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The town of Belford, which is a pretty, 

 well fituated place, belongs entirely to Abra- 

 ham Dixon, Efq; That Gentleman's father 

 procured a market and two fairs to be efta- 

 blifhed at it ; but the fpirited conduct of the 

 prefent owner is what has brought it to the 

 condition, fo flourilhing to what it formerly 

 was ; thirteen years ago it did not contain 

 above an hundred fouls, but they now amount 

 to above fix times that number : And this 

 increafe has been owing to the excellent 

 means of introducing an induftry unknown 

 to former times. Mr. Dixon has eftablilhed 

 a woollen manufacture, which already em- 

 ploys fixteen looms, and the fpinning bufinefs 

 goes on fufficiently to keep them at work : 

 A noble acquifition in a place where a fpin- 

 ning- wheel was not to be feen a few years 

 ago. Another eftablifhment of very great 

 importance, was that of a tannery. The 

 nearest tanners were thofe of Berwick and 

 Alnwick : This was an inconvenience and a 

 difadvantage to the neighbourhood ; there- 

 fore Mr. Dixon, at the expence of 700 /. 

 fixed a tannery, which now turns out to good 

 account, and is a peculiar benefit to the 

 neighbourhood. 



The fituation of Be/ford, halfway between 

 Alnwick and Berwick, at the diftance of 

 thirty miles, was very advantageous for fixing 

 a good inn, with polt-chaifes and accommo- 

 dations for travellers. This, like wife, was 



executed, 



