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ROSS

Volume 18 · 189 words · 1823 Edition

Herefordshire, in England, 119 miles from London, is a fine old town, with a good trade, on the river Wye. It was made a free borough by Henry III., and contained 2261 inhabitants in 1811. It is famous for cider, and was noted in Camden's time for a manufacture of iron-wares. There are in it two charity-schools, which lately have been enriched by a legacy of 200l. per annum from Mr Scott, in Dec. 1786, a second Man of Ross. And its market and fairs are well stored with cattle and other provisions. At the west end of it there is a fine broad causeway, constructed by Mr John Kyrle, the celebrated Man of Ross, who also raised the spire upward of 100 feet, and inclosed a piece of ground with a stone wall, and sunk a reservoir in its centre, for the use of the inhabitants of the town. He died in 1714, aged 90, with the blessing of all who knew him, both rich and poor. The banks of the Wye, between this town and Monmouth, are extremely pleasant. W. Long, 2. 25. N. Lat. 51. 56.