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of Hexham ; another fouth-weft of Rothbury.-—A village 
in Cumberland, fouth-eaft of Carlifle.—A village in the 
county of Durham, near the fore ft S of Teafdale and Lune ; 
another weft of Lanchefter; another fouth-weft of Bifliop’s 
Auckland.—Avillage in Lancafliire, near the Kendal fands 
andFoulney-ifle.—A village in the north ridingof York- 
fhire, north-weft of Rumbald Kirk; another fouth-weft of 
Whitby; another near Burrovvby; another in Bifttopfdale, 
weft of Midlam.—A village in the weft riding, near Leeds ; 
another on the river Are, fouth of Skipton in Craven.— 
A village in Weftmoreland, north of Appleby; a parifti 
eight miles in circuit. Nearit, upon the rocks, Mr. Cam¬ 
den fays, were found characters and ancient infcriptions, 
now no more. 
NEWBLISS', a poft-town of the county of Monaghan, 
Ireland : fifty-five miles north-weft by north front Dublin. 
NEW'BOLD, a village in Chelhire, near Aftbury.— 
A village in Derbyfttire, near Cliefterfield.—A village in 
Leicefterfltire, north-eaft of Afttby-de-la-Zouch. — A 
village in Stafford ill ire, near Burton upon Trent.—A 
village in Worcefterihire, near Alderminfter. 
NEW'BOLD, (North and South), villages in the eaft 
ridingof Yorkihire, near North and South Cove. 
NEW'BOLD UPON A'VON, a village in Warwickihire, 
near Rugby. 
NEW'BOLD CO'MIN, a village in Warwickihire, on 
the north fide of the Leame, in the pariili of Leamington 
Priors. 
NEW'BOLD PA'CIS, a village in Warwickihire, one 
mile from Morton Merial. 
NEW'BOLD REV'EL, a village in Warwickihire, 
between Brinklow and Monks Kirby. 
NEV/'BOLD VER'DEN, a village in Leicefterihire, 
eaft of Bofw.orth. 
NEW'BOROUGH, or Go'ret, a town of Ireland, in 
the county of Wexford. Before the union it fent two 
members to the Iriih parliament. In 1798, this town was 
fet on fire and partly deftroyed : twenty-one miles north 
of Wexford, and thirty-nine fouth of Dublin. 
NEW'BOROUGH, or Newburgh, a borough, mar¬ 
ket-town, and pariili, in the hundred of Menai, and 
county of Anglefey, North Wales, is fituated on the 
river Braint, or Breint, about three miles from the ihore 
of Caernarvon-bay. The Britifti name of this place is 
lihcs IJi.r, or Vair. Edward I. conftituted it a corpora¬ 
tion by. charter, and annexed it to the royalties of the 
prince of Wales; and this deed afterwards received tile 
lanClion of parliament, in the reign of Edward III. In 
the time of Henry VIII. and the fir.ft year of Edward VI. 
Newbbrough fent members to parliament; but the latter 
monarch was pleafed to transfer the eleCtrvefranchife from 
hence to Beaumaris, in the fecond year of his fovereignty. 
The government of the town is now veiled in a mayor, 
two bailiffs, a recorder, and other afHftant officers, who 
continue to hold regular courts. The revenue of the 
corporation is chiefly derived from about four hundred 
acres of excellent land, (fituated in the vicinity,) which 
the magiftrates have it in contemplation to enclofe. This 
was an ancient manor of the Britifti princes, who had a 
Ih/s, or palace, here; and here was alio the feat of juftice 
lor the whole comot of Menai, and which continued Co 
long after Wales became fubjeCt to England. The chief 
manufacture carried on by the inhabitants is that of mats, 
netting, and cordage, made of fea reed-grafs. A few 
perfons are likewife engaged in filhing, and a confidera- 
ble number in the labours of agriculture. It lias a weekly 
market on Tuefday ; and fairs, June 22, Aug. 10 and 21, 
Sept. 25, and Nov. 11. According to the parliamentary 
returns of 1811, it contains 183 houfes, and a population 
of 750 perfons. The amount of acres in the pariili is elti- 
mated at 1000. 
Adjoining to the town, and near the ruins of a building 
which has been generally regarded as the domeftic chapel 
of the ancient palace, may be feen a large upright ftone, 
infcribed Filins Ulrici erexit kune lapidem and fuppoled 
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to commemorate fome Daniili chieftain who had fallen in 
battle here, as it is well afeertained that the Danes made 
frequent defeents on this coaft.—At Llanddwyn, a fmall 
narrow peninfula, projecting into the bay of Caernarvon, 
flood an oratory of St. Dwynwen, the Britifti Venus, or 
tutelary faint of lovers, who flouriffied in the fifth cen¬ 
tury. In after-times a BenediCtine abbey was ereCted 
upon the fame fpot, and feems to have been one of the 
richeft in the county. In the time of Owen Glyndwr its 
wealth gave rife to a very ferious depredatory quarrel * 
and, in the visitation made by the order of Henry VIII. it 
is mentioned amongff the raoft valuable prebends belong¬ 
ing to the fee of Bangor. 
Five miles north-eaft lies the village of Llanedwen, 
which fee, vol. xii. 
NEW'BURGH, a royal borough, market-town, and 
parifti, in the county of Fife, Scotland, is fituated on the 
fouth bank of the river Tay. This place w'as very early 
conftituted a borough of regality, by one of the abbots 
of Lindores, under whofe charter it was governed till the 
lecularization of the abbey by James VI. Charles I, 
granted the charter by which it now enjoys all the privi¬ 
leges and immunities of any royal burgh in North Britain, 
except the right of voting for a reprefentative in the na¬ 
tional councils, and of fending a delegate to the conven¬ 
tion of boroughs. A court is held weekly, with the ufuai 
marks of dignity ; and it retains a clerk for recording its 
public proceedings. The town of Newburgh forms one 
principal ftreet of confiderable length, having fmall 
Suburbs at each end, and a lane leading towards theffiore 
from its centre. Moft of the houfes on each fide of the 
lane, and in the fuburbs, are of late ereCtion ; as well as 
a great proportion of thole in the main ftreet. Hence, 
and in conlequence of alterations in fuch as have not been 
entirely rebuilt, Newburgh is capable of containing dou¬ 
ble the amount of inhabitants it could have done formerly, 
though it probably does not occupy a rood more ground 
now than at the beginning of the lalt century. At that 
time the generality of the houfes were low built, and 
covered with a thatch of llraw or of reeds ;*but for many 
years a better ftyle of architecture has prevailed, and at 
prefent the town has pretentions to a more than ordinary 
degree of neatnefs. The chief ftreet is excellently paved, 
and kept in repair by means of an afleffment from pro¬ 
prietors within the burgh. The principal employment 
of the inhabitants is that of weaving cloth. Accuftomed; 
in early life to handle the oar and the plough, as well as, 
the ftiuttle, they frequently betake themfelves either to 
the fea, or to agriculture, whenever the price of the kinds 
of cloth they are in the practice of manufacturing fuffers 
any material depreciation in the market. Moft of the 
perfons employed in this trade weave their own yarn, and 
carry their own webs to market; that is to fay, difpofe of 
them to a few individuals in the town and neighbourhood, 
by whom they are re-l’old to the merchants of Dundee, 
Cupar, and Glafgow. 
Clofe to the burgh, but independant of the jurifdiftion, 
of the magiftrates, is the harbour of Newburgh, confilt- 
ingof three contiguous piers, projecting into the louth- 
deep of the Tay, and of feveral dwelling-houfes, ftore- 
houfes, and other conveniences for commerce. Thefe 
piers form very lafe ftations for the veffels employed in 
the trade on the river; and, though none of any burden 
can properly be faid to belong to Newburgh, and few are. 
freighted to it except with coals or lime, they are feidom 
devoid of {hipping, as the generality of veffels lor Pettit, 
rauft wait the flow of the tide here; and not a few of 
them unload a part of their cargoes, before they can- 
venture up further, even with the tide. Hence arifcs 
a good deal of activity at Newburgh; and conilderabla 
quantities of grain are annually exported for Edinburgh, 
and London. 
The parifti of Newburgh is comparatively of inconsi¬ 
derable extent, and only deferring of notice on account 
of fome veltiges of antiquity which it contains. Of thele* 
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