Widcombe, Nortk, township, Chewton Mendip par.,
Somerset, 8 miles NE. of Wells, 705 ac., pop. 64.

Widcombe, South, hamlet, Hinton Blewett par.,
Somerset, near North Widcombe.

Widdale, hamlet, Hawes township, Aysgarth par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Hawes.

Wlddecombe in the Moor, par. and vil., Devon—
par., 10,614 ac., pop. 814; vil., 8 miles SW. of More-
ton Hampstead; P.O., called Widecoinhe.

Widdendown, hamlet, South Tawton par., Devon,
4 miles SE. of Okehampton.

Widdial, Herts. See Wyddial.

Widdicombe House, seat, Devon, on Start Bay, 5
miles SE. of Kingsbridge.

Widdington.—par. and vil., Essex—par., 2054 ac.,
pop. 377; vil., 5 miles S. of Saffron Walden; P.O.—

2. Widdington, township, Little Ouseburn par., E.
div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles NW. of York,
701 ac. (18 water), pop. 25.

Widdrington, township and vil. with ry. sta.,
AYoodburn par., Northumberland — township, 4702
ac. land and 245 foreshore, pop. 1038; vil., 6% miles
NE. of Morpeth; P.O., T.O.; Widdrington Castle
is a modern edifice, and includes a small part of the
ancient castle which was destroyed by fire in 1780.

Widecombc, Devon; P.O. See AViddecombe.

Wideford Hill, in mainland of Orkney, 2 miles W.
of Kirkwall, alt. 726 ft.

Widemouth Bay, S. part of Bude Bay, on NW.
coast of Cornwall.

Wideopen, vil., Walker township, Longbenton par.,
Northumberland, 3 miles NE. of Newcastle on Tyne.

Widewall, vil., on W. side of South Ronaidshay
island, Orkney.

Widey Court, seat, Devon, 2 miles N. of Plymouth.

Widford.—river, Essex; rises near Hutton, and
flows 12 miles NE. to the Chelmer at Chelmsford.—2.
Widford, par. and vil., Essex—par., 692 ac., pop. 300;
vil., on river Widford, 1% mile SAV. of Chelmsford;
P.O.—3, Widford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Herts,
in E. of co.—par., 1168 ac., pop. 511; vil., 4 miles E.
of AVare ; P.O.—4. Widford, par., Oxfordshire, in W.
of co., 1% mile E. of Burford, 552 ac., pop. 49.

Widkirk, hamlet, West Ardsley par., S. div. AVest-
Riding Yorkshire, 6 miles NAY. of AVakefield.

Widley, par., Hants, 5 miles NE. of Portsmouth,
llll ac., pop. 1069; contains parts of Purbrook, Pot-
well, and Cosham.

Widuierpool, par. and ry. sta., Notts, 8% miles SE.
of Nottingham, 2190 ac., pop. 148; in vicinity of sta.
is Widmcrpool Hall, seat.

Widnes, manufacturing town and township, Prescot
par., SW. Lancashire, on river Mersey, 13 miles SE. of
Liverpool, 3339 ac. (314 water), pop. 24,935; 1 Bank,
3 newspapers. Widnes rose from a population of
less than 2000 in 1851 to nearly 25,000 in 1881. It
has extensive chemical, alkali, soda, soap, candle,
grease, and manure works ; it has also iron foundries,
and copper-smelting and rolling mills. Docks were
constructed in 1866, and extended in 1884. Between
Widnes and Runcorn the Mersey is spanned by a
magnificent railway bridge.

Widnes Division, pari. div. of SW. Lancashire,
pop. 53,951.

Widrlngton. See Widdrington.

Widworthy, par., Devon, 3% miles E. of Honiton,
1437 ac.,pop. 131; contains Widworthy Court, seat.
Some remains of an ancient entrenchment are on a
hill in the par.

Wield, par., Hants, 7 miles AV. of Alton, 2104 ac.,
pop. 246.

WIerton Place, seat, Kent, 4 miles SE. of Maidstone.

Wiesdale, Shetland; P.O. See Weisdale.

Wigan, pari, and mun. bor., manufacturing town,
par., and township, SW. Lancashire, on river Douglas,
21% miles NE. of Liverpool—par., 29,033 ac., pop.
117,725; bor. and township, 2188 ac., pop. 48,194; 3
Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Monday and
Friday. Wigan is an ancient place, but has become of
consequence only since the rise of the cotton mfr. Its
position in the midst of a great and rich coalfield, and
its easy means of transit by railway and canal, have
given it peculiar facilities for mfrs., which consist

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