a town of England, in the county of Surrey, situated on the river Wye, 35 miles from London. Here is a manufactory of mixed and blue kerseys, and of stockings; the place is also famous for liquorice, and store of peat that burns better than pit-coal: in 1739, the smallpox carried off above 500 persons here in three months, which was more than a third of the inhabitants. W. Long. c. 31. N. Lat. 51. r.