2ETTEER. 



fcarccly ar.y otlii!rmanu£i(Elurc Uiaii that of gloves, 

 for which article, I have been told, the makers 

 here receive from eighty to a iiundred tlioiifand 

 pounds a-year. 



Worki:;gton, (Cuinb. E.) a town at the 

 mouth of the River Derwent, which forms a toler- 

 able harbour for vcffels, which are employed in 

 carrying coals to Ireland. There is a good fal- 

 mon fithery, and fomc falt-works, the ufual at- 

 tendants upon coal. There is an iron foundery 

 upon an extenfive feale, with a mill for boring 

 cannon, flitting mills, rolling mills, &c. There 

 are alfo maniifattures of fail-cloth and cordage. 



Worsted, (Nor/. E.) a town believed to have 

 given its name to the kind of woolen yarn fo call- 

 ed, has fomc manufaftures of Norv.-ich ftuffs and 

 hofiery. 



WoTTON UNDER Edge, {Glouc. E.) a thriving 

 town, with a very" confiderable manufadlure- of 

 woolen cloth. 



Wrinton, (Som. E.) a fmall town, with 'ome 

 mines of lapis calaminaris. Teazles, a kind of 

 thiflles ufed in the woolen manufacture, are cul- 

 tivated here. 



Wrexham, [Dai. E.) a confiderable town, 

 with a good manufacture of flannel in and around 

 it, fmelting works for lead, and Mr. Wilkinfon's 

 foundery of great guns, &c. at Brymbo near it. 



Yarmouth, (Hamp. E.) a neat little town of 

 ■ftone houfes, near the weft end of the Ifland of 

 Wight, ftands at the mouth of a large inlet, which 

 affords good anchorage for large ved'els, and has 

 fome coafting trade. 



Yarmouth, (l\orf. E.J a large, regular, and 

 well-built, town, fituated on a peninfula formed 

 by the fea and the River Yare, which receives the 

 waters of the Waveney and the Thyrne ; and all 

 the three rivers being navigable many miles up the 

 country, this town has the advantage of a good in- 

 land navigation. Yarmouth ftill keeps up its an- 

 tient reputation as a firft-rate fifliing port, its her- 

 rings being known and efteemed all-over the world. 

 The fifliers alfo profecute the mackerel fidiery in 

 the feafon, and the cod fifhery of the North fea. 

 The quay here is reckoned one of the fineft in 

 Europe ; and the port is the eighth in England 

 in the quantity of fliipping, being in that refpeft 

 next to Whitby. Befides fifli, the antlent ftaple 

 t)f the place, which are fhipped for London, Spain, 

 Portugal, and Italy, great quantities of corn and 



iTiLiit from the tidjacent fertile country arc fliippeij" 

 here for London and other Pritifli ports, and for 

 Holland. Tiie merchants alfo export great quant- 

 ities of the woolen manufadurcs of Norwich and 

 the neighbouring country ; and they have u con- 

 fiderable trade with the Netherlands, Norway, and 

 the Baltic, from whieli their imports are chiefly 

 timber and naval ftores for the ufe of their raipuing. 

 Siiipbuilding, and the trades connected with fiiip- 

 ping and fifhing, employ the manufacturing induftry 

 of the place. 



Yarum, (Tori, N. R.) a fmall town on the 

 River Tees, has fome coafting trade, chiefly in 

 carrying corn and lead ; but much of its bufinefs 

 has been carried to Stockton, which is more con- 

 veniently fituated nearer tlie mouth of the river. 



Yeovil, (Som. E.J a confiderable town on the 

 River Ivel or Yeovil, has a great market for but- 

 ter, cheefe, corn, cattle, and hogs. The woolen 

 maniifadure, formerly efl:abliflied here, has decay- 

 ed ; and, in its Head, leather gloves have be- • 

 come the ftaple of the place. 



York, an archiepifcopal city, and a county of 

 itfelf, is fituated on the Oufe, which is here a verv 

 refpedable river, though it has not yet received 

 the waters of moft of its chief tributary ftreams, 

 and, by the help of a lock below the city, brings 

 up fea veflels of about ninety tuns. This an- 

 tient city, the refidence of the Roman emperors 

 when in Britain, the metropolis of the great 

 Northumbrian kingdom, and ftill the capital of the 

 north part of England, has little other trade than 

 retail fliop-keeping. It is, however, a comfort- 

 able refidence for many of the genteel families of 

 the neighbouring country, who hve here for the 

 fake of moderate expenfe, the education of their 

 children, agreeable company, and the amufements 

 of plays, aflemblies, &c. Being alfo an ecclefi- 

 aftical metropolis, and a confiderable thoroughfare, 

 a good deal of money is circulated in the city in- 

 dependent of trade. 



YouGHALi, (Cork, I.J a town conveniently 

 fituated on the fprcading mouth of the Black- 

 water, which forms a good harbour, and is navig- 

 able about 15 miles up the country. It contains 

 about 7,000 inhabitants, enjoys a confiderable 

 fliare of the provlfion trade, and poflefles more 

 veflels than any port in Ireland, except Dublin- 

 and Cork. 



