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HADLOW DOWN. 165 HAGGONFIELD by the rivulet called the Sheet. The Land is chiefly in hops and meadow. In dry seasons the meadows can be irrigated by a flowing bolt called the Hurlako. There are breweries and brickfields. Hadlow Castle, the seat of Robert Roger, Esq., is a fine building with a tower of great height. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 789. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat structure, with tower containing eight bells. The register dates from 1569. The parochial charities produce 22 per annum. There is a National school and a Baptist chapel. A fair is held on Whit- Monday. HADLOW DOWN, or HADLEY DOWN, a parochial chplry. in the pars, of Slayfield, Buxted, and Framfield, rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 11 miles N.W. of Hail- sham, and 5 N.E. of Uckfield. The village is consider- able. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Chi- chester, val. 126, in the patron, of the Rector of Buxted and the Vicar of Hayfield alternately. The church, dedicated to St. Mark, was erected in 1836, on a site which, together with a glebe of 7 acres, was given by Earl do la Warr. It is a neat edifice with an embattled tower, surmounted by a spire. There is a National school. HADNALL-EASE, a chplry. in the par. of Middle, lib. of the borough of Shrewsbury, co. Salop, 6 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury. It is a station on the C'rewe and Shrewbury section of the London and North-Western railway. It contains the hmlts. of Smethcote, Alderton, Hasten, Hardwick, and Shotton. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 72, in the patron, of the Rector of Middle. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. A school was founded and endowed under the will of Lady Mary Hill, in 1787, the income of which is now 76. HADSOR, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Halfshire, co. Worcester, 1 mile S.E. of Drortwich, its post town, and 7 miles N.E. of Worcester. The village, which is small, is pleasantly situated near the Birmingham and Worcester canal, which passes through the parish. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1773. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Wor- cester, val. 254. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient edifice with a belfry containing one bell. It was repaired in 1835, and the windows are all stained glass. The parochial charities produce l per : num. Hadsor House is the principal residence. HADSPEN, a tnshp. in the par. of Pitcombe, in the hund. of Bruton, co. Somerset, 1 mile E. of Castlo Gary. It contains about one half of the population of 1'itcombe. Hadspen House is the principal residence. HADSTOCK, a par. in the hund. of Freshwell, co. Essex, 1 mile S. of Linton, and 3 miles E. of Chesterford railway station. The village, which is small, was anciently a market town, and has the remains of a Roman villa in Church Fjelds. The soil is clayey, and subsoil chalk and clay. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 267, in the patron, of the Archbishop of Canter- bury. The church, dedicated to St. Botolph, is an ancient cruciform structure built of flint, with tower containing five bells. Anciently the door was lined with a human skin, supposed to be that of a Danish king. The churchyard contains St. Botolph's Well, in confluence with another outside the churchyard. There is a free school, and the parochial charitiesproduce.fi per annum. Sidenham Malthus, Esq., is lord of the manor. HADSTONE, a tnshp. in the par. of Warkworth, E. div. of Morpeth ward, co. Northumberland, 3J- miles S. of Warkworth, and 9 N. of Morpeth. It is situated near the coast of the North Sea. HAFOD, a tnshp. in the par. of Ruabon, huud. of Bromfield, co. Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Wrcxham. 1 1 A I '( >1 ), a seat in the par. of Llarifihangcl-y-Croyddin, hand, of Upper liar, co. Cardigan, 12 miles S.E. of with. This mansion, formerly a scat of the X'.",vr:,.<|,., was burnt in 1807, but rebuilt by Mr. Johnes, who here printed his editions of Froissart, Monstrelet, &c. It stands in a fine spot near the Devil's Bridge and its falls, and is surrounded by an estate of 14,850 acres, which was reclaimed at the end of the last century, and planted with more than 2,000,000 of larch, oak, and other trees. HAFOD-Y-MAIDD, a tnshp. in tho par. of Cerrig- y-Druidion, co. Denbigh, 12 miles S.E. of Llanrwst. HAFOMMOS, a tnshp. in the par. of Uangerniew, co. Denbigh, 6 miles N.E. of Llanrwst. HAGBOURNE, a par. in the hund. of Moreton, co. Berks, 6 miles W. of Wallingford, its post town. It is situated on a small stream near the Great Western rail- way, and contains tho hmlts. of East and West Hag- bourne. In 1644 the Earl of Essex quartered the par- liamentary troops in this parish on their way from Reading to Abingdon. The soil is loamy. An Act of Parliament was obtained in 1840 for enclosing the waste lands. Tho village is pleasantly situated, and in tho centre is an antique stone cross surmounted by a sun- dial. Tho living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Oxford, val. 165. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure with square tower, containing eight bells. In the interior is a splendid monument of John Phillips, Esq., and a painting of King David with his harp. There are day and Sunday schools. The paro- chial charities produce 141 per annum, 95 of which is Eaton's endowment for apprenticing the children of the parish. The Earl of Craven is lord of the manor. HAGBOURNE, EAST, a lib. in the par. of Hag- bourne, hund. of Moreton, co. Berks, 6 miles S.W. of Wallingford. HAGCJ, a limit, in tho chplry. .of Honley, West Riding co. York, 3 miles S.W. of lluddersiield. HAGGAKDSTOWN, a par. in the bar. of Upper Dundalk, co. Louth, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles S.S.E. of the town of Dundalk, its post town. It is situated at the head of Dundalk Bay, adjacent to tho river Fauo, and contains the vil. of Blackrock. Tho surface is low and flat. This par. is an impropriate rect. in the patron, of tho primate, val. 48. There is no church, but a licensed school -house. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Bridge-of-Erin. Clermont Park is an extensive demesne in the S.W. of the parish. HAGGERSTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Ancroft, in tho hund. of Islandshire, eo. Northumberland, 6 miles S.E. of Berwick- oil-Tweed. This township comprises Haggerston Hall, two or three farmhouses, and a savings- bank. The hall, which was partly erected before 1311 on the site of the old castle, is a large stone mansion with conservatories adjoining, situated in a spacious park, and surrounded by pleasure-grounds. Near it is tho ancient family chapel, affording accommodation for 300 persons. HAGGERSTONE, EAST AND WEST, a. district par. in the par. of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Tower div. of the hund. of Ossulstone, co. Middlesex, 2 miles N.E. of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is mentioned in Domesday Book under tho name of JlcrgoMnne, when it belonged to the Gernons. In this district, which adjoins the Regent's canal, are many wharves, factories, and gas- works. There are several chemical works on an exten- sive scale, manufactories for japanned leather, floor-cloth, hearth-rugs, and bone ashes, also lime-works, tile-kilns, and dye-houses. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of London, val. 450, in the patron, of the archdeacon. Tho church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, was erected in 1827, at an expense of 15,000, defrayed by a grant from the parliamentary commissioners. The Indepen- dents, Wesleyans, and other Dissenting bodies, have places of worship. There aro six almshouscs for mem- bers of the Company of Goldsmiths, founded in 1705, in Goldsmiths-place ; fourteen others, with a chapel in the centre, for members of the Company of Ironmongers, in Kingsland-road ; and n <?;iv thorn others for the Companies of Drapers and Framework Knitters. Halley was born here in 1656. ILAGGONFIKl.l), .1 tnshp. in tho par. of Worksop, wap. of Bassetlaw, co. Nottingham, 24 miles N. of Not- tingham. It is Mtuatcd on the river Rayton, near Sher- wood Forest nnd the Chesterfield canal.