Roman Wall, Northumberland and Cumberland; |
was bnilt in the 2d century, and extended 73% miles ■
from AVallsend on the Tyne, near Newcastle, to Bow-
ness on the Solway Firth; was a great military work,
consisting of stone wall with ditch on its N. side, turf
wall or vallum to the S. of the stone wall, and stations,
castles, watch-towers, and roads between the two walls.

Roinauky, township, Northallerton par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 1 mile SW. of Northallerton, 2060
ac., pop. 414.

Romano Bridge, hamlet, Newiands par., Peebles-
shire, on Lyne Water, 3% miles SE. of West Linton;
Romano House, seat, is in vicinity.

Romanslelgli (popularly Rumsleigli), par. and vil.,
Devon, 4 miles SE. of South Molton, 2491 ac., pop. 149.

Romantic Rocks, Matlock, Derbyshire.

Roniknld’s Moor, Yorkshire. See Rumbles Moor.

Rome, hamlet, Giggleswick par., N. div. AVest-
Riding Yorkshire, near Settle.

Romfields, hamlet, St Peter Thanet par., Kent, near
Margate.

Romford, market town and par., Essex, 6 miles SAV.
of Brentwood and 12 miles NE. of London by rail—
par., 7224 ac., pop. 9050; town, 1159 ac., pop. 7176;
P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Wednes-
day. Romford is the capital of the liberty of Havering -
atte-Bower, and a local government district. It has
large corn and cattle markets, gardening and brewing,
and is noted for its ale.

Romford (or Southern) Division, pari. div. of
Essex, pop. 52,690.

Romiley (or Chadkirk), township and vil. with ry.
sta., Stockport par., Cheshire, 4 miles E. of Stockport,
1189 ac., pop. 1819; P.O.

Romney, New, town, par., liberty, and cinque port
(ry. sta. New Romney and Littlestone), Kent, 3 miles
.NE. of Lydd by rail and 8 miles SAV. of Hythe—
liberty and cinque port (including the corporate mem-
ber Lydd), 15,342 ac., pop. 3480 ; par., 2564 ac. and 348
foreshore, pop. 1026 ; P.O., T.o. ; has little trade, but
is celebrated for its great sheep fair on 21st of August;
lost its harbour during a storm which changed the bed
of the river Rother in the time of Edward I., and is now
at some distance from the sea. Most of the important
documents and charters relating to the Cinque Ports
are kept in the Guildhall at New Romney, which is a
borough by prescription, and returned 2 members to
Parliament until 1832; it gives the title of Earl of
Romney to the family of Marsham.

Romney, Old, par., Kent, 2 miles W. of New
Romney, 2546 ac., pop. 150; is partly within the
cinque port of New Romney.

Romney Marsh, liberty, Kent, 24,351 ac., pop.
2550; is the largest of the four subdivisions (Romney
Marsh, AValling Marsh, Dunge Marsh, and Guildford
Level) of the Marsh district, which extends from
Hythe to Rye, 14 miles long by 4 to 8 miles broad ; has
charters granted by Edward IV., Henry VII., Henry
VIII., and Elizabeth; is governed by a bailiff, jurats,
and commonalty, in conjunction with the lords of 23
adjoining manors; and consists of low, flat, reclaimed
land, the feeding ground of great flocks of sheep. New
Romney is the chief town of the liberty, although not
within it.

Romsey, mun. bor., market town, and par. with
ry. sta., Hants, on river Test, or Anton, 8% miles NAV.
of Southampton—par., 10,216 ac., pop. 5579 ; mun.
bor., 490 ac., pop. 4204; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 news-
papers. Market-day, Thursday. The par. comprises
the 2 townships of Romsey Extra and Romsey Infra—
Romsey Extra, 9861 ac., pop. 3549; Romsey Infra,
355 ac., pop. 2030. Romsey grew to importance under
the shadow of its abbey, which is supposed to have
been founded about 910 by Edward the Elder, for a
convent of nuns. The church, which is said to present
the outline and general aspect of a Norman conventual
church more completely than any building of equal
size in England, is now the parish church. Romsey
was chartered by James I., and was for some time a
seat of considerable manufacture, but its trade is now
almost entirely local and agricultural, the chief in-
dustry being confined to a few tanyards, breweries, and
corn and paper mills. Sir AVilliam Petty (1623-1687),
one of the founders of the Royal Society, and the
ancestor of the Lansdowne family, was the son of a
Romsey clothier.