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given under their names. Wexford has been notorious for 

 the events whicli took place in it during the rebeUion 

 of 1798. In it the mifguided populace was fuccefsful for 

 fome time, and the maffacres at ScuUabogue, and at the 

 bridge of Wexford, afford a melancholy proof of what may 

 be expefted from an ignorant and almoft barbarous pea- 

 fantry, when they have the afcendancy. Their leaders were 

 unable to controul them, and if tlie king's troops had not 

 been fuccefsful, there would have been no bounds to their 

 exterminating phrenfy. Before the Union, Wexford had 

 eighteen members, but thefe have been reduced to four, two 

 for the county, and one each for the towns of Wexford and 

 New Rofs. Beaufort. 



Wexford, a fea-port and poil-town, and alfo the aflize 

 town of the county of the fame name, in Ireland, at the 

 mouth of the river Slaney. It was originally built by the 

 Danes, who named it Wefsford, and it was formerly confi- 

 dered a place of ftrength, being enclofed by very thick 

 walls, fome of which are ftill remaining. There are fome 

 handfome buildings ; on the fcite of the old caftle the bar- 

 Tacks are erefted, commanding an extenfive view of the 

 harbour. The church, fituated in the main ftreet, is an ele- 

 gant modern ftrufture. The market and court-houfe are like- 

 wife new edifices ; but the chief ornament of Wexford is its 

 wooden bridge, thrown over an arm of the fea, 2100 

 feet long, where infurmountable difficulties balBed all 

 efforts to form a ftone bridge. This bridge is a favourite 

 promenade, and is as delightfully calculated for a pleafant 

 recreation, as it conftitutes an ufeful communication. The 

 harbour, though fpacious, is (hallow, and formed by two 

 necks of land, between which there is an entrance about 

 half a mile broad, which was formerly defended by two 

 forts, erefted at the extremity of each ifthmus. The 

 mouth of the harbour is choked with a bar, and there- 

 fore no vefFel drawing more than twelve feet water can pafs 

 to the town. Provifions of all kinds are very plentiful and 

 cheap here, particularly the fineft wild fowl. The chief ex- 

 port is corn, principally barley and malt. Wexford was 

 taken from the Danes by the Eiiglifh invaders, after a fiegc 

 of four days, in 1170; it was befieged and ftormed by 

 Cromwell in 1649; and on being evacuated by the king's 

 troops, it was taken polTeffion of by the rebels in 1798. 

 The (hocking murder of the loyal inhabitants, when 97 un- 

 offending viftims fuffered at the bridge, has been already 

 alluded to. There are feven parifhes, but they are all 

 united, and have only one church in common. Wexford is 

 67 miles S. by W. from Dublin. Carlifle. Traveller's 

 Guide. 



WEXIO, a town of Sweden, in the province of Sma- 

 land, fituated on the Helga lake : the fee of a bifhop, and 

 refidence of the provincial governor ; 46 miles N.N. W. of 

 Carlfcrona. N. lat. 56" 52'. E. long. 14° 44'. 



WEY, a river of England, which runs into the Thames 

 at Weybridge, Tliis river is3 made navigable to Guilford 

 and Godalmin, and a canal has lately been made from it to 

 Bafingftoke, in Hampfhire. — Alfo, a river of England, 

 which runs into the fea at Weymouth. 



Wey. See Weigh. 



WEYBER, in Geography, a lake of Bavaria; 3 miles 

 W.N.W. of Kempten. 



WEYBRIDGE, a confiderable village in the hundred 

 of Elmbridge, and county of Surrey, England, is fituated 

 on the river Wey, whence it derives its name, not far from 

 its conflux with the Thames, at the diftance of 12 miles 

 N.E. by N. from Guildford, and 20 miles S.W. by W. 

 from London. It contains fome refpedable houfes, among 

 which is a large edifice, called Holftein-houfe, from having 



WEY 



been the relidcnce of a prince of Holftein, when on a vifit 

 to England ; it has for fome years been ufed as a printing- 

 office. The church is a fmall, but neat ftrudure, having a 

 nave and fouth aide, at the weft end of which is the vault 

 of the earl of Portmore's family, built up about four feet 

 above the level of the pavement, inclofed with iron rails, 

 but without any infcription. The population return of the 

 year 1 8 1 1 (fates the parifh of Weybridge to contain 1 67 

 houfes, and 918 inhabitants. 



In this parifli is Oatlands, the feat of his royal highnefs 

 the duke of York. This domain came into the polTeffion 

 of Henry VIII. by an exchange with the family of Rede, 

 for the manor of Tandridge, in the fame county. It was 

 fettled by Charles I. on his queen Henrietta Maria for her 

 life ; and their youngeft fon, called Henry of Oatlands, was 

 born here. At the Reftoration the queen dowager was 

 again put in pofTeffion of the eftate ; and after her death 

 Charles II. granted it to the earl of St. Alban's. In the 

 next century it defcended to the earl of Lincoln, after- 

 wards duke of Newcaftle, who fixed his refidence here, en- 

 larged the park, and made confiderable plantations. In the 

 park is a large piece of water, formed by fprings which rife 

 m It. Between the houfe and garden is a grotto, divided 

 into three apartments, in one of which is a bath, fupplied 

 by a fmall fpnng, dripping through the rock ; at the end of 

 it is a copy of the Venus de Medicis, as if going to bathe. 



The dnke of York purchafed this eltate of the duke of 

 Newcallle, together with the manors and parks of Byfleet 

 and Weybridge, which he held by leafes from the crown. 

 In 1800 two afts were paffed for inclofing the common fields 

 and wartes, under which the duke obtained by allotments 

 and purchafes about 1000 acres of the wafte, fo that the 

 domain now comprifes about 3000 acres. The manfion 

 was burned down while the duke was in Flanders, in 1793. 

 The prefent houfe was then erefted, from defigns by Mr. 

 John Carter ; and in 1 804 an aCl was palfed for granting to 

 the duke fo much of this eitatc as was held of the crown. 



In a fmall park in this vicinity is Ham, an old manfion, 

 formerly the refidence of the countefs of Dorcheiler, mif- 

 trefsof James II. It is now luiinhabited, and in a ruinous 

 condition. Near it are many large cedars ; one, in particu- 

 lar, meafures, at five feet from the ground, about thirteen 

 feet in circumference, and runs up ftraight to a great height. 

 — Hittory and Antiquities of Surrey. By tlie Rev. 

 John Manning, and William Bray, efq. 3 vols, folio. 

 Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xiv. Surrey. By F. 

 Shoberl. 



Weybridge, a townfliip of the flate of Vermont, in the 

 county of Addifon, feparatcd from Newhaven by the Otter 

 Creek, containing 750 inhabitants. 



WEYDA, a town of Saxony, in the circle of Neuftadt, 

 on the Elfter ; 1 1 miles E.N.E. of Neufta,dt. N. lat. 50® 

 42'. E. long. 12° i'. — Alfo, a river of Saxony, which 

 runs into the Elfter, 2 miles N. of Weyda. 



WEYDEN. See Weiden. 



WEYDENAU, a town of Silefia, in the principality 

 of NeifTe; 8 miles S.W. of NeifTe. N. kt. 50° 12'. E. 

 long. 17'' 2'. 



WEYDENEN, a town of Pruffian Lithuania; 3 miles 

 W.S.W. of Pilkallen. . 



WEYDENHAYN, a town of Saxony, in the margra- 

 vate of MeilTen ; 7 miles W. of Torgau. 



WEYER, a town of Auftria; 2 miles N.E. of Gmun- 

 den. — Alfo, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 6 miles S. of 

 Pruck. 



WEYEREN, a town of Aultria ; 6 miles W. of 

 Gmunden. 



WEYERS, 



