a county of the same name, with a castle. It is
seated in a valley between two mountains, in
which are mines of copper and iron, 12 m. N. E.
of Nordhausen and 55 W. N. W. of Leipzig.
Long. 11. 5. E., lat. 51. 36. N.

Stolberg, a town of Saxony, where great quan-
tities of cloth are made, 9 m. S. W. of Chemnitz.

Stolhofen, a town of Germany, in the grand
duchy of Baden, 8 m. S. W. of Baden.

Stolpe, a town of Prussian Pomerania, with a
castle, three churches, and a Lutheran nunnery.
The inhabitants, estimated at 5,000, carry on a
considerable trade in linen and wood, and here
is also a fine salmon fishery. It is seated on the
Stolpa, 10 m. from its mouth, in the Baltic, and
56 E. N. E. of Colberg. Long. 16. 48. E., lat. 54.

27. N.

Stolpemunde, a town of Pomerania, on the Bal-
tic Sea, with a harbour, at the mouth of the Stol-
pa, 10 m. N. W. of Stolpe.

Stolpen, a town of Saxony, with a castle on a
mountain, 15 m. E. of Dresden.

Stolzenau, a town of Hanover, in the county of
Hoya; seated on the Weser, 14 m. S. S. W. of
Nienburg.

Stolzenburg, a town of W. Prussia, formerly a
suburb of the city of Dantzic, but with the adja-
cent suburbs of Old Scotland, St. Albert, and
Schidlitz, was formed into a separate town, having
its own magistrates and municipal rights in 1772.

Stone, a town in Staffordshire, Eng. a consider-
able manufacture of shoes; 140 N. W. of London.

Stone Arabia, p.v. Montgomery Co. N. Y. 50
m. N. W. Albany.

Stone Creek, a township of Somerset Co. Pa.

Sloneham, ph. Middlesex Co. Mass. 10 m. N.
Boston. Pop. 732.

Stonehaven, or Stonehive, a sea-port of Scotland,
and the country town of Kincardineshire. The
harbour is secured by a high rock and stone pier.
Near it are the ruins of the castle of Donnotyre,
on a lofty perpendicular rock, almost surrounded
oy the sea. The town has a manufacture of brown
linen, and some trade in dried fish and oil. 20
m. N. N. E. of Montrose. Long. 2. 6. W., lat.

56. 55. N.

Stonehenge, a remarkable monument of antiquity
in Wiltshire, on Salisbury Plain, consisting of
several very large stones, some placed upright
and others horizontally across them. Most anti-
quaries suppose this work to have been a temple
of the Druids, because it is in a circular form, and
seems to have been much more regular than it
appears to be at present. It has puzzled many
diligent enquirers to account for the bringing and
placing of those enormous stones; for it is thought
no method now known is sufficient to have raised
those that lie across to that height. 6 m. N. of
Salisbury.

Stonehouse, a town in Devonshire, Eng. It
contains a national school, very extensive bar-
racks, a royal naval hospital, &c.; and is situate
about half way between Plymouth and Devon-
port.

Stondeigh, a town in Warwickshire, Eng. 5
m. S. W. of Coventry.

Stonesborough, a village of Greene Co. Ken.

Stonesville, p.v. Greenville Dis. S. C.

Stoney Point, p.v. Albemarfe Co. Va. Iredell
Co. N. C. Abbeville Dis. S. C.

Stonington, ph New London Co. Conn. on
Long Island Sound 15 m. E. N. London. It has
manufactures of cotton and woolen and is enga-
ged in the whale fishery. This town was bom-
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barded by the British squadron in 1814 but with
out effect. Pop. 3,401.

Stony Point,a fortress of New York,taken oy the
British in 1779, but recovered soon after by the
Americans, and the British garrison made prison
ers of war. It is seated on the Hudson, opposite
Verplank’s Point.

Storkau, a town of Prussia, in the Ucker Mark
of Brandenburg, 27 m. S. E. of Berlin.

Stonnaway, a sea-port of Scotland, on the E
side of the isle of Lewis, at the head of Loch
Stornaway, which is a good harbour for ships of
any burden. It is a port of the custom-house,
and has a post-office and a regular packet weekly.
Long. 6. 38. W., lat. 58. 18. N.

Stoneville, p.v. Dutchess Co. N. Y.

Stortford, or Bishop’s Stortford, a town in Hert-
fordshire,Eng. with a market on Thursday On the
E. side are the ruins of a castle, on an artificial
mount. It is seated on the side of a hill, on the
river Stort, which is navigable hence to the Lea,

10 m. E. N. E. of Hertford and 30 N: N. E. of
London.

Stossen, a town of Saxony, 6 m. S. of Weis-
senfels.

Stoughton, ph. Norfolk Co. Mass. 17 m. S. Bos-
ton with manufactures of cotton and woolen.
Pop. 1,591.

Stour, a river which rises on the most northerly
point of Dorsetshire, passes by Stourminster,
Blandford, and Winborn then enters Hampshire,
and flows into the Avon, opposite Christchurch.

Stour, a river in Kent, Eng. which flows by
Sandwich into Hope Bay.

Stour, a river of Eng. which forms the entire
boundary between Essex and Suffolk.

Stour, a river whtch rises in the S. part of Staf-
fordshire, Eng. enters Worcestershire at Sour-
bridge, and flows by Kidderminster into the Se-
vern, opposite Stourport.

Stourbridge, a corporate town in Worcester-
shire, Eng. with manufactures of glass, iron, and
earthenware. 126 m. N. W. of London.

Stourminster. a town in Dorsetshire, Eng. with a
manufacture of white baize. Near it are the ru-
ins of a castle, which was the seat of the W.
Saxon kings. 108 m. W. by S. of London.

Stourport, a handsome town in Worcestershire,
Eng. 4 m. S. oi Kidderminster.

Slow Market, a thriving town in Suffolk, Eng.
with a manufacture of sacking, ropes, &c., and
a considerable malting business. 70 m. N. N. E.
of London.

Stow on the Wold, a town in Gloucestershire,
Eng. 80 m. W. by N. of London.

Stow, ph. Middlesex Co. Mass. 30 m. N. W.
Boston. Pop. 1,221 ; ph. Washington Co. Vt.
24 m. N. W. Montpelier. Pop. 1,570; ph. Portage
Co. Ohio. 128 m. N. E. Columbus. Pop. 790.

Stow Creek, a township of Cumberland Co. N. J.

Stowsville, p.v. Lincoln Co. N. C. 185 m. W.
Raleigh.

Slowey. a small town in Somersetshire, Eng.
147 m. W. by S. of London.

Stoystown, p.v. Somerset Co. Pa.

Strabane, a town of Ireland, in the county of
Tyrone, situate on the Mourne, near the Foyle,

11 m. S. S. W. of Londonderry.

Strabane, a township of Washington Co. Pa.

StradeUa, a strong town of the Sardinian states,
in the Milanese, with a castle. The French be-
came masters of it in 1800. It is seated on the
Versa, near the Po, 10 m. S E. of Pavia.

Strafford, a county of N. Hampshire. Po/*
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