

 which has been made navigable by boats up to it. 

 A great manufafture of fliocs for home confumptloii 

 and exportation was long carried on here ; but that 

 trade has lately declined, as has alfo the lace man- 

 ufacture, which ufcd to employ many of the wo- 

 men. A cotton manufafture employs about 100 

 women and children. Some hands are engaged in 

 combing and fpinning wool. And a great deal of 

 bufinefs is done at the markets for corn and liorfes. 



North Berwick, (Hail. S.) a fmall town with 

 a tic!e harbour, at which the corn of the adjacent 

 fertile country is fhippcd. 



NoRTHLEECH, (Ulouc. S-J formerly the feat of 

 a thriving woolen manufafture, but now only noted 

 for its corn market. 



NoRTHWiCH, {Chrf. E.) an antient town, has 

 a fpring of very llrong brine, from which fait is 

 made, and alfo mines, or qiiariles, of rock fait, 

 much of which is fent to Liverpool, where it is 

 boiled with fea water. Sec Salt-works. 



Norwich, a large and handfome city, and a 

 county of itfelf, containing about 40,000 iiiliablt- 

 ants, is fituated on both fides of the River Yare, 

 which is navigable up to It. It has been during 



many ages the center of a very flouriihing manufaC' 

 turc of light woolen goods, confiding of crapes, 

 bombafines, camlets, and a vail variety of other 

 fabrics, comprehended under the general name of 

 v^orfled, but now more ufually called Norwich 

 (luffs, which give bread to many thoufands of men. 

 women, and children, in this city, in the county 

 of Norfolk, and in other counties to a very gicaC 

 dlllance, and are fent to all parts of the world. A 

 cotton inaiiufafture has alio been eftablifhed here. 



Nottingham, the c:ipital of the county to 

 which it gives name, is a large and handfome town, 

 built upon a hill about a mile from the River Trent, 

 with a fine plain intervening, which would have 

 been an excellent fituation for the town : but the 

 bnrbarifni of an age in which military ideas engrofi- 

 ed all attention, induced the founders to prefer a 

 precipitous fandy rock. The inhabitants are 

 chiefly employed in the hofier^', or (locking, man- 

 ufafture, of which this town is the principal featj 

 The manufaiflurers give the yarn, whether of wool, 

 cotton, or (ilk, to their workmen, and receive 

 made work, weight for weight, which they keep 

 in the rough, till they receive orders from their 

 cullomers. This manufacture is ipread over all the 

 adjacent country, and into the counties of Derby 

 and Leicefter ; but mofl of tlie finer filk and cot- 

 ton goods are made in Nottingham. Thread (lock- 

 ings, which wefe in great demand formerly, efpeci- 

 ally for the Weft-Indies, have been quite negleded 

 fince Aikwright's machinery has brought cotton 

 yarn to a moderate expeiifc. Lace is made here 

 on the flocking frame ; and it would be a laudable 

 objeA of the encouragement of thofe ladies, whofe 

 rank in life enables them to lead the fafhion, in or- 

 der to banifli the other kind of lace, which ruins 

 the eyes of the women who make it, efpecially if 

 women would take up the bufinefs of making the 

 frame-work lace. Nottingham is alfo famous for 

 its malt and ale, the cellars for which are dug out 

 of the fandy rock, to a very great depth, (lory un- 

 der (lory. The other manufatlures are an iron 

 foundery, and works for making white lead, dying, 

 bleaching, &c. There is a very long bridge over 

 the Trent, at which is the harbour for the falling 

 river craft, which bring up the neceffary articles of 

 dillant or foreign produdllon from Lynne : and 

 there is alfo navigable communication by the canals 

 with Liverpool, Briftol, and London. 



Nuneaton, [War. E.) a confiderable town, 

 has a fliarc of the riband inaiiufaclure. 



Oakhampton, (Dev. E.J an inland town with 

 a manufaClure of fero-cs. 



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Oakingham, (Berk. E.) a fmall town, has 

 mills for throwing filk, a manufacture of gauze, 

 and fome trade in wool. 



Oban, {j^rg. S.) a village on the weft coaft, 

 with a deep and fpaclrtus harbour, proteCledby the 

 Illand ot Kcrreray. For the uccommodatluu of the 

 filhery, a cuilom-houfe and pofl-office have been 

 ellabliihed Iicre : and there are fcveral veffels be- 

 longing to the port, fome of them built on the 



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