Hanley-Castle (St. Mary)
HANLEY-CASTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Upton-upon-Severn, Lower division of the
hundred of Pershore, Upton and W. division of the
county of Worcester, 1¼ mile (N. N. W.) from Upton,
on the road to Worcester; containing 1677 inhabitants.
A castle here was successively possessed by the Nevilles,
earls of Warwick, the Despensers, and the Lechmeres;
the remains have been converted into a farmhouse.
The parish is bounded on the east by the river Severn,
and comprises 5684 acres, of a fertile soil, in equal portions of arable and pasture. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £12. 15.; net income, £650, with a glebe-house; patron and impropriator, Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart. The tithes were
commuted for land and money payments in 1795. The
church is situated in the village, and is an ancient edifice
of brick, with a tower: the interior has lately undergone
several repairs. At Malvern-Wells is a separate incumbency. A school was founded by a member of the
Lechmere family, and is endowed with land producing
an income of £165 per annum, and with a house for the
master, now the Rev. Thomas Lloyd, A.M., of Christ-Church, Oxford. There are two exhibitions to Balliol
College, Oxford. A school for training female servants
was opened in 1840, under the patronage of the Bishop
of Worcester. The inmates, females, of six almshouses
are supplied with coals and wheat.
Hanley-Child
HANLEY-CHILD, a chapelry, in the parish of
Eastham, union of Tenbury, Upper division of the
hundred of Doddingtree, Tenbury and W. divisions
of the county of Worcester, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from
Tenbury; containing 170 inhabitants. It consists of
923a. 2r. 8p., of a productive soil and hilly surface, and
is intersected by the road from Tenbury to Droitwich.
The tithes have been commuted for £140, and there is a
glebe of 25½ acres. The chapel stands in an elevated
situation three miles south of the parish church, and is
a stone structure with a tower: it has been twice struck
by lightning.
Hanley-William (All Saints)
HANLEY-WILLIAM (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Tenbury, Upper division of the hundred of
Doddingtree, Tenbury and W. divisions of the county of
Worcester, 6 miles (S. E. by E.) from Tenbury, on the
road to Worcester, viâ Clifton-on-Teme and Martley;
containing 136 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on
the south by a portion of Herefordshire, and comprises
1180a. 39p., principally pasture and meadow land. The
scenery is very bold, and extensive; the Malvern hills,
the Welsh mountains, Clee hill, the Wrekin, and the
Clent and Bromsgrove hills, may be all clearly seen on
a fine day. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of
Eastham, and valued in the king's books at £5. 7. 11.:
the tithes have been commuted for £155, and the glebe
consists of 40 acres. The church, supposed to have
been built in 1622, is a small and neat structure, with
a wooden spire painted white, and will seat 100 persons:
it contains a monument to the memory of the late Col.
Newport, of Hanley Court, a handsome mansion in the
parish.
Hanlith
HANLITH, a township, in the parish of Kirkby-in-Malham-Dale, union of Settle, W. division of the
wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of
York, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Settle; containing 25 inhabitants. The township comprises by computation 928
acres, of a tolerably fertile soil. The tithes have been
purchased by the landowners.
Hannay, or Hannah (St. Andrew)
HANNAY, or HANNAH (St. Andrew), a parish, in
the union of Louth, Wold division of the hundred of
Calceworth, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln,
3½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Alford; containing, with
the hamlet of Hagnaby, 122 inhabitants. It comprises
about 1000 acres of arable and pasture land. The living
is a perpetual curacy; net income, £96; patron, Mrs.
Grant: the tithes were commuted for land, under an act
of inclosure, in 1811. The church is modern. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Hanney, East
HANNEY, EAST, a township, in the parish of West
Hanney, union of Wantage, partly in the hundred of
Ock, but chiefly in that of Wantage, county of Berks,
3½ miles (N. N. E.) from Wantage; containing 615
inhabitants. It comprises 2056a. 18p. of land, almost
entirely arable.
Hanney, West (St. James)
HANNEY, WEST (St. James), a parish, in the
union of Wantage, partly in the hundred of Ock, but
chiefly in that of Wantage, county of Berks, 3¾ miles
(N. by E.) from Wantage; containing, with the townships of East and West Hanney, and the chapelry of
Lyford, 1153 inhabitants, of whom 391 are in the township of West Hanney. The parish comprises 4006a. 18p.,
and is watered by the river Ock, and the Childrey and
Wantage brooks: the lands are flat, and the soil deep,
black, and peculiarly rich, in some parts clayey; fivesixths are arable, and the remainder meadow. The living
is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£22. 12. 6.; net income, £205; patrons, the Dean and
Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral: a tithe rent-charge of
£450 is paid to the impropriators, and one of £130 to
the vicar. The church is principally of Norman architecture, and contains a monument to Mrs. Elizabeth
Bowles, who died at the advanced age of 124 years;
likewise several memorials of Knights Templars. At
Lyford is a separate incumbency.
Hanningfield, East (All Saints)
HANNINGFIELD, EAST (All Saints), a parish,
in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division
of Essex, 6½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Chelmsford; containing 449 inhabitants. The parish comprises by measurement 2325 acres, of which 1943 are arable, 316
meadow, and about 16 wood and plantation. The soil is
a heavy clay, which, by draining and the use of chalk
and marl, has been rendered fertile; the surface is generally flat, and was formerly thickly wooded, but more
than 500 acres have been cleared, to admit a freer circulation of air. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £13. 15. 7½.; patron and incumbent,
the Rev. John Nottidge, whose tithes have been commuted for £550, and whose glebe comprises 40 acres.
The church is a small edifice, with a tower surmounted
by a shingled spire: on the north side of the chancel is
a chantry chapel of brick.
Hanningfield, South (St. Peter)
HANNINGFIELD, SOUTH (St. Peter), a parish,
in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division
of Essex, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from Chelmsford; containing 226 inhabitants. It comprises 1305 acres, of which
815 are arable, 407 meadow and pasture, and 83 woodland. The living is a rectory, consolidated in 1785 with
that of West Hanningfield, and valued in the king's
books at £10: the tithes have been commuted for £360,
and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The church is a plain
edifice, with a tower surmounted by a spire.
Hanningfield, West (St. Mary and St. Edward)
HANNINGFIELD, WEST (St. Mary and St. Edward), a parish, in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from
Chelmsford; containing 521 inhabitants. It comprises
by admeasurement 2787 acres, of which 1774 are arable, 888 meadow and pasture, and 125 woodland. The
village is pleasantly situated. The living is a rectory, with
the rectory of South Hanningfield consolidated, valued
in the king's books at £16. 13. 4.; net income, £934;
patrons, the family of Kemble. The church is an
ancient edifice, with an octangular tower surmounted by
a spire of wood; on the north side of the chancel is a
table-monument to the Clovill family, and there are some
brasses. The parsonage-house is handsome.
Hannington (St. Peter and St. Paul)
HANNINGTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Brixworth, hundred of Orlingbury, N. division of the county of Northampton, 8
miles (N. N. E.) from Northampton; containing 201
inhabitants. It comprises 1202 acres by measurement:
the soil in one-half is a rich loam, and in the other a
reddish sand; the surface is generally elevated. The
living is a rectory, annexed to that of Walgrave, and
valued in the king's books at £10. 11. 3.: the tithes
were commuted for land and money payments in 1802;
the land comprises 224a. 2r. 14p. The church contains
portions of the Norman style, and of the three successive
styles of English architecture; the nave is longitudinally
divided into two equal parts by three arches supported
by circular piers. Dr. Francis Godwin, Bishop of Hereford, a distinguished antiquary and biographer, was born
in 1561, in the parish, of which his father was rector
prior to becoming Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Hannington (All Saints)
HANNINGTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Kingsclere, hundred of Chutely, Kingsclere and
N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 11 miles
(S. E. by S.) from Newbury; containing 261 inhabitants, and consisting by measurement of 2000 acres. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 7. 3½.,
and in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester: the tithes
have been commuted for £410, and the glebe comprises
13 acres. The church is a plain structure.
Hannington (St. John the Baptist)
HANNINGTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish,
in the union of Highworth and Swindon, hundred of
Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple, Cricklade and
N. divisions of Wilts, 1¾ mile (W. N. W.) from Highworth; containing 433 inhabitants. The manor has for
more than three centuries belonged to the family of
Freke, whose residence, Hannington Hall, is still kept
up. The parish comprises 4000 acres, and is bounded
on the north and north-west by the river Thames, which
has its source about 4 or 5 miles from Cricklade, near
which place, Hannington bridge over the Thames connects
this parish with that of Kempsford, in the county of
Gloucester. The pastures are luxuriantly rich, and the
dairies noted for the abundance and quality of their produce. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books
at £7. 10., and in the gift of Colonel Freke: the tithes
have been commuted for £40, and the glebe comprises
45 acres. The church is an ancient structure, with a
western porch in the Norman style, and contains some
handsome monuments to the family of Freke. At
Hannington-Wick is a chapel, endowed with £10 per
annum, part of the produce of land bequeathed by Lady
Norton; and the Hannington estates are charged with
the payment of £10. 15. annually to the vicar, contingent
on the performance of divine service in the chapel, once
every Sunday. A school is supported by Lady Norton's
bequest, and there are some other bequests.
Hanslope (St. James)
HANSLOPE (St. James), a parish, in the union of
Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county of
Buckingham, 4½ miles (N. N. E.) from Stony-Stratford;
containing 1553 inhabitants. The parish belonged to
William Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, who, in 1293,
obtained the grant of a market on Thursday, and a fair
commencing on the festival of St. James and to continue
for 15 days, both which have been discontinued. The
manufacture of lace employs from 500 to 600 women
and children: in connexion with the trade are schools
where children are taught to work, from the age of five
years till eleven or twelve years old, when they are able
to support themselves. The London and Birmingham
railway passes about a mile to the south-west of the
church. There are several quarries which afford materials for building, and for mending the roads; and a fair
for cattle is held on Holy-Thursday. The living is a
vicarage not in charge, with the living of Castlethorpe
annexed; net income, £90; patron, G. Hyde, Esq.
The church, which was erected in 1409, by Thomas
Knight, clerk, has a lofty tower surmounted by an
octagonal fluted spire, rising to a height of 200 feet;
the spire was destroyed by lightning in 1804, but has
been rebuilt in its original form. There are places of
worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. William Watts,
Esq., has built and endowed a school; and there are
several charitable bequests, in the aggregate amounting
to more than £100 per annum, distributed among the
poor of the parish.
Hanthorpe, or Harmthorpe
HANTHORPE, or Harmthorpe, a hamlet, in
the parish of Morton, union of Bourne, wapentake of
Aveland, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln;
containing 151 inhabitants.
Hanwell (St. Mary)
HANWELL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Brentford, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex, 8 miles (W.) from London; containing 1469
inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the river
Brent, and bounded on the west by the Grand Junction
canal. Within its limits, also, the Great Western railway is conveyed across the valley of the Brent by a
viaduct of chaste and elegant design, 886 feet in length,
and 80 feet in height, consisting of 8 elliptical arches 70
feet in span. A station is fixed here, and in the vicinity
are very considerable embankments. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £20, and in the
gift of the Bishop of London: the tithes have been
commuted for £400, and the glebe comprises 25 acres.
The church, built on the site of the former edifice,
which, not being large enough for the increasing population, was pulled down, is a very handsome structure,
in the Anglo-Roman style, consecrated in April, 1842,
and containing about 700 sittings, whereof nearly 300
are free. There is a place of worship for Independents.
William Hobbayne, in 1484, gave for charitable uses
land then valued at £6 a year, but now producing
upwards of £105, of which sum £35 are applied to the
support of a school. The Hanwell County Lunatic Asylum, an elegant building lately much enlarged, is within
the parochial chapelry of Norwood: it is capable of
accommodating 950 inmates. Dr. George Henry Glasse,
an eminent classical scholar, who died in 1809, was
rector of Hanwell; Jonas Hanway, the traveller and
philanthropist, who died in 1786, was buried here.
Hanwell (St. Peter)
HANWELL (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of
Banbury, hundred of Bloxham, county of Oxford,
3 miles (N. N. W.) from Banbury; containing 297 inhabitants. This place is chiefly remarkable for its castle,
supposed to have been built by Wm. Cope, of Banbury,
cofferer to Henry VII., and noticed by Leland as the
"gallant house of Hanwell." It was a spacious quadrangular building, with massive towers at the angles, of
which only one, with a portion of the south front, is at
present remaining; it is now a farmhouse, containing in
the parlour, dairy, and other parts, some curious arches.
The parish comprises about 1400 acres; the soil is
generally a reddish loam, the surface rather hilly, and
the greater portion in pasture. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £17. 16. 0½.; net income,
£320; patron, Earl Delawarr, who is proprietor of the
parish: the tithes were commuted for land and cornrents in 1783; the glebe comprises 27 acres. The
church is a fine edifice in the decorated English style,
with a low embattled tower having an angular turret on
the south; the font is Norman.
Hanwood, Great
HANWOOD, GREAT, a parish, in the union of
Atcham, liberty of the borough of Shrewsbury, N.
division of Salop, 3¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Shrewsbury; containing 167 inhabitants. The parish is situated in a valley, with a considerable ascent to the
north and south, and is washed on its western extremity
by the Rhe; it comprises by admeasurement 420 acres,
about one-fourth of which is pasture, and the rest arable.
Twenty or thirty persons are employed in a cottonfactory; and there is a flour-mill where much business
is done. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in
the king's books at £3; net income, £221; patron,
H. D. Warter, Esq.: the glebe contains about 30 acres.
The present church, a small brick edifice, was built in
the beginning of the 18th century: an east window of
stained glass has lately been inserted by the patron.
Hanwood, Little
HANWOOD, LITTLE, a township, in the parish
of Pontesbury, union of Atcham, hundred of Ford,
though locally in the parish of Great Hanwood,
liberty of the borough of Shrewsbury, N. division of
Salop; containing 60 inhabitants.
Hanworth (St. George)
HANWORTH (St. George), a parish, in the union
of Staines, hundred of Spelthorne, county of Middlesex, 2½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Hounslow; containing 751 inhabitants. This place was distinguished
as the temporary residence of Queen Elizabeth; and at
Kempton Park, which is partly in the parish, Nell
Gwynne lived for some time. The parish comprises
1325a. 1r. 30p.; the surface is finely varied, and the
village pleasantly situated. Fairs, chiefly for pleasure,
are held on Easter-Monday, and the first Monday after
the 5th of November. The living is a rectory, valued in
the king's books at £11. 13. 4.; net income, £451;
patron, the Rev. P. P. Bastard. The church, which
stands in the park of Henry Perkins, Esq., is a beautiful
structure, erected in 1812: the Beauclerk family have a
vault in it, containing the remains of some of the dukes
of St. Alban's. A national school is partly supported by
an endowment of £45 per annum, bequeathed by the
Rev. J. Burgess, a late rector.
Hanworth (St. Bartholomew)
HANWORTH (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the
union of Erpingham, hundred of North Erpingham,
E. division of Norfolk, 5½ miles (N. by E.) from
Aylsham; containing 293 inhabitants. The road from
Norwich to Cromer passes through. The parish comprises 1351a. 2r. 33p., whereof 900 acres are arable,
259 meadow and pasture, 134 woodland, and the remainder open common. The living is a discharged
vicarage, consolidated with the rectories of Gunton and
Suffield, and valued in the king's books at £5. 1. 8.; impropriator, Lord Suffield. The great tithes have been
commuted for £206. 2. 6., and the vicarial for £105;
the vicarial glebe contains 32 acres. The church is in
the decorated and later English styles.
Hanworth, Cold (All Saints)
HANWORTH, COLD (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Lincoln, E. division of the wapentake of
Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles
(S. W.) from Market-Rasen; containing 63 inhabitants.
It comprises 850 acres; the soil is clayey, cold, and of
inferior quality, and the surface is flat. The living is a
discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 10.,
and annexed to the living of Hackthorn: the glebe comprises 46 acres. The churchyard was formerly surrounded by buildings, as is evident from the number of
foundations remaining. A new church has been erected.
Hanworth, Potter.—See Potter-Hanworth.
HANWORTH, POTTER.—See Potter-Hanworth.
Happerton
HAPPERTON, a tything, in the parish of Portbury, union of Bedminster, hundred of Portbury,
E. division of Somerset; containing 22 inhabitants.
Happisburgh (St. Mary)
HAPPISBURGH (St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Happing, E. division of Norfolk, 7 miles (E.)
from North Walsham; containing 631 inhabitants. This
parish, which is on the coast, comprises by admeasurement 1953 acres of arable and pasture land, in nearly
equal portions. The tower of the church serves as a
landmark for mariners; and within a mile of the
village are two lighthouses erected in 1791, the one 80
and the other 100 feet high, both furnished with patent
lamps and reflectors. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £6. 6. 8.; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Norwich: the great tithes
have been commuted for £620, and the vicarial for £230.
The church is chiefly in the later English style, and has
a lofty embattled tower; the nave, which is lighted by
clerestory windows, is separated from the chancel by
the remains of a beautifully carved screen, and the font
is handsome and curiously sculptured. The Primitive
Methodists have a place of worship. A national school
is supported; and the poor have an allotment of four
acres of land, made at the inclosure in 1801. In 1659,
by the fall of a cliff into the sea, the skeleton of a large
fish was discovered, which appeared to have lain for a
very considerable time imbedded in the rock near the
summit.
Hapsford
HAPSFORD, a township, in the parish of Thornton, union of Great Boughton, Second division of
the hundred of Eddisbury, S. division of the county
of Chester, 4¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Frodsham;
containing 102 inhabitants. This township comprises
560 acres: the surface is varied; the soil is partly a
marly clay, and partly sand. A rent-charge of £55. 10.
has been awarded as a commutation for the tithes.
Hapsted
HAPSTED, a hamlet, in the parish of Ardingley,
union of Cuckfield, hundred of Buttinghill, rape of
Lewes, E. division of the county of Sussex; containing
159 inhabitants.