The general gazetteer, or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, ... and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; ... Embellished with nine maps / by R. Brookes.

  • Richard Brookes
Date:
1773
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Credit: The general gazetteer, or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, ... and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; ... Embellished with nine maps / by R. Brookes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WAL WAL town of the Netherlands, in the county of Namur, and on the confines’ of Hainault, W aces, a principality in the W.of Eng- land, comprehending 12 counties, namely, Carnarvonfhire, Denbighfhire, but were obliged to retreat with great lofs, rythire, in N. Wales; Brecknockfhire, Car- Charleroy, and 27S. W. of Namur. Lon, Ge thee Beal. Gt 1S, We circle of Weftphalia, ard capital of a county of the fame name, with a ftrong caftle; feated on the river Steinbach, 27 miles S, W. of Caffel, and 32 N. E. of eee Lon. 29. 9. E. lat. 51. 12. N. * WaLDECKX, a county of Germany, in the circle of Weftphalia ; bounded on the E. and S. by the landgravate of Heffe- Caffel ; on the W. by the duchy of Weftphalia; and on the N. by the bifhoprick of Pader- born ; being about 30 Miles in length, and 20 - breadth. It is a mountainous coun- try, covered with woods; and there are mines of iron, copper, quick-filver, and alum. The principal town is of the fame name, and fubjeé to its own prince, WALDEN, commonly called Sarrron- 'WaLpEn, a town in Effex, wtth a market on Saturdays, and two fairs, on Midient. Saturday, for horfes, and on November 1, for cows. It is well inhabited, and feated on an afcent, among plieafant fields of faf- fron, which is bere cultivated. It was for- merly noted for its caftie and abbey ; and nor far from it was the ftately houfe called Audiey-end, accounted as magnificent as any ia the kingdom, in the reign of king Charlies 1]. It is governed by a mayor, 12 aldermen, and.a recorder. It has a fine large old church of the Gothic order, with a prefbyterian, a baptift, and a quaker’s mecting-houfe. Itisa large ftrageling place. with the ftreets not paved. A great deal of malt is made here. It is 27 miles N. W, by N. of Chelmsford, and 42 N. by E. of ' Bondonz “Lon. 1. rg. E. lat. 52. 5. N. Wacpensis. See Vaupois. * WaLvERSHARE, a villagein Kent, 5 miles S. of Sandwich, with one tair, on Whit-Tuefday, for pedlars ware. ~ Waxrpxiex, a {mall town of Germany,’ in Auftrian Brifgaw, and in an ifland formed by the river Eltz, 5 miles from Friburg. Lon. 8 3.E. lat. 48. 9. N. Watpscuut, a ftrong town of Germa- ny, in the circle of Suabia, and one of the four foeft-towns, fubjeét to the houfe of Auftria. It is feated at the place where the river Schule falls into the Rhine, at the en- trance of the Black Foreft, 17 miles W. of hire, Pembrokefhire, and Radnorfhire, in S. Wales. This country is, for the moft part, mountainous, but its produce fuf- ficient for the maintainance of the inhabi- tants. Its the country where the ancient Britons fled, when this ifland was invaded by the vi€torious Saxons, are now called Welch, and continue to preferve their own language. The Weftern part is bounded by St, George’s channel, and the Irifh Sea; the fouthern by ‘the Briftel channel; the northern by the Irith Sea; and the eaftern by the counties of Chefter, Salop, Hereford, and Monmouth. It contains 751 parifhes, 58 market towns, and above 300,000 peo- ple. The air is clear and (harp, but the cat-_ tle fmall, and provifions in general good and cheap, Wales is particularly remark- able for goats, which naturally delight in billy countries; for fewel they ufe wood, coals, and turfs. They have feveral creeks and harbours for fhips, but the moft re- markable is, Milford-Haven, where 1,000 vefiels may fafely ride at time.. It is wa- tered. with many rivers, of which the prin- cipal are the Dee, Wye, Utk, Conway, Cluyd, and Twy. The principal towns muft be fought for uncer the names of the counties. . WALES, New, acountry of N. aiieeiies on the S. W. coaft of Hudfon’s bay, now in poffeffion of the Hudfon’s bay company. W aALKENREID, a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper Saxony, and territory of Thuringia, It is feated on the river Sorge, in the county of Hoenftein, and on the cone fines of the principality of Calenberg, 20 miles 8. W. of Halberftadt. Lon, 10, 45. Z. datéo§tx 39.’ Ms * WaLLeBuRD, atown Tbh Swifferland, in the canton of Bafle or Bafil, with a ca- ftle, built on a high rock; feated at tle foot of Mount Jura, an important paflage. it is 15 miles S. of Bafil, and 15 N. E. of, Soleure, Lon. 7, 37. E. Jat. 47.28. N. WALLINGFORD, a town in Berkfhire, with two markets, on Thurfdays*and Fri- days, and four fairs, on Tuefday before Eafter, for pleafure, June 24, for horfes, Sep- » tember 29, for hiring fervants, and Decem- ber 17, for fathogs. Itis feated on the river Thames, over which there is a handfome ftome bridge, and is a place of great an‘i- . a mile