NEWPORT-PAGNELL, a town of the county of Buckingham, in the hundred of the same name, fifty-one miles dis-
tant from London. It stands on the river Ouse, where the New Ross water of the small river Lovett falls into that stream. The church, situated upon an elevation, is an ancient and magnificent building; and near it there are several alms-houses endowed by a citizen of London. Considerable occupation is afforded in making bone lace, and there are paper-mills. It was long the residence of the poet Cowper. There are markets, which are held on Wednesday and on Saturday. The population amounted in 1801 to 2048, in 1811 to 2515, in 1821 to 3103, and in 1831 to 3385.