Eden, 4 miles SE. of Carlisle; P.O., T.o. The ruins of
a Benedictine nunnery, founded in 10»8, stand a little
to the S. The Eden is crossed here by a ry. viaduct,
90 ft. above the water, and by a bridge of 7 arches, 480
ft. long. Three caves in a precipice are called the
Wetheral Safeguards.

Wctherby, market town and township with ry. sta.,
Spofforth par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river
AYharfe, 6 miles SE. of Harrogate and 12 miles NE. of
Leeds, 1601 ac., pop. 1886; P.O., T.o., 2Banks, 2 news-
papers. Market-day, Thursday. Wetherby is pic-
turesquely situated amid diversified scenery, and is an
ancient place, called by the Saxons Wedderbi. It has
a town hall, a reading-room, and agricultural and hor-
ticultural institutes. A 6-arched bridge crosses the
Wharfe. Brewing and agricultural implement making
are the chief industries; there is trade in horses and
cattle.

Wetlierden, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 1830 ac.,
pop. 489; vil., 4 miles NW. of Stowmarket; in vicinity
is Wetkerden Hall, seat.

Wetlieringsett cum Brockford, par., Suffolk, 3783
ac., pop. 1034 ; contains Wetheringsctt, vil., 5 miles
SW. of Eye; P.O.

Wctherlaiu Mountain, N. Lancashire, 24 miles NW.
of Coniston, alt. 2502 ft.; is connected by a ridge with
the Old Man of Coniston.

Wetherley, hundred, in S. of Cambridgeshire, 19,149
ac., pop. 5832 ; contains 11 pars.

Wethersfield, par. and vil., Essex—par., 4226 ac.,
pop. 1453; vil., 6 miles NW. of Braintree; P.O., T.o. ;
in vicinity is Wethersfield Hall, seat.

Wetiey Hocks, eccl. dist., Oheddleton par., Stafford-
shire, 5 miles NAY. of Cheadle, pop. 936; P.O.; con-
tains Wetiey Abbey, seat. AVetley Rocks form a hilly
ridge, § mile in length, and attain an alt. of 150 ft.

Wetmoor. See Stretton cum Wetmoor.

Wettenhall, township and vil., Over par., Cheshire
—township, 1976 ac., pop. 214; vil., 5 miles E. of Tar-
porley ; P.O.

Wetton, par. and vil., Staffordshire—par., 2627 ac.,
pop. 327; vil., on river Manyfold, 8 miles NAY. of Ash-
borne ; P.O.

Wetwang, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
East-Riding Yorkshire—par., 5361 ac., pop. 807 ; town-
ship, 3437 ac., pop. 623; vil., 64 miles W. of
Driffield; P.O.

Wetwood, hamlet, Staffordshire, in W. of co., 4
miles NW. of Eccleshall; P.O.

Wexford.—a maritime co. of Leinster province, Ire-
land ; is bounded N. by co. Wicklow, E. by St George’s
Channel, S. by the Atlantic Ocean, and W. hy cos.
Waterford, Kilkenny, and Carlow; greatest length,
from Hook Head NE. to Croghan Mountain, 54 miles;
greatest breadth, E. andAV., 30 miles; average breadth,
20 miles; coast line, about 90 miles; area, 576,588 ac.
(3668 water), or 2’7 per cent, of the total area of Ire-
land; pop. 123,854, of whom 91T per cent, are Roman
Catholics, 8’2 Episcopalians, 0’2 Presbyterians, and 0.3
Methodists. The coast is low and dangerous from
sandbanks; the principal openings are Wexford Har-
bour, Ballyteige Bay, Bannow Bay, and Waterford
Harbour; the chief promontories are Cahore Point,
Greenore Point, Carnsore Point, and Hook Head; the
Saltee Islands lie off the S. coast. The surface for the
most part is level; Mount Leinster, Blackstairs, and
other summits, rise along the border with co. Car-
low ; Mount Croghan is on the AVicklow border. The
country generally has a verdant and luxuriant appear-
ance ; the soil is in some parts light and sandy, and in
others of a stiff clay. (For agricultural statistics, see
Appendix.) Clay-slate prevails almost everywhere,
and limestone is much less abundant than in most
parts of Ireland; marble is quarried near the banks of
the Barrow. The principal rivers are the Slaney and
the Barrow, both of which are navigable for a consider-
able distance. The fisheries are extensive, the chief
districts being Gorey (Courtown) and Wexford. The
co. comprises 10 bars.—Ballaghkeen (North and South),
Bantry, Bargy, Forth, Gorey, Scarawalsh, Shelburne,
and Shelmaliere (East and AYest); 139 pars, and 6 parts
of pars.; and the towns of Wexford, New Ross (part
of), Enniscorthy, and Gorey. For parl. purposes the

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