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ampton water. It ftill retains fome of its aiuient 

 importance : but, notwithdaiiding the uncommon 

 goodnefs of its harbour, moll of its foreign com- 

 merce has defertcd it, the chief branches now re- 

 maining being a Ihare of the Newfoundland fifh- 

 ery, a trade with Porti.gil for wine and fruit, and 

 the intercourfe with Guernfey and Jevfey, in wliich 

 illands many mei'cliants ftore their wines, bringing 

 them over to Southampton, as they are wanted ; 

 aad a limited quantity of wool is annuUy fent from 

 this port to thofe iflands for their hofiery manu- 

 faclure. There is a mill for twilling filk ; fome 

 carpets are made ; and many veflels built for dif- 

 ferent ports. 



South Moulton (Dtv. E.) has manufactures 

 of ferges, fhalloons, and felt hat^-, together with a 

 great market for wool. 



South Petherton, (Som. E.J a fmall town 

 with a manufadlure of dowlas. 



SouTHWARK, (Sur. E.J a burgh on the fouth 

 fide of the River Thames. It is politically a part 

 of the city of London, and lliares the commerce 

 and manufaftures of the metropolis. 



SouTHWOLD, (Siiff". E.J a fmall town, fituated 

 on a peninfula formed by the fea and an inlet com- 

 municating with the River Blyth, has fome coaft- 

 ing trade, and fome fifliing bulinefs. The com- 

 munication, lately opened, with the back country 

 by a canal, muft enlarge the trade of this place. 



SowERBY STREET, (Torh, IV. R.J has fome 

 trade in confequence of being at the head of the 

 navigation of the River Calder, which carries fmall 

 laihng floops up to it, though it is almoft clofe 

 under Blaekftone edge, the great ridge between 

 the eaft and weft fides of the ijland. 



Spalding, CLinc. E.J a neat town among the 

 fens, and on the weft bank of the River Welland, 

 which carries veficls of about fifty tuns up to it. 

 Its chief trade, however, is the fale of fat cattle, 

 bred in the adjacent marih lands. 



Speymouth, called alfo Garm AC h, and cor- 

 ruptly Garmouth, f/iiv. S.J a village at the 

 mouth of the Spey, which has long had a confid- 

 erable filhery of falmon for the London market, a 

 faw-mill, and fome trade in fliipping com. About 

 the year 1784 fome gentlemen of York and HuU 

 made purchafes of the extenfivc woods of Glen- 

 more, &c. about 60 miles up the River Spey, 

 from which they bring down logs, planks, deals, 

 fpars, ftiip timber, &c. by floats upon the river. 

 (See Aeernethv.) They have about 70 faws 

 wrought by two mills at Speymouth for raanufaCl- 

 uring their timber. Some is fold on the fpot ; 

 but much more is fhipped for various parts of the 

 coaft of Scotland, Hull, and the royal dock-yards. 

 A great deal is alfo ufed in building veflels, where- 

 of 23 from 25 to 500 tuns, and m.eafuring alto- 

 gether about 4,000 tuns, befides boats, &c. were 

 built at this harbour between the years 17S5 and 

 179^, both timbers and plank being of fir wood : 

 and their example has alfo induced others to build 

 here. By all thefe occupatioiij the place, from 



being quite dead during tlie interval of the falmoir 

 fifliery, has become I'amng and profperous. 



Stakisgo, corruptly called Staxigo, (^Caln. 

 S.) a fmall harbour near Wick, where corn and- 

 meal are fliipped, and buildings have been crefted 

 for pickling and fmoking herrings. 



Stanford, [Line. L.) a large town with ftone- 

 buik-houfes, on the River Welland, which bring* 

 barges up to it. There is fome trade in malt •, 

 and, by favour of the river, ttone is alfo an article 

 of trade. The fame accommodation enables the 

 inhabitants to fupply their neighbours with coal 

 and other articles of coalling and foreign trade. 



Stanley, [Pcrlli, S.) a village raifed by means 

 of a cotton mill, erefted in the year 1784 by the 

 advice of Sir Richard Arkwright, which is driven 

 by water brought from the River Tay under a 

 mountain, moves 2,000 fpindles, and gives em- 

 ployment to about 350 hands. Flax is alfo fpua 

 here by machinery. 



Stewartown, {/lyr, S.) a neat little town, 

 wherein the manufaclure of bonnets for the High- 

 landers, and others, who adhere to the fafiiions of 

 their fathers, is ftill kept up. 



Stew*rtstown, {Tyr. J.) a thriving village 

 in the heart of a linen country. 



Stilton, [Hunt. E.) a village noted for the 

 cheefe known by its name, the produce of the 

 dairies of the arljacent marflies. 



Stirling, the capital of the fhire of the fame 

 name, is an antient tov.'n, built upon a rock upoa 

 the fouth fide of the River Forth, which bring 

 veflels of 60 or 70 tuns up to the bridge with the 

 tide. The manufaflure of flialloons has given 

 way to carpets, which are now the principal wool- 

 en article, and are remarked for the goodnefs of 

 their colours. Serges are ftill made in Stirling 

 and the adjacent country ; and the cotton manu- 

 faflure now employs many men, women, and 

 children, in the various departments of fpinning, 

 weaving, and tambouring. 



Stockport, {Chef. E.) a pretty large town 

 on the fouth bank of the River Merfea. The 

 manufaflure of hats, chiefly low-priced, ufed to 

 be the principal branch of induftiy in this town ; 

 and, provifions and fuel being moderate, feveral of 

 the hat-makers in London have houfes here. Be- 

 ing near Manchefter, it has alfo a ftiare of the cot- 

 ton manufaflure, which has been much extended 

 here, as elfewhere. This town, like Manchefter, 

 has the advantage of not having its induftry 

 cramped by corporation laws and reftraints, nor 

 convulfed by eleflions. 



Stockton, [Dur. E.) on the north fide of the 

 Tees, from a fmall village has rifen, in little more 

 than a century, to a well-built town, containing 

 4,000 inhabitants, and has a very confiderable 

 trade, though the entrance of the river is render- 

 ed dangerous by its rapidity. Lead, alum, corr, 

 butter, bacon, and cheefe, are fliipped for London, 

 and other Britifh ports, and alfo for foreign count- 



