Weaverthorpe, par., township, and vil. with ry.
sta., East-Riding Yorkshire—par., 5600 ac., pop. 1056;
township, 2977 ac., pop. 643; vil., 6% miles SW. of
Seamer Junction and 10 miles NW. of Driffield ; P.O.

Webbery House, seat, Devon, 3 m. N. of Bideford.

Webden, hamlet, Tidenham par., Gloucestershire,
2 miles NE. of Chepstow.

Webheath, township, Tardebigg par., Worcester-
shire, on SW. side and partly in town of Redditch,
pop. 1042.

Webley Castle, ancient castellated mansion, Gla-
morgan, in W. of co., 6 miles SW. of Loughor.

Webtree, hundred, Herefordshire, in SAA⁷. of co.,
58,745 ac., pop. 8764; contains 28 pars.

Wecedport. See Watchet.

Wedale, ancient district, now in Stow par., Edin-
burghshire.

Wedderburn Castle, seat, in par. and 2 miles SE.
of Duns, Berwickshire.

Weddlcar (or Weddiker), township, St Bees par.,
Cumberland, 2%m. E. of Whitehaven, 1150 ac., pop. 69.

Weddington, par., Warwickshire, 911 ac., pop. 81;
Weddington Castle, seat, is 1 mile N. of Nuneaton.

Wedge Rock, on coast of Isle of Wight, near The
Needles.

Wedgwood, section of Wolstanton par., Stafford-
shire ; was formerly a township.

Wedmore, par. and vil., Somerset, 4% miles S. of
Axbridge, 9986 ac.,- pop. 3060; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks;
King Alfred had a summer palace here ; the Peace of
AYedmore, between King Alfred and Guthrum of East
Anglia, was concluded in 878.

Wednesbury, pari, bor., market town, and par.,
Staffordshire, in SE. of co., 8 miles NW. of Birming-
ham by rail—pari. bor. (comprising the parishes of
Darlaston, Tipton, and AYednesbury), 5621 ac., pop.
68,142 ; town and par., 2124 ac., pop. 24,566 ; 3 Banks,
2 newspapers. Market-days, Friday and Saturday.
Wednesbury had a castle of 10th century, but the pre-
sent town is almost wholly modern. It is situated
in the South Staffordshire coalfield, and is one of the
great iron towns of the Black Country, with mfrs. of
railway carriages, steam and water pipes, gun locks,
coach springs, hinges, screws, nails, and every kind of
wrought-iron work. The ancient church of St Bar-
tholomew crowns the former castle hill at the northern
extremity of the town. A free library and public
baths were opened in 1878. Wednesbury was made a
parliamentary borough in 1867 ; it returns 1 member;
its parliamentary limits were reduced in 1885 by the
formation of the new parliamentary borough of AYest
Bromwich.

Wednesfleld, town and township with ry. sta.,
Wolverhampton par., Staffordshire—township (within
the pari, limits of Wolverhampton), 3736 ac., pop.
10,801; town, 2 miles NE. of Wolverhampton, 2800
ac., pop. 4556 ; P.O., T.o.; has extensive mfrs. of locks
and keys ; the township contains the two eccl. dists. of
Wednesfleld and AYednesfield Heath (local government
dist., called also Heath Town), pop. 4556 and 6245.

AVeedon, township and vil., Hardwick par., Bucks—
township, 1788 ac., pop. 433 ; vil., 3 miles N. of Ayles-
bury ; P.O.

Weedon Beck, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Weedon),
Northamptonshire, on Watling Street, 4 miles SE. of
Daventry, 1710 ac., pop. 1957; P.O., T.o., called
Weedon; has extensive military barracks and a small-
arms department.

Weedon Loys, par. and vil., Northamptonshire—
par., 1050 ae., pop. 451; vil., 7 miles AV. of Tow-
cester ; P.O., called Lois Weedon.

Weeford, par. and township, Staffordshire, on Wat-
ling Street, 3% miles SE. of Lichfield—par., 4556 ac.,
pop. 405; township, pop. 244.

Week.—hamlet, Binsted near Alton par., Hants, 2
miles NE. of- Alton.—2. Week, hamlet, Glastonbury
par., Somerset, near Glastonbury.—3. Week, hamlet,
South Brent par., Somerset, 7% miles SW. of Axbridge.
—4. Week, hamlet, Stogursey par., Somerset, 6% miles
NAA⁷. of Bridgwater.—5. Week. See also AVick and
Wyke.

Week Down (or Appledurcombe), Isle of Wight,
lb mile S. of Godshill

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