—2. Westliay, hamlet, Meare par., Somerset, 4 miles
NW. of Glastonbury.

Weslliead, hamlet, 2 miles SE. of Ormskirk, SW.
Lancashire; P.O.

Westlilde, township, Stoke Edith par., in co. and 7
miles E. of Hereford, pop. 166.

Westholme.—vil., East Stoke par., Dorset, 2 miles
SW. of Wareham.—2. Westholme, hamlet, Pilton
par., Somerset, 3 miles SW. of Shepton Mallet.

Westhope, hamlet, Diddlebury par., Shropshire, 7
miles NW. of Ludlow.

Westhorpe.—hamlet, Gosberton par., Lincolnshire,
5% miles NW. of Spalding.—2. Westhorpe, 1 mile
from Southwell, Notts; P.O.—3. Westhorpe, par.,
Suffolk, 7 miles N. of Stowmarket, 1322 ac., pop. 213.

Westhonghton, town and township with ry sta.,
Deane par., SE. Lancashire, 5 miles W. of Wigan by
rail, 4341 ac., pop. 9179; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Silk fac-
tories, cotton mills, and a nail manufactory give em-
ployment to many of the inhabitants. Large collieries
are in the neighbourhood. Westhoughton is a local
government dist.

Westhouses and Blackwell, ry. sta., Derbyshire,
2% miles NE. of Alfreton.

Westing, school, Unst par., Shetland.

Westleigh.—township and ry. sta., Leigh par., SW.
Lancashire, in town of Leigh, 1883 ac., pop. 7848; P.O.
See Leigh.—2. Westleigh, hamlet, near Wellington,
Somerset; P.O.—3, Westleigh, seat, Wilts, near War-
minster.

Westleton, par. and vil., Suffolk—par.,6103 ac., pop.
835; vil., 5 miles NE. of Saxmundham; P.O.

Westley, par., Suffolk, 2 miles W. of Bury St Ed-
munds, 1216 ac., pop. 160.

Westley Waterless, par., Cambridgeshire, in SE.
of co., 5 miles SW. of Newmarket, 1102 ac., pop.
179; P.O.

Westmancote, hamlet, Bredon par., Worcestershire,
4% miles NE. iof Tewkesbury.

Westmeath, an inland co. of Leinster province, Ire-
land; is bounded E. by co. Meath, S. by King’s co.,
W. by cos. Longford and Roscommon, being separated
from the latter by Lough Ree and the river Shannon,
and N. by cos. Cavan (a small part of) and Meath;
greatest length, NE. and SW., 45 miles; greatest
breadth, NW. and SE., 26 miles; average breadth, 19
miles; area, 453,453 ac. (21,865 water), or 2’2 per cent,
of the total area of Ireland; pop. 71,798, of whom 92'2
per cent, are Roman Catholics, 6’9 Episcopalians, 0’4
Presbyterians, and 0’3 Methodists. The surface, with
the exception of some bog in the S., is finely diversified
with low hills, gentle undulations, and picturesque
lakes. The land, both pasture and arable, is exceed-
ingly fertile. (For agricultural statistics, see Appen-
dix.) The largest lakes are Loughs Ree, Dereveragh,
Ennell, Owel, Lene, and Iron. The principal rivers
are the Shannon, the Brosna, and the Inny. The co.
is traversed by the Royal Canal and the Midland Great
Western Railway. Westmeath comprises 12 bars.—
Brawny, Clonlonan, Corkaree, Delvin, Farbill, Far-
tullagh, Fore, Kilkenny (West), Moyashel and Mag-
heradernon, Moycashel, Moygoish, and Rathconrath;
57 pars, and 6 parts of pars.; and the towns of Athlone
(part of) and Mullingar. For parliamentary purposes
the county is divided into 2 divisions—viz., North
Westmeath and South Westmeath, each returning 1
member.

Westmeston, par. and township, Sussex, 6 miles
NE. of Brighton—par., 4107 ac., pop. 738; township,
2436 ac., pop. 326.

Westmill, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Herts, in N. of
co.—par., 2207 ac., pop. 361; vil., 1% mile SE. of Bunt-
ingford ; P.O., called West Hill.

Westminster.—pari. bor. and city, Middlesex, on
N. bank of river Thames, in W. of London, 2546 ac.,
pop. 229,238. The pari, limits include the pars, of St
James Westminster, St Margaret and St John the
Evangelist Westminster, St George Hanover Square.
St Anne Soho, St Martin in the Fields, &c. Westmin-
ster is the seat of government and the residence of
royalty, and contains, besides Westminster Abbey, the
Houses of Parliament, St James’s Palace, Buckingham
Palace, &c. It was formerly separated from the city of