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in Orleans county, Vermont; 52 miles north of Mont* 
pelier. Population 149.—4. A river of the United States, 
in Massachusetts, which rises in Berkshire county, and runs 
through Middlefield, Westfield, and West Springfield, where 
it flows into the Connecticut.—5. A post township and vil¬ 
lage of the United States, in Hampden county, Massachu¬ 
setts ; 93 miles west-south-west of Boston. Population of 
the township, 2130.—6. A township of the United States, 
in Richmond county, New York, on Staten. Population 
1444 .— 7 . A post township of the United States, in Essex 
county. New Jersey. Population 2152. 
WESTFORD, a post township of the United States, in 
Chittenden county, Vermont; 40 miles north-west of Mont¬ 
pelier. Population 1407.—2. A post township of Middle¬ 
sex county, Massachusetts; 2S miles north-west of Boston. 
Here is an academy. Population 1330.—3. A township of 
Otsego county, New York; 8 miles south-east of Coopers- 
town. Population 1215. 
WESTGATE, a small straggling village of England, in 
Durham; 6 miles west-by-north of Stanhope.—2. A town¬ 
ship in Northumberland, adjoining to Newcastle. Popula¬ 
tion 745. 
WESTHALL, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 4 miles 
north-east of Halesworth. Population 441. 
■ WESTHAM, a township of England, in Lancashire; 
1 mile north of Kirkham.—2. A town of the United States, 
in Henrico county, Virginia, on the north bank of the James; 
5 miles west-north-west of Richmond. 
WESTHAMPNETT, a parish of England, in Sussex, 
near Chichester. Population 444. 
WESTHAMPTON, a post village of the United States, 
in the township of Southampton, New York. 
WESTHARPTREE, a parish of England, in Somerset¬ 
shire ; 6 miles from Wells. Population 463. 
WESTHAVEN, a post township of the United States, in 
Rutland county, Vermont; 52 miles north of Bennington. 
WESTHIDE, a township of England, in Herefordshire; 
8 miles from Ledbury. 
WESTHOFEN, a town of France, in Alsace; 14 miles 
west of Strasburg. Population 2100. It has manufactures 
of pottery ware.—2. A town of Germany, in Hesse-Darm- 
stadt; 5 miles north-north-west of Worms. Population 
1300.—3. A town of Prussian Westphalia, in the county of 
Mark, on the Roer; 33 miles east-by-north of Dusseldorf. 
Population 900. 
WESTHORPE, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 7 miles 
north of Market Stow.—2. A hamlet in Lincolnshire, near 
Spalding.—3. A hamlet in the parish of Southwell, Notting¬ 
hamshire.—4. A hamlet in the parish of Merston St. Law¬ 
rence, Northamptonshire. 
WESTKAPELLE, a village of the Netherlands, in Zea¬ 
land, on the island of Walcheren. It is remarkable for its 
dyke, which protects the land from the inroads of the sea; 
7 miles west of Middleburg.—2. A village of the Nether¬ 
lands, on the main land, in the province of West Flanders; 
8 miles north of Bruges. Population 1000, 
WESTLAND, a township of the United States, in Guern¬ 
sey county, Ohio. Population 251. 
• WESTLEIGH, a township of England, in Lancashire; 
5 miles from Newton. 
WESTLETON, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3 miles 
east of Yoxford. Population 713. 
WESTLEY, or Westley Waterless, a parish of 
England, in Cambridgeshire; 5 miles south-south-west of 
Newmarket. 
WESTLEY, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 2 miles 
west-by-north of St. Edmund’s Bury.—2. A township in 
Salop; 10| miles west-south-west of Shrewsbury. 
WEST-LINTON, or Levington, a township of England, 
in Cumberland; 4 miles south-south-east of Longtown. Po¬ 
pulation 562. 
WESTMANCOTE, a hamlet of England, in the parish 
of Breden, Worcestershire. 
WESTMANLAND, or Westmania, an inland province 
of Middle Sweden, bounded by Gestricia, Dalecarlia, Upland, 
Nercia, Sudermanland, and Warmeland. It is 110 miles 
long, and in some parts 80 broad ; has a surface of nearly 
5000 square miles, and 110,000 inhabitants. It is watered 
by several rivers, and contains a number of lakes. 
WESTMEATH, a county of Ireland, in the province of 
Leinster, bounded on the north by Cavan; on the east by 
Eastmeath ; on the south by the King’s county; on the 
north-west by Longford; and on the west by the river Shan¬ 
non, which separates it from Roscommon. Its greatest extent 
from east to west is about 33 Irish miles, and from north to 
south about 27 Irish miles. Its surface comprises 249,943 
acres, Irish plantation measure, including bogs, mountain, 
and waste. It contains 12 baronies; Moygeesh, Corkerry, 
Moyashill, Magheredernon, Delvin, Farbill, Raconrath, Kil¬ 
kenny-West, Brawny, Clonlonan, Moycashel, Fartullagh, 
and Half Fowre, which are divided into 59 parishes. This 
county is agreeably interspersed with a considerable number 
of beautiful lakes, of which Lough Leign, Lough Derriva- 
ragh, Lough Iron, Lough Ennel, Lough Drin, (the trout of 
which lake have an emetic quality) and Lough Annagh, are 
the most extensive. The Shannon is the most considerable 
river that waters this county, and constitutes its western 
boundary, to divide it from Connaught. There are also the 
Inny and the Brosna. The soil is in general light, but in 
some parts rich and deep ; and though there is a greater pro¬ 
portion of grass land, yet more corn is raised here than serves 
for the consumption of the inhabitants. Three members are 
returned to the imperial parliament; that is, two for the 
county, and one for the borough of Athlone. 
WESTMEON, a parish of England, in Southamptonshire; 
12 miles from Alresford. Population 668. 
WESTMESTON, a parish of England, in Sussex; 5 miles 
north-west-by-west of Lewes. 
WESTMILL, a parish of England, in Hertfordshire, situ¬ 
ated on the river Rib, near Buntmgford. 
WESTMINSTER, a city of England, in the county of 
Middlesex, which may be generally regarded as a part of the 
British metropolis; but in its political and civil rights, privi¬ 
leges, and history it is separate and distinct. See London. 
The principal improvements that have been made in West¬ 
minster since the publication of our article London, are the 
renovation of Henry the Seventh’s Chapel and Westminster 
Hall; the King’s Palace built on the site of Buckingham 
house, the erection of a noble arch at Hyde Park Corner; 
and the demolition of Carlton House to make an opening for 
a new square, which is rapidly proceeding. 
WESTMINSTER, a post township of the United States, 
in Windham county, Vermont, on the Connecticut, opposite 
Walpole with which it is connected by a bridge; 28 miles 
south of Montpelier.—2. A post township of Worcester 
county, Massachusetts; 54 miles west-north-west of Boston. 
3. A post township of Frederick county, Maryland; 30 
miles north-west of Baltimore. 
WESTMOINE, a district of Sutherland, in Scotland, 
lying in the north-west corner of the county, terminated by 
the promontory of cape Wrath. 
WESTMORE, a township of the United States, in Essex 
county, Vermont. Population 71. 
WESTMORELAND, a county of England, bounded on 
the north by the counties of Durham and Cumberland, on 
the west by Cumberland and Lancashire, on the south by 
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and on the east by Yorkshire and 
Durham. The greatest breadth of this county, from its 
southern boundary, near Burton, to its northern one near 
Penrith, in Cumberland, is 32 miles; and its greatest length, 
from east to west, is 40 miles. It contains an area of 844 
square miles, or 540,160 acres. It lies between 54. 11. 30. 
and 54. 42. 30. N. lat., and between 2. 20. and 3. 12. W. 
long. Westmoreland lies in the province of York, and 
dioceses of Chester and Carlisle; is included in the northern 
circuit; contains 32 parishes; and sends four members to 
parliament, being two for the borough of Appleby, and 
two for the county. The name of the county is descriptive 
of its nature, that is, the Westmoreland, a region of lofty 
mountains, naked hills, and black barren moors, here called 
Fells. 
