NOR 
and, as well as the ditches, contantly run parallel to -_ 
other. They are compofed of turf, ftones, and ear 
thrown up loofely together, and the whole on sere 
from near the mouth of the Tyne, entirely acrofs the ifland 
tothe Solway Frith. ‘Tie wall of Severus is fituated only at 
afhort diftance from this rampart, and appears to have been 
built of ftone, fometimes formed on oak piles, and was in 
all of which, except one near Ha 
Gough as being fixty-fix feet et a wall itfelf 
conttituting the saad fe of each. es thefe pofts 
n the 1, the s had various ‘ation difperfed 
through the co Far vii ch Bremen » Habitan nceum, 
and Corftopium were the principal. Breme nium, indeed, 
was a Roman flipendary city of primary importance, hav- 
ing been, as already mentioned, the chief town of the Otta- 
dini before the arrival of thefe mighty conquerors. This 
place is firaated on the Watling- ftreet, as well as Habitan- 
cum and Corftopium, and ftill retains ftrong marks of its an- 
cient confequence. It is defended by three ramparts of 
earth, and a wall feven feet thick, fancifully chequered with 
ere was formerly a hy- 
unty ; and ar 
ne eral ce much lefs a partcolr cpr in an ar- 
ticle like the ptefent. e thing may be faid with re- 
{pe& to the caftellated aaaliose and religious ftructures of 
= erection, the bare enumeration of which would occupy 
volume of confiderable magnitude. Several of thefe, 
however, will be found mentioned under oo names of the 
though (sas anceftors. 
ans, and Englifh, and not unlikely fuccef- 
Gly sere and occupied, after their original conftruction, 
the armies of one or more of the fucceeding nations, who 
{pread chip dominion over England. The Roman roads in 
Northumberland are numerous. One road accompanies the 
oman alts throughout their whole extent from eaft to 
aiden-way, called by the country people the 
Made-way, Syste s the weftern divifion of the county, 
e encampment at Mac : the other 
—— is ufually called the Devil’s Caufeway. It has at firft 
an eafterly dire€tion pafl Ryal, towards Bolain, whence 
ri northwards over Rimfide Moor, it enters Scotland 
wett from Berwick-upon-T'weed. Connected with this road 
is a oa way from the eaftern gate at Rochefter, over 
Boleyard Lees by rage to Sharperfton. Near emi 
one it is ten feet wide, and is ftill very perfe&. General 
View of the Agriculture of Northumberland, by J. Bailey and 
NOR 
G. Culley, 8vo. 3d edit. r805. The Natural Hiffory and 
Antiquities of Northumberland &c. 2 vols. 4'0. 1767, by 
John Wallis, A ew of Northumberland, by 
William Hutchinfon, cok ie A Hiftorical and De- 
{criptive View of the County of Northumberland, &c.’’ 
2 vols. 8vo. Newcaftle edit. 1811. Beauties of England, 
Northumberland, vol. xii., by ae a Mr. Hodgfon, 1812. 
ORTHUMBERLAND America, in saa 
county, New Ham mpfhire Stunted on the E. fide ot Con. 
necticut river, at the mout he er Aaoromick, 
incor ‘eseari eae and c oan ing 205 inhabitants.— 
Alfo, a county of Pennfylvania, bounded N. by Lycoming ; 
S.a = .b nd Mifflin counties ; divided into 
24 ¢ wnthips, and ee 271791 sahabitante. The’ 
chief town is Sunbury.—Alfo, a flourifhing poft-town in 
the fore-mentioned county, fituated on the point of land 
formed by the junétion of the N. and W. branches of the 
Sufquehannah ; regularly laid out, and containing — 
120 houfes, a Prefbyterian church, and an academy ; 
miles N. by W. of Sunbury. —Alfo, a by Re of Vitginia, 
bounded E. by Chefapeak bay, and W. by Richmond, con- 
taining 3900 free inhabitants, and 3903 ee 12 miles 
from Kinfale——Alfo, a county in Upper Canada, bounded 
by the county of Haftings, and the portage of the 
Prefq? Ifle de Quinte, S. by lake oo until it meets the 
wefternmolt se of Little y a line running 
16° kee a ootids ary of a tra& 
of land belo cine to the Miflaflaga ae and Aste fe 
the tract parallel to lake Ontario, until 1t meets the north- 
aes ernmoft bourdary of the county of Ha aftings. This 
unty comprehends all the iflands near to it in lake On- 
a and the bay of Quinte; and the greater part of it 
fronts lake Ontare. 
* NortHuMBERLAND J/lands, a chain of ate in the 
South Pacific ocean, near the N.E. coaft of New Holland, 
lel to the main land, at the diftance of five to 
ii more t an 15 miles in circumference, an 
lat. 2 . 209° 50! to2z10 54! 
NortTHUMBERLAND St aie a narrow channel of the Eaft 
ndian fea, between the iflands of Calamianes and the fhoals 
po. 
NORTHWICH, a large and ancient market town, 
partly in nae hundred of Eddifbury, and partly in that of 
Northwich, in the county of Chefter, England, is fituated 
near the conflux of the rivers Dane and Weaver, at the 
diftance of 18 miles from the city of Chefter, and 174 miles 
from London. The flreets are irregular an ale paved, 
oO 
{chool was founded and endowed here in the year 1558, by 
he Rev. fir John Deane, reftor of St. Bartholomew the 
Great in London. The government of the {choot is vefted 
in twelve truftees, by whom the matter and {cholars are ap- 
pointed. From the central fituation of Northwich, the in- 
creafe of its population, and the extenfion of the falt trade, 
this town is become a place of great refort. A verytcon- 
fiderable market is held on Fridays ; and two fairs annually, 
which continue nearly a fortnight each, for the fale of York- 
fhire and Manchefter goods, and for various ae a 
ties. In the return made to parliament in the year 18733, 
Northwich was ftated to contain 324 houfes, a I 382 Ho 
nts, 
