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iiiiguiihable ; the caftle itfelf is nearly deftroyed. Parts of 

 one of the entrance-gateways, evidently of a more recent 

 date than the original caftle, are ftill to be difcerned. — 

 Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xiii. Shropfhire. By 

 R. Rylance, i8i i. 



Westbuky, a townrtiip of Lower Canada, on the river 

 St. Francis 



WESTENBERG, a town of the marggravate of 

 Anfpach ; 6 miles N.E. of Anfpach. 



WES TENSEE, a lake of the duchy of Holftein ; 8 

 miles E. of Rendfburg. — Alfo, a town of the duchy of 

 Holftein, on the fide of the lake of the fame name ; 8 miles 

 S.E. of Rendft)urg. 



WESTERBURG, a town of Germany, which gives 

 name to a lordfliip, fituated on the Wefterwald. The lords 

 of Wefterburg fucceeded the counts of Leiningen. They 

 are counts of Leiningen and lords of Wefterburg ; i6 miles 

 W.N.W. of Weilburg. 



WESTERHAM, a market-town in the hundred of 

 Wefterham and Eden-bridge, lathe of Sutton, and county 

 of Kent, England, is fituated near the confines of the 

 county towards Surrey, at the diftance of 5 miles W. from 

 Seven-Oaks, and 22 miles S.E. by S. from London. The 

 manor was given by Edward L to the abbey at Weftmin- 

 fter, for the performance of certain religious fervices for the 

 repofe of the foul of queen Eleanor. He alfo granted 

 feveral privileges to the abbot, which were confirmed by 

 Edward III., who alfo gave permiflion to hold a weekly 

 market at Wefterham, which is ftill continued. After the 

 diifolution, Henry VIH. conveyed thefe eftates to fir John 

 Greftiam, younger brother of fir Thomas Greftiam, the 

 founder of the Royal Exchange : and his defcendant, fir 

 Marmaduke Greftiam, fold this manor to the Wardes of 

 Squerries, a refpeftable feat in this parifti, near the weft end 

 of the town; and John Warde, efq. is now the owner. Wef- 

 - terham is ftated, in the population return of 1 8 1 1 , to contain 

 272 houfes, and 1437 mhabitants. The market is now 

 held on Wednefday ; and here are two annual fairs. The 

 church, a fpacious edifice, contains a great variety of fepul- 

 chral memorials ; among which is a neat cenotaph in com- 

 memoration of major-general James Wolfe, a native of 

 this town, who was flaiii b-fore Quebec in 1759. This 

 town alfo gave birth to Dr. Benjamin Hoadley, who, in the 

 laft century, was fucceffively bifhop of Bangor, Hereford, 

 Sahftjury, and Winchefter. 



Some fingular land flips are recorded by Hafted, as hav- 

 ing happened at different periods in this parifti. The firft 

 which is mentioned occurred in 1596, near Oakham -hill, 

 about a mile and a half fouthward from the 'own ; where 

 about nine acres of ground continued in motion for eleven 

 days ; fome parts finking into pits, and others rifiiig into 

 hills. A fimilar occurrence took place in 1756, at Toy's- 

 hill, about a mile and a half to the eaft of the town, where a 

 field of two acres and a half underwent confiderable altera- 

 tions of iui face, from an almoft imperceptible motion. — 

 Beauties of England and Wales, vol. viii. Kent. By 

 E. W. Brayley, l8o8. Hafted's Hiftory of Kent, 1778. 



WESTERHAUSEN, a town of the biftiopric of 

 Halberftadt ; 3 miles E. of Regenftein. 



WESTERLEY, a town of America, in Rhode ifland ; 

 30 miles S.S.W. of Providence. 



WESTERLOO, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Two Nethes ; 15 miles EN.E. of Mahnes. 



WESTERMO, a town of Sweden, in Sudermanland ; 

 62 miles W. of Stockholm. 



WESTERN Amplitude, Church, Horhon, and Octan. 

 See the feveral articles. 



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Western, in Geography, a town of the ftate of Maffa- 

 chufetts, m the county of Worcefter, containing 1014 inha- 

 bitants ; 20 miles W. of Worcefter. 

 Western IJlmds. See Azores. 

 Western IJlands. See Hebrides. 

 Western Reef, rocks in the Spanifti Main, near the 

 Mofquito fhore. N. lat. 14° 42'. W. long. 82° 25'. 



WESTERNACH, a river of Bavaria, winch runs into 

 the Mindel, 2 miles N. of Mindelheim. 



WESTEROS, or Westesas. or Wefiem Arofta, fo 

 called to diftinguifti it from Oftra Aros or Eaftern Arofia, 

 the ancient name of Upfala, a town of Sweden, and capital 

 of Weftmannland, fituated on a fmall river clofe to the lake 

 Maler. This is efteemed by the native writers a place of 

 high antiquity ; and they derive its appellation, by a fanciful 

 etymology, from the river Ar, and Os, a mouth, and fuppofe 

 it alluded to by Tacitus, and by Jornandes the Gothic hif- 

 torian. However this be, the name occurs in the earlieU 

 times of Swedifti hiftory. Wefteros carries on a confider- 

 able commerce with Stockholm acrofs the lake Mseler ; par- 

 ticularly in copper and iron from the mines, which abound 

 in the province of Weftmannland. It is a large ftraggling 

 town, compofed of wooden houfes, and contains the ruins of 

 an ancient palace, formerly inhabited by the kings of 

 Sweden. It is a biftiop's fee ; and the cathedral, which is 

 built with brick, is celebrated for the tower, efteemed the 

 higheft in the kingdom ; the lower part of this tower is 

 fquare, and fupports an oftagon fpire, covered with copper. 

 Within this cathedral is the tomb of Eric XIV. Wefteros 

 has often fuffered much by fire, particularly in 17 14. It is 

 36 miles W.S.W. from Upfal. N. lat. 59° 36'. E. long. 

 16° 30'. 



Westeros, a townftiip of New York, in Oneida county, 

 bounded N. by Boonville, E. by Steuben, S. by Floyd 

 and Rome, W. by Lee, which was erefted from the W. 

 part in i8ll. It is watered by fmall head waters of 

 Mohawk river, and has plenty of mill-feats. The foil, fur- 

 face, and produfts, are fimilar to thofe of Steuben and the 

 adjoining towns. In i8io, the population was 2416, and 

 the number of eleftors was 275. The lands are well cidti- 

 vated and produftive. The inhabitants are rich, and are 

 clothed in houfehold manufafture. 



WESTERWALD, a diftrift of Germany, in the north 

 part of Wetteraw, or Wetteravia. 



Westerwald Earth, a kind of earth mentioned by 

 Agricola, of a whitifh-yellow colour, of a like nature to the 

 terra Silefiaca, but preferable to it, as yielding more fait. 

 He tells us, that it dilTolves filver fo much better than other 

 menftrua, as to render it potable, and capable of being pre- 

 pared into a ufeful medicine in cephalic cafes. Boyle's 

 Works, vol. i. p. joi. 



WESTERWYCK, in Geography, z k^-^ort of Sweden, 

 in the province of Smaland, fituated in a bay of the Baltic. 

 This bay is called Sparefund ; and near it is a cuftom-houfe, 

 where all homeward and outward bound (hips are fearched. 

 Wefterwyck formerly ftood two Swedifti miles higher up in 

 the country, on the fpot where the market-town of Gam- 

 melly now ftands. It has a good harbour, a commodious 

 quay, and a cloth manufafture, and carries a brifli trade in 

 fhip timber, and all forts of naval ftores ; 68 miles N. of 

 Calmar. N. lat. 57° 45'. E. long, le'' 24'. 



WESTEY, a townfhip of Ohio, in the county of Wafh- 

 ington, containinsr 172 inhabitants. 



WESTFIELD, a river of MafTachufetts, which rims 

 into the Connefticut, 4 miles S. of Springfield. — Alfo, a 

 town of the ftate of MaflTachufetts, in the county of Hamp- 

 ftiire, containing 2130 inhabitants ; 6 miles W. of Spring- 

 field. 



