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Severn, crosses the north-west corner of Radnorshire, giving 
name to the town of Ryadergowy, or the Fall of the Wye, 
where it is precipitated in a cataract. Then flowing between 
this county and Brecknockshire, it crosses Herefordshire, and 
dividing the counties of Gloucester and Monmouth, falls 
into the Severn below Chepstow. This river is navigable 
almost to the Hay; and it communicates by a canal with the 
Severn, from Hereford to Gloucester. 
WYE, a river of England, in Derbyshire, which falls into 
the Derwent, below Bake well. 
WYE MILLS, a post village of the United States, in 
Talbot county, Maryland. 
WYERSDALE, Nether, a hamlet of England, in Lan¬ 
cashire, near Garstang. 
WYERSDALE, Over, a township in the above county ; 
6 miles north-north-east of Garstang. 
WYERSTONE, or Wyverstone, a parish of England, 
in Suffolk. 
WYFIELD, or Wifehold, a hamlet of England, in 
Berkshire. 
WYFORDBY, or Wyverby, a parish of England, in 
Leicestershire. 
WYH AM, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 6J- miles 
north-north-west of Louth. 
WYHRA, Lower, a village of Saxony, in the principa¬ 
lity of Altenburg. 
WYK BY DUURSTEDE, a decayed town of the Ne¬ 
therlands, in the province of Utrecht; 21 miles west of Arn- 
heim. Population 2000. 
WYK AM ZEE, a village of North Holland ; 9 miles 
north of Haarlem. Population 800. 
WYKE, a village of the Netherlands; 10 miles north of 
Deventer. Population 900. 
WYKE, two hamlets of England, in Dorsetshire and 
Gloucestershire. 
WYKE REGIS, a village and parish of England, in Dor¬ 
setshire, near Weymouth. Its church is an extensive build¬ 
ing, serving for a land-mark. 
WYKEHAM, or Wycombe, a township of England, in 
Leicestershire. 
WYKEHAM, a parish of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 6| miles south-west of Scarborough. Population 
511. 
WYKEHAM, East, a parish of England, in Lincoln¬ 
shire; 7 miles north-west of Louth. 
WYKEN, a parish of England, in Warwickshire; 3 miles 
north-east of Coventry. 
WYKENS, or Wyke-Dyve, a parish of England, in 
Northamptonshire. 
WYKIN, a hamlet of England, in Leicestershire; If mile 
west-north-west of Hinckley. 
WYLAM, a township of England, in Northumberland ; 
9 miles west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Population 795. 
WYLLIESBURG, a post township of the United States, 
in Charlotte county, Virginia. 
WYMERING, a parish of England, in Southampton- 
shire Population 740. 
WYMINGTON, or Wimmington, a parish of England, 
in Bedfordshire; 12f miles north-west of Bedford. 
WYMOA BAY, a bay on the south coast of Atooi, one 
of the Sandwich islands. Lat. 21. 57. N. long. 200. 20. E. 
WYMONDHAM, or Windham, a market town of Eng¬ 
land, in the county of Norfolk, pleasantly situated on the 
great road to London. This place has been supposed to be 
of Roman origin ; but the name is purely Saxon; and the 
importance of the town arose from the erection of a monas¬ 
tery here, in the time of Henry I„ A. D. 1130, by William 
de Albini, who endowed it amply with lands. The abbey 
church was a large, handsome, cruciform building, erected 
soon after the year 1130, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary 
and Thomas a Becket. The structure consisted of a choir, 
nave, transept, north and south aisles, with a tower standing 
in the centre, still called the abbey steeple, and another at 
the west end. When the monastery was destroyed, the 
south aisle, over which were lodgings for supernumerary 
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monks, was demolished. The present church consists of a 
nave with aisles, a large western tower, and another at the 
intersection of the nave with the transepts. The ancient parts 
of the building display semicircular arches, with short co¬ 
lumns, large piers, &c. which appear to be parts of the ori¬ 
ginal structure. At the east end, and on the south side of the 
church, are some fragments of walls. The north aisle, porch, 
and towers, are of a much later style than the nave and south 
aisle. Altogether the church is an interesting and curious 
pile; presenting to the architectural antiquary and draughts¬ 
man much to admire and delineate. Here is a large font, 
ornamented with bold sculpture, and elevated on steps. The 
town contains several liberties, which are called the insoken 
divisions; and the parish, which is very extensive, compre¬ 
hends several hamlets, denominated the outsoken division. 
Wymondham is principally inhabited by manufacturers, 
who are employed in various branches of weaving; in mak¬ 
ing spindles, tops, and other articles of wooden ware. This 
place gave name to the distinguished family of Wyndham, 
or Windham. Wymondham was the birth-place of Wil¬ 
liam ICett, who headed a rebellion during the reign of Ed¬ 
ward VI.; but was finally defeated by the earl of Warwick, 
and hanged on the church steeple here, in 1549. Market on 
Friday, with three annual fairs; 9 miles south-west of Nor¬ 
wich, and 100 north-east-by-north of London. Population 
4023. 
WYMONDHAM, a parish of England, in Leicestershire. 
WYMONDLEY, Great and Little, two parishes of 
England, in Hertfordshire, near Hitchin. 
WYNAAD, a district of Hindostan, province of Malabar, 
situated between the 11th and 12th degrees of northern lati¬ 
tude, and comprehending an area of 3250 square miles; but 
is mountainous, and overrun with wood. It is governed by 
a Nair chieftain, now tributary to the British. Its capital is 
Penamburt Cotta, called also Wynaad, which is situated in 
lat. 11. 47. N. long. 76. 10. E. 
WYNANT’S KILL, a river of the United States, in New 
York, which joins the Hudson, in Troy; 2 miles south of 
Poesten's Kill. 
WYNFELDEN, or Weinfelden, a small town of the 
Swiss canton of Thurgau, on the Thur; 7 miles south-south¬ 
west of Constance. 
WYNSTER, a river of England, in Lancashire, which 
falls into the Kenn. 
WYOMING, a general name formerly given to a tract 
Of country in Pennsylvania, situated on the Susquehanna, 
with a fort, 2 miles above Wilkisbarre. In the year 1778 
this fort was attacked by a party of British and Indians. The 
arrison were soon overpowered, and fell a prey to Indian 
arbarity; after a bloody military execution of a great part, 
the rest were shut up in the barracks, to which they set fire, 
and consumed the whole. 
WYRA GHUR, a town of Hindostan, province of Gund- 
waneh, tributary to the rajah of Nagpore. Lat. 20. 31. N. 
long. 80. 56. E. 
WYRARDISBURY, or Wraysbury, a parish of Eng¬ 
land, in Buckinghamshire. Population 560. 
WYRE, Piddle, a hamlet of England, in Worcestershire, 
near Pershore. 
WYRLEY, Great and Little, two hamlets of England, 
in Staffordshire, the former 5 miles north-west of Walsall, 
the latter 6 west-south-west of Lichfield. 
WYSALL, or Wishou, a parish of England, in Notting¬ 
hamshire; 8 miles south-by-east of Nottingham. 
WYSAUKEN CREEK, a river of the United States, in 
Pennsylvania, which runs into the east branch of the Sus¬ 
quehanna ; 6 or 8 miles above Asylum. 
WYSLYTEN, a town of Poland; 20 miles east-south-east 
of Gumbinnen. Population 1600. 
WYSOKIE, a small town of European Russia, in Vol- 
hynia; 15 miles west of Kaminiec. 
WYSOKIE-MAC1ECKI, a town of Poland ; 83 miles 
east-north-east of Warsaw. Population 900. 
WYSOX, a post township of the United States, in Lu¬ 
zerne county, Pennsylvania. Population 619. 
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