. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. oman station Verlucio. Roman coins have been foundin abundance. The name is of Saxon origin, beino-intended to designate the importance, or relative posi-tion, of the town : here, according to tr
. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. oman station Verlucio. Roman coins have been foundin abundance. The name is of Saxon origin, beino-intended to designate the importance, or relative posi-tion, of the town : here, according to tradition, was apalace belonging to the West Saxon kings. The TOWNis situated under Salisbury Plain, and has three princi-pal streets, irregularly built, branching off towards Frame,Bradford, and East Lavington ; the inhabitants are sup-plied with water from springs,and a small stream whichfalls into the Avon. The clothing-trade formerly flou-rished here, one house alone employing 1000 persons:the principal manufactures are broad-cloth and kersey-mere, there being in and near the town eight factories,and several others within the parish. A considerablequantity of malt, also, is made. The market, nowmerely nominal, is on Tuesday, raid for pi^s only : fairsare held on the first Friday in Lent and Whit-Monday,for pedlery ; and on and September cattle, horses, and cheese. 3 I. Seal and Anns. WEST WEST A charter of incorporation was granted by Henry IV.,and the municipal body consists of a mayor, recorder,twelve aldermen, and tbe burgesses, with subordinateofficers, none of them, however, exercising magisterialauthority. Courts leet are held by the mayor in No-vember, and by the steward of the manor in May ; twohigh constables are appointed at the manorial powers of the county debt-court of Westbury, esta-blished in 1847, extend over the registration-district ofWestbury and Whorwelsdown. The borough constantlyreturned two members to parliament from th
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