40 N E W 
and the Grand Trunk, by means of theMontgomerylhire 
canal. ■* 
Adjoining to the town Hands Newtown-Hall, a feat of 
the Prices, of the royal tribe of Elyltan Glodrydd. The 
late owner, fir John Price, was extremely eccentric. He 
married three wives, and kept the firft two after their 
demife in an embalmed ftate, placing them in his chamber, 
one on each fide of his bed. The third wife, however, 
■with a becoming fpirit, refufed the knight the honour of 
her hand, till he had removed the defundt rivals, and 
committed them to a proper place of interment. 
Caerfws, a fmall village about five miles weft from 
Newtown, is fuppofed to have been a Roman ftation, 
though not enumerated in any of the Itineraries, as the 
fields around bear evident traces of ancient ftreets; and 
fome hewn ftones and bricks, fuch as the Romans ufed 
in the conftruftion of their cities, are frequently difco- 
vered. On the north and weftfides there yet remain deep 
hollows, which, from their arrangement, are conjectured 
to be portions of the fofle or ditch once furrounding 
the precinCt of the ftation. Two encampments are placed 
in the immediate vicinity ; and at the diftance of a mile 
is a third, of very large dimenfions and peculiar conftruc- 
tion ; all of them undoubtedly Roman. On the fouth 
fide of the laft is an immenfe mount of a conical (liape, 
furrounded by a very wide and deep fofle. The ufe of 
this appendage cannot well be afcertained, unlefsit may 
be confidered as having been the fcite of an exploratory 
tower. At the northern end of the fofle is an oblong area, 
varying confiderably in breadth, and defended on all Tides 
by a lofty vallum, which conftitutes the fcarp-fide of a 
deep ditch. This leads, at one extremity,'by a porta, or 
entrance way, into a reCfangular camp; and at the other 
is connected, in a fimilar manner, with a conical mount. 
The whole is encircled by a large outer rampart and fofle, 
To that it muft have been a pofition of very great ftrenth ; 
a circumftance inferring a more than ordinary degree of 
importance. 
North-eaft from Newtown, to the weft of the road 
leading to Montgomery, ftand the ruins of Dulforwyn- 
cnftle. This fortrefs occupied the fummit of a moun¬ 
tainous ridge, exceedingly precipitous, and nearly fur- 
rounded by a woody dingle. It was built, according to 
Dugdale, by David ap Llewellyn, a prince who reigned 
from the year 1240 to 1246; but the works of John Da¬ 
fydd Rhys aflign to it a much earlier date, ftating it to 
have been eredied by Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, fome time 
between theyears 1065 and 1073. In 1278 it was granted, 
by Edward I. to Roger de Mortimer, along with the 
caftles of Kedewen and Keri, to be held in capita, by the 
fervice of three knights’ fees. The origin of the name 
of this place, which fignifies “the Meadows of the 
Maiden,” has been a fubjeCt of much curious inquiry 
among antiquaries. Pennant confiders it having an al- 
lufion to the legendary ftory of Sabrina, related by Jeffrey 
of Monmouth, and fo finely defcribed by Milton in his 
Mafk of Comus. Rowland's Mona Antiqua. Beauties of 
England and Wales, vol. xvii. 
NEW'TOWN, a poft-town of America, in Fairfield 
county, Connecticut, pleafantly fituated on an elevated 
fpot, and fettled in 1708 : eighty miles north-eaft of New 
York.—A town on Staten-ifland, New York: nine miles 
fouth-weftof New York.—Atownfhip in Queen’scounty, 
New York, including all the iflands in the Sound oppo- 
fite to thedame, and containing23i2inhabitants, of whom 
512 are flaves : about eight miles eaft of New York.—A 
townfhip in Weft Chefter county, New York ; of whofe 
inhabitants, 276 are eledtors.—A poft-town in Tioga 
county, New York, fituated between the fouth end of 
Seneca-lake and Tioga-riVer, taken from Chemung-coaft 
on the eaft, and incorporated in 1792; containing 1333 
inhabitants.—A townfhip in Gloucefter county, Newjer- 
•fey.'—A poft-town and feat of juftice in Suffex-county, 
Newjerfey, about ten miles fouth-eaft of Sandyfton. It 
contains a large Prefbyterian church, a ftone court-houfe, 
N E X 
and gaol. The manufacture of iron is carried on in a 
furnace and four forges. Here is a remarkable cave called 
the Devil’s Hole; and in its vicinity are feveral ponds, 
coveringfrom five toone hundred acres: 108 miles north- 
eaft of Philadelphia.—A poft-town and capital of Bucks- 
county, Pennfylvania; containing a Prefbyterian church., 
a ftone gaol, a court-houfe, and an academy j fettled in 
1725: ten miles weft of Trenton.—Two other town- 
fhips of this name are fituated, the one in Delaware- 
county, the other in that of Cumberland, having 1427 
inhabitants.— A fmall town of Virginia, fituated in 
Frederick-county, between the north and fouth branches 
of Shenandoah-river: leven miles fouth of Winchef- 
ter. 
NEW'TOWN AR'DES, a poft-town of the county 
of Down, Ireland, pleafantly fituated on the northern 
extremity of Strangford-lough. It was incorporated by 
James I. and, before the union, fent two members to the 
houfe of commons. It is eighty-eight miles north by 
eaft from Dublin, and eight eaft from Belfaft. 
NEW'TOWN BAR'RY, a fmall town or village of 
the county of Wexford. It is fituated on the river Sid¬ 
ney, on the confines of the county of Carlow, and is laid 
to be one of the prettieft villages in Ireland. Its fairs are 
much frequented. It is forty-eight miles fouth by weft 
from Dublin, and twelve north by weft from Ennifcorthy. 
NEW'TOWN BREDA', a village of the county of 
Dowrt, remarkable for the beauty of its church, which 
attracts the attention of all travellers. It is three miles 
and a quarter fouth-fouth-eaft from Belfaft, and twenty 
north-weft from Downpatrick. 1 
NEW'TOWN GLEN'S, a poft-town of the county of 
Antrim, fituated on Cafliendal, or Red-bay, in the 
North Channel. It is 109 miles north by eaft from Dut - 
lin, and twenty-nine north by eaft from Belfaft. 
NEW'TOWN HAMILTON, a poft-town of the 
county of Armagh, in the diftriCt of the Fews Moun¬ 
tains : fifty-three miles north by weft from Dublin, and 
twelve and a half north by weft from Dundalk. 
NEW'TOWN KEN'NEDY, or Mount Kennedy, a 
poft-town of the county of Wicklow, adjoining which is 
the fine feat of lord Rofl’more. It is feventeen miles fouth 
by eaft from Dublin. 
NEW'TOWN LIMAVAD'DY, a town of Ireland, 
in the county of Londonderry, fituated on the river Roe, 
with a considerable linen-manufaCtory: eleven miles 
fouth-weft of Coleraine, and fourteen north-eaft of Lon¬ 
donderry. 
NEW'TOWN NUT'LER, a town of Ireland, in the 
county of Fermanagh : fifteen miles fouth-eaft of En- 
nilkellen. 
NEW'TOWN STEW'ART, a poft-town of the county 
of Tyrone, fituated on the river Moyle. Near this is 
Baron’s Court, a fine feat of the late marquis of Aber- 
corn : ninety-three miles north-north-weft from Dublin, 
and eight fouth-eaft from Strabane. 
NEWTY'A, a town of Hindooftan, in Bengal : thirty- 
miles eaft of Rungpoor.—A town of Hindooftan, in Con- 
can : forty miles north-north-weft of Goa. 
NEXA'PA, a town of Mexico, in the province of 
Guatimala: ten miles fouth-eaft of St. Salvador. Lat. 23. 
56. N. Ion. 90. W. 
NEXA'PA, or St. Ya'go de Nexapa, a town of Mex¬ 
ico, in the province of Guaxaca : fifty miles eaft-fouth- 
eaft of Guaxaca. Lat. 17.19. N. Ion. 97.46. W. 
NEX'ELOE, a fmall iiland of Denmark, near the weft 
coaft of Zealand. Lat. 55.47. N. Ion. 11.19. E. 
NEX'I,y! Among the Romans, perfons free-born, who, 
for debt, were delivered bound to their creditor, and 
obliged to ferve him till they could pay the debt. 
NEX'IBLE, adj. [nexibilis, Lat.] That may be knit 
together. Cockeram. 
NEXIL'ITY, f. [ nexilitas, Lat.] Clofenefs, corapaft- 
nefs of ftyle. Bailey. 
NEX'LE. See Nezle. 
NEX'-QE 
