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WAR

Volume 18 · 81 words · 1797 Edition

WAR, a town of Hertfordshire, with a market on Tuesdays, and a fair on the last Tuesday in April, and Tuesday before St Matthew's day (Sep. 21.) for horses, and other cattle. It is a large, well frequented, and well inhabited thoroughfare town, seated on the river Lea, 2½ miles north of London. It carries on a great trade in malt and corn, which they are continually sending in large quantities to London. E. Long o. 3. N. Law. 51. 50.