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shire; 3 miles soutli-by-east of Wellingborough. Popula¬ 
tion 849. 
WOLLATON, a parish of England, in Nottinghamshire, 
near Nottingham. 
WOLLAWOLLAH, a river of North America, which 
runs into the Columbia, below Lewis’s river. 
WOLLAWOLLAH INDIANS, in North America, on 
the Columbia, at the mouth of Lewis’s river. Number 1600. 
WOLLESCOT, a hamlet of England, in Worcestershire, 
parish of Old Swinford. 
WOLLEY, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 3 miles 
north of Bath. 
WOLLAUSEN, a small town in the north of Switzer¬ 
land ; 9 miles south-west of Lucerne. 
WOLLIN, an island, or rather insulated district, of Pomer¬ 
ania, surrounded by the arm of the sea called the Great Haf, 
by the rivers Swine and Diwenow, aud by the Baltic. Its 
area is about 95 square miles, and its population nearly 6000.- 
WOLLIN, the chief town of the above island, stands on 
the river Diwenow; 28 miles north of Stettin. It contains 
2300 inhabitants, who follow a variety of employments; but 
chiefly fishing and navigation. 
WOLLISHOFEN, a village of Switzerland, on the lake 
of Zurich. 
WOLLNZACII, a town of Bavaria, on the Iller; 12 
miles south-east of Ingolstadt. Population 1200. 
WOLLRAU, a village of Switzerland, in the canton of 
Schweitz, near the lake of Zurich; 5 miles west-south-west 
of Rapperschweil. 
WOLLSTEIN, a town of Prussian Poland; 14 miles west- 
south-west of Posen. It has nearly 2000 inhabitants. 
WOLLSTEIN, a town of Germany, in Hesse-Darmstadt; 
16 miles south-west of Mentz. Population 1100. 
WOLMERSTADT, a town of Prussian Saxony, on the 
river Ohre; 8 miles north of Magdeburg. Population 2300. 
WOLNIKA, a river of Bohemia, which runs into the 
Wattawa, at Strakonitz. 
WOLSEY, or Wulcey (Thomas, Cardinal), was the 
son of a butcher at Ipswich, Suffolk, and born there in 
1471. See England. 
WOLSEY, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Diss, 
Norfolk. 
WOLSINGHAM, a town and parish of England, in the 
county of Durham, on the Wear. Fair on the 18th of May; 
25| miles north-north-west of London. Population 1983. 
WOLS1NGTON, a hamlet of England, in Northumber¬ 
land; 6 miles from Newcastle. 
WOLSTANTON, a parish of England, in Staffordshire; 
1 J mile north-by-east of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Popula¬ 
tion 843. 
WOLSTHORPE, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Lowdham, Nottinghamshire. 
WOLSTON, a parish of England, in Warwickshire; 9 
miles from Coventry. Population 559. 
WOLTERTON,a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4 miles 
north-north-west of Aylesham. 
WOLT1N, a small town of Prussia, in Pomerania; 12 
miles south-west of Stargard. 
WOLVERCOTE, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 
near Oxford. 
WOLVERGHEM, or Volverthem, a small town of the 
Netherlands; 8 miles north of Brussels; with 1300 inhabi¬ 
tants. 
WOLVERHAMPTON, a market town of England, in the 
county of Stafford. It is a well built and healthy town, 
notwithstanding its vicinity to numerous coal mines; a 
circumstance which it owes to its elevated situation. The 
trade which it carries on in locks, keys, and such like articles, 
is truly astonishing. Nothing indeed can exceed the inge¬ 
nuity and skill of its locksmiths, their productions surpass¬ 
ing,both in beauty and usefulness, all articles of the same 
kind made in any other district of England. Most of the 
farmers in the neighbourhood have their forges, where they 
woik when not employed in the field, and take their work to 
market as regularly as other farmers do their corn, whence it 
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is bought up for various ports, and finds a ready market 
throughout Europe: many of the women are assistants to 
these manufactures, and work at the file. This town, how¬ 
ever, notwithstanding its extensive manufacture, does not in¬ 
crease in houses so rapidly as some other towns in the in¬ 
terior. The evident cause to be assigned in explanation of 
this fact is, that the land here is almost wholly church land, 
which is not a tenure sufficient to encourage people to lay out 
their money in erecting buildings. The buildiugs are toler¬ 
ably good, of brick and tile, but have a sombre appearance, 
and the streets are narrow and dirty. It has two churches. 
The collegiate church, now dedicated to St. Peter, is very 
agreeably situated on elevated ground towards the eastern 
side of the town. It is a stone building, consisting of a lofty 
nave, two aisles, and a chancel. The latter is most incon¬ 
gruously fitted up in the modern taste. A very line Gothic 
tower, embattled at the top, and richly ornamented, rises 
from the centre. Five pointed arches, resting on octagonal 
pillars, support the nave. The pulpit, which is composed 
of stone, is an object of great interest and curiosity. It is 
placed against one of the south pillars, and is adorned with 
very beautiful sculptured niche work. A flight of steps forms 
the basement of this pulpit, at the foot of which is fixed 
the figure of a large lion, executed in a very superior style. 
To the south of the tower, in Mr. Levesou’s chancel, former¬ 
ly called the Lady Chapel, stands an alabaster monument, to 
the memory of John Leveson and his wife, who died in 
1575. The figure of the man is in armour. The great 
chancel contains a fine full length statue of brass, in honour 
of the celebrated admiral sir Richard Leveson, who com¬ 
manded under Sir Francis Drake, against the Spanish Armada. 
The noble tomb of colonel John Lane, who distinguished 
himself by his attachment to Charles II., stands in a small 
chancel, usually called Mr. Lane’s chancel. Here is likewise 
a curious stone font, of an octagonal shape, and evidently 
of great antiquity. On the shafts, in has relief, are the 
figures of St. Anthony, St. Paul, and St. Peter. The first 
bears a palm branch and shield, the second holds a club, 
and the third has his hands raised in the act of supplication. 
The other parts of this font are beautifully embellished with 
crosses, sprigs, tulips, roses, and a multiplicity of other 
flowers. In the church-yard, fronting the south porch, 
stands a round column, twenty feet in height, and displaying 
a vast profusion of rude sculpture work, arranged in separate 
compartments. The precise site of the monastery founded 
here by Wulfruna, is not perfectly ascertained. Towards 
the south-west corner of this cemetery may be still seen a 
very large room or vault, about 30 feet square, supported by 
strong massy groins, which meet in the centre of the roof. 
This work is entire and unmutilated, and seems to have been 
the basement story of an edifice of considerable magnitude. 
The wall is three yards thick, and on both sides of the door¬ 
way are some slight vestiges of sculptured cornice stones. 
The other church, dedicated to St. John, was erected by sub¬ 
scription, an act of parliament having been obtained for this 
purpose in the year 1755. A deficiency of funds, however, 
prevented it from being completed till the year 1776. It is 
built of stone, and is pewed and painted according to the 
taste of modern times. These are the only churches belong¬ 
ing to the establishment in this populous town, and there are 
not more than three chapels besides. The dissenting chapels 
are numerous. The free school is a handsome brick build¬ 
ing, founded and endowed by sir Stephen Jennings, a native 
of this town, and lord mayor of London, in the year 1668. 
Besides this school, there are two charity ones forfifty boys and 
forty girls. An hospital for a priest and six old women was 
erected here, under the sanction of the royal licence, about 
the year 1394, by Clement Lusen and Wiliam Waterfall. 
The workhouse is an inconvenient structure, with small 
windows, low rooms, and dark staircases. The lighting, 
paving, and cleaning of the streets, is conducted under an 
act of parliament. Wolverhampton is a place of great an¬ 
tiquity; but nothing is recorded concerning its history till 
the year 996, when we are informed that the pious Wulfruna, 
relict of Aldhelm duke of Northampton, built and endowed 
a monastery 
