Wlntborpe.—par., Lincolnshire, 6 miles NE. of
Wainfleet, 2339ac., pop. 337.—2. Winthorpe, par. and
vil., Notts—par., 680 ac., pop. 256; vil., on eminence
near river Trent, 14 mile NE. of Newark; P.O.; is a
picturesque and ancient place, with relics of the Roman
occupation ; in vicinity is Winthorpe Hall, seat.

Wintney House, seat, Hartley Wintney par., Hants,
14 mile NAY. of AVinchfield sta.

Winton.—2 miles from Bournemouth, Hants; P.O.
—2. AVinton, township and hamlet, Kirkby Stephen
par., Westmorland, in E. of co.—township, 5470 ac.,
pop. 250; hamlet, 14mile NE. of Kirkby Stephen; P.O.
—3. AVinton, township, Sigston par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 4 miles NE. of Northallerton, 1366 ac.,
pop. 88.

AVinton, ry. sta., Pencaitland par., Haddington-
shire, 13 miles SE. of Edinburgh; Winton Castle,
seat, on Tyne AVater, is in vicinity.

AVintringbain.—par., township, and vil., East-Riding
Yorkshire—par., 8230 ac., pop. 570; township, 5340
ac., pop. 324; vil., 7 miles E. of Malton; in vicinity are
traces of ancient entrenchments.—2. AVintringbain,
Lincolnshire. See AVinteringham.

Wintringhain, Lower and Upper, 2 hamlets, 2
miles E. of St Neots, Huntingdonshire.

AVinwick.—par., in Huntingdonshire and North-
amptonshire, 64 miles SE. of Oundle, 1710 ac., pop.
298.—2. AVinwick, par., township, and vil., SA\^r.
Lancashire—par., 2293 ac., pop. 729; township (AVin-
wick with Hulme), 1440 ac., pop. 487 ; vil., 24 miles N.
of Warrington; P.O.; in vicinity isWinwiek Hall, seat.

Winwick near Daventry, par., Northamptonshire,
44 miles NE. of Crick sta. and 8 E. of Rugby, 2038 ac.,
pop. 181.

AVlre, island, Rousay and Egilshay par., Orkney,
pop. 80.

AVirkswortb.—market town, par., and township
with ry. sta., Derbyshire, 13^ miles NAV. of Derby
by rail—par., 14,154 ac., pop. 6950; town and town
ship, 3020 ac., pop. 3678; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-
day, Tuesday. Wirksworth is an ancient market
town, with a fine 13th century church ; and a moot
hall of 1814, where mining cases are tried. Some of
the inhabitants are employed in the cotton mfr., but
most of them in the lead mines; and in the immediate
vicinity are establishments for the production of ging-
hams, hosiery, hats, tape, and silk, and for iron smelt-
ing.—2. AVirkswortb, hundred, Derbyshire, 76,897
ac., pop. 26,403 ; contains 13 pars, and 6 parts.

AVirral, hundred and peninsula, Cheshire, between
rivers Mersey and Dee, 62,578 ac., pop. 49,494 ; the
peninsula is a flat low-lying stretch of land, 12 miles by
7, and is protected from encroachments of the sea by a
long embankment.

AVirral Division, parl. div. of Cheshire, pop. 49,494;
consists of the hundred of Wirral.

Wirwall, township, Whitchurch par., Cheshire, 2
miles N. of AVhitchurch, 973 ac., pop. 116.

Wisbecb.—(or Wisbeach), mun. bor., par. (AVisbech
St Peter), market town, and port, Isle of Ely, Cam-
bridgeshire, on river Nen, 22 miles NE. of Peter-
borough, 6432 ac., pop. 9249; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 3
newspapers. Market-days, Thursday and Saturday.
The river, which is crossed by an iron bridge, and is
joined to the Ouse by the AVisbech Canal, has been
greatly improved for navigation, and admits of vessels
of between 400 and 500 tons discharging their cargoes
near the town. The chief trade is in the export of
agricultural produce, and the import of timber, coal,
&c. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) The
ancient parish church has a double nave and a fine
detached tower. A monument has been erected to
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), the slavery abolitionist,
who was a native. Wisbech acquired a castle in 1071
from William the Conqueror. Between the years 1236
and 1614 Wisbech was four times inundated by the
sea. It was made a mun. bor. in the time of Edward

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