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where it enters the Thames. The New River is an anti- 
ficial ftream, formed by the coiieiltd waters of feveral 
fmall fprings ifining from the vicinity of Chad-well, in 
Hertfordfliire. Several mineral fprings rife in the imme¬ 
diate vicinity of London ; and fome of them were for¬ 
merly of much repute, though they are now but feldom 
ufed. The Spa-fields, north of London, derive their name 
from the number of chalybeate fprings that rife within 
them, of which that at Illington Spa, called alfo New 
Tunbridge Wells, is the principal. At Bagnigge Wells 
are fprings both chalybeate and cathartic. The other 
fprings of note are St. Chad’s Wells,, near the bottom of 
Gray’s-inn-lane road, Kilburn Wells, Aiton Wells, and 
feveral more fituated at Hampftead, and in the parilhes 
of St. Pancras and Shad well. See the article Canal Na¬ 
vigation, vol. iii. and London, vol. xiii. 
Middlefex, as containing London, is the principal feat 
of commerce and manufaitures in Great Britain. While 
its traders vifit the moll dillant parts of the known world, 
its artificers at home produce almoft every variety of ar¬ 
ticles which any dillriit in the country can furnilh. The 
chief portion of thefe, as may be prel’umed, is manufac¬ 
tured in London and its fuburbs : but many important 
manufactories are likewife fpread over the county ; moll 
of them, however, the property of individuals eftablilhed 
in the town. 
Middlefex is divided into fix hundreds, exclufive of the 
cities and liberties of London and Weftminlter, and the 
Tower Hamlets. The total number of parilhes, places, 
precinils, and extra-parochial places, in the whole county, 
as returned under the population-a6l, was 234.. All of 
thefe, with the exception of the city and liberties of 
Weftminlter, which are governed by the dean and chapter 
of Weftminfter, are included in the diocefe of London. 
It contains feven market-towns, dillindl from the metro¬ 
polis 5 namely, Barnet, Uxbridge, Brentford, Hounilow, 
Edgeware, Staines, and Enfield. Uxbridge market is 
principally for corn 3 and at Hounilow there is always a 
very confiderable ftiow of fat cattle, for the fupply of the 
London butchers. 
In Middlefex it appears that a much greater proportion 
die than in any other county, the annual mortality being 
1 in 36 ; whillt in Cardiganlhire the deaths are 1 in 78, 
which is lels than any other county. The following are 
the intermediate numbers : The annual mortality of the 
county of Somerfet, is 1 in every 52 ; in Devon, 1 in 58 ; 
in Cornwall, 1 in 62; in Dorfet, 1 in 57; in Hamplhire, 
1 in 4-9; in Wiltfhire, 1 in 54.; in Gloucefterlhire, 1 in 
61 ; in Berklhire, 1 in 53 ; in Oxfordlhire, 1 in 55. Popu¬ 
lation Returns, 1811. Beauties of England and Wales , 
vol. x. Middleton's Agricultural Survey. Smith’s Great 
Map. 
MID'DLESEX, a county of United America, in Maf- 
fachufetts, bounded north by the ftate of New Hamp¬ 
lhire, eaft by Eftex county, fouth by Suffolk, and weft by 
Worcefter county. It is nearly of a liquate form; its 
greateft length being 52, and its greateli: breadth 42, miles. 
It has 42 townlhipSj containing 46,928 inhabitants; and 
was made a county in the year 1643. It is watered by 
five principal rivers, viz. Merrimack, Charles, Concord, 
Nalhua, and Myltick, befides fome linaller ltreams. The 
chief towns are Charleftown, Cambridge, and Con¬ 
cord. 
MID'DLESEX, a maritime county of Connecticut, 
bounded north by Hartford county, fouth by Long Illand 
Sound, eaft by New London county, and welt by New Ha¬ 
ven. It is divided into fix townlhips, containing 13,874 
inhabitants. The chief town is Middleton. 
MID'DLESEX, a county of New Jeriey, bounded 
north by Eflex, north-weft and weft by Somerfet, fouth- 
weft by Burlington, fouth-eaft by Monmouth, eaft by 
Rariton-bay, and part of Staten-ifland. It contains 17,890 
inhabitants. The chief town is New Brunl’wick. 
MID'DLESEX, a county of Virginia, on the fouth 
£de of Rappalumnock-rivsr, on Chefapeak-bay, about 
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thirty-five miles long, and feven broad; containing 1687 
free inhabitants, and 2516 Haves. The chief town is Ur¬ 
ban na. 
MID'DLESEX, one of the three counties into which 
the illand of Jamaica is divided ; the two others being 
Cornwall and Surrey. This county is compofed of eight 
parilhes, one town, viz. St. Jago de la Vega, or Spamih . 
Town, (the capital of the illand,) and thirteen villages. 
MID'DLETON, a city, poll-town, and port of entry, 
of Middlclex-county, plealantly fituated on the weftern 
bank of Conneilicut-river. It contains about five hun¬ 
dred houfes, and carries on a confiderable trade. 
MID'DLETON, a town of United America, in the ftate 
of Rhode Illand. 
MID'DLETON, a town of the ftate of Maflachufetts : 
twenty miles north of Eolton. 
MID DLETON, a town of Scotland, in the county of 
Edinburgh : fix miles fouth of Dalkeith. 
MID'DLETON, a poll-town of the county of Cork, 
Ireland, which was a borough before the union, and 
which, from its proximity to Cork harbour, has fome bu- 
finefs, chiefly carried on at the village of Ballinacurra, 
about a mile dillant. Here are an endowed fchool, a bar¬ 
rack, two bolting-mills, and a brewery. The parilh, from 
a union made leveral years ago, is one of the moll valu¬ 
able in Ireland, being above 3000I. per annum. Middle- 
ton is 121 miles fouth-well from Dublin, and twelve eaft 
of Cork, on the road to Youghal. 
MID'DLETON, a market-town and parilh in the hun¬ 
dred of Salford, and county of Lancafter, was firfit conlti- 
tuted a town in the year 1791, lince which time it has 
been gradually increafing in extent and population. The 
market is held 011 Friday, in a very commodious'market¬ 
place, laid out by lord Suftield, who is lord of the manor. 
The government of the police here is confided to two 
conftables, who are chofemannually at the court-leet. In 
the church, a venerable pile of building, are feveral mo¬ 
numents of the Alheton family, who for many centuries 
were relident in this parilh. The fide-aifles of this edi¬ 
fice are embattled ; and in the windows appear fome itain- 
ed glafs of fhields, and other devices. A carved fereen 
of feven compartments divides the chancel from tne choir. 
It is ornamented with a great profulion of armorial bear¬ 
ings of the Alhetons, Radclifies, Grolvenors, and Stan¬ 
leys. Here is a free grammar fchool, which was founded 
by Dr. Alexander Nowel, dean of St. Paul’s, and principal 
of Brazen-nole college, in 1572. This is now a moll re- 
ftpeilable eftablilhment, and frequently contains between 
150 and 200 fcholars. Dean Nowel was educated at this 
place. The chief fupport of this town is derived from 
its cotton-manufacture; but there are likewile a confi- 
derable twill-manufactory, and fome bleaching-works. 
Six miles north of Manchelter, and 191 north-north-weft 
of London. 
MID'DLETON, a townlhip of Durham : eight miles 
north-weft of Barnard Caftle. 
MID'DLETON, a village of England, in the county 
of Derby, celebrated for a medicinal not ipring : one mile 
from Workfworth. 
MID'DLETON, a village in Suflex, near Arundel, and 
now dole to the lea, or rather the lea is now dole to it; 
for there were formerly feveral acres of ground between 
its fmall church and the lea, which now, (May 1796,) by 
its continual encroachments, has devoured the church¬ 
yard, with great part of the chancel, and threatens the 
whole fabric, which, from the ruinous and defolate fitua- 
tion it is in, appears to be irreparably haftening to its total 
difloiution. Tradition reports the parilh to have ex¬ 
tended near two miles to the fouth. Certain it is, a iarge 
trail of land has been fwailowed up. At prelent the pa¬ 
rilh contains only a few l’cattered farm-houfes and cot¬ 
tages. The church appears to have contained a nave, 
chancel, and fouth aille, divided from the nave by four 
pointed arches. The font is of an uncommon form.. 
Monuments tnere are none. Great part of the chancel,. 
and 
