Whixoc (or Wixoe), par., Suffolk, 34 miles SAV. of
Clare, 600 ac., pop. 118.

Whorlton.—township and vil., Gainford par., Dur-
ham—township, 1972 ac., pop. 241; vil., 34 miles SE.
of Barnard Castle; P.O.; has a limestone quarry.—2.
Whorlton (or Whorlton In Cleveland), par., town-
ship, and vil., North-Biding Yorkshire—par., 9726 ac.,
pop. 1064; township, 6812 ac., pop. 681; vil., 2 miles
SE. of Potto sta. and 54 miles SAY. of Stokesley; has
some remains of an ancient castle.

Whorlton, East and West, township, Newburn
par., Northumberland, 5 miles NAY. of Newcastle on
Tyne, 591 ac., pop. 82.

Whorne’s Place, seat, Cuxton par., Kent, 3 miles
SAY. of Rochester.

Whorwelsdown, hundred, AYilts, in AY. of co.,
19,308 ac., pop. 4942; contains 5 pars, and a part.

Whyddon Park, seat, Dartmoor, Devon, 3 miles
N. of Chagford.

Whyteleaf, 1 mile NAY. of AYarlingham sta., Sur-
rey; P.O.

Wlay.—island, Bracadale par., Skye, Inverness-shire,
in Loch Bracadale, pop. 4.—2. Wlay, island, South
Uist par., Onter Hebrides, Inverness-shire, off the SE.
coast of Benbecula, pop. 5.

Wibsey, eccl. dist., Bradford par., N. div. AYest-
Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles SAY. of Bradford, pop. 4435;
P.O. ; has ironworks, foundries, and worsted mills.

Wibtoft, township, Claybrooke par., AYarwickshire,
6 miles NAY. of Lutterworth, 850 ac., pop. 81; P.O.

WIcea Cove, on SAA⁷. coast of Cornwall, 4 miles AY.
of St Ives.

Wich . See also AYitch .

Wiehaugh, township, in par. and | mile S. of Malpas,
Cheshire, 332 ac., pop. 15.

Wlchenford, par., in co. and 6 miles NAY. of AYor-
cester, 2669 ac., pop. 371.

Wickllng. See AYitchling.

Wlchnor, township, Tatenhill par., Staffordshire, on
river Trent, 54 miles NE. of Lichfield, pop. 173; con-
tains Wichnor Park, seat.

Wick.—hamlet, Fyfield par., Berks, 5 miles AY. of
Abingdon.—2. Wick, coast par. and vil., Glamorgan,
in SW. of co.—par., 1439 ac., pop. 363; vil., 54 miles
SW. of Cowbridge; P.O.—3. Wick, vil., Berkeley
par., Gloucestershire, 3 miles SAY. of Berkeley Road
sta.—4. Wick, eccl. dist. and vil., Wick and Abson
par., Gloucestershire—dist., pop. 648; vil., 4 miles NW.
of Marshfield; P.O.—5. Wick (or Week), hamlet,
South Brent par., Somerset, 74 miles AY. of Ax-
bridge.—6. Wick, hamlet, 1 mile N. of Littlehampton,
Sussex ; P.O.—7. Wick, Worcestershire; P.O. See
Wick near Pershore.—8. Wick. See also Week
and Wyke.

Wick, seaport, parl. and royal burgh, par., and co.
town of Caithness, on Wick Water and AYick Bay,
161J miles NE. of Inverness by rail and 110 NW. of
Aberdeen by sea—par., 47,264 ac., pop. 12,822; parl.
burgh, pop. 8026; royal burgh, pop. 2954; town, pop.
8053 ; P.O., T.O., 6 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day,
Friday. Wick consists of three portions—Wick proper
(the oldest part), Louisburgh, and Pultneytown, and is
the seat of a very important and extensive fishery
district. The harbour has been enlarged and greatly
improved, subsequent to 1883, at a cost of about
£100,000. There is regular steam communication with
Aberdeen, Granton, Kirkwall, and Lerwick. (For
shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Fishing, particularly
herring fishing, is the great industry. There are rope
and sail factories, a distillery, and a brewery. The
royal burgh, created in 1589, was extended in 1883.
The Wick Burghs (AYick, Kirkwall, Dornoch, Ding-
wall, Tain, and Cromarty) return 1 member to Parlia-
ment. The Castle of Old Wick, or “ The Auld Man
o’ Wick,” is situated on a headland 1J mile SW. of
the town.

Wick, Lower (or Wick Episcopi), vil., Bedwardine
St John par., Worcestershire, on river Teme, 2 miles
SAY. of AVorcester; P.O.

Wick Cross, 2 miles from Dane Hill, Sussex; P.O.

Wick Kissiugton. See Rissington Wick.

Wick St Lawrence, par., Somerset, 4 miles NE. of
Weston super Mare, 1900 ac. (370 water), pop. 224.