Heacham (St. Mary)
HEACHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Docking, hundred of Smithdon, W. division of Norfolk, 14 miles (N. N. E.) from Lynn-Regis; containing
811 inhabitants. The parish comprises 3549a. 2r. 18p.,
of which about 2340 acres are arable, 857 pasture,
meadow, and salt-marsh, 96 woodland, and 258 common
and waste: the mail-road from Lynn to Wells passes
through the village, which is on rising ground, on the
sea-coast. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £6. 13. 4.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. S. C. E. Neville Rolfe. The impropriate
tithes have been partly commuted for £27. 5. 4., and
the vicarial for £263. 12. 8.; the glebe contains 2½ acres,
and the incumbent resides at the Hall, a red brick mansion, situated in a small park. The church is chiefly in
the decorated style, and is a handsome cruciform structure, with a lofty embattled tower at the intersection;
the upper compartments of the windows have been filled
with stained glass, a gallery erected at the west end of
the church, and an organ presented, by the incumbent.
The Independents and Wesleyans have places of worship. In 1837, Mrs. C. Rolfe bequeathed £500 to the
poor, who also receive, in coal, £10. 10. per annum from
land allotted at the inclosure. Here was a cell of Cluniac
monks, subordinate to the monastery of Lewes.
Headbourn-Worthy, county of Southampton.—See Worthy, Headbourn.
HEADBOURN-WORTHY, county of Sounthampton.—See Worthy, Headbourn.
Headcorn (St. Peter and St. Paul)
HEADCORN (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in
the union of Hollingbourne, hundred of Eythorne,
lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 8½ miles
(S. E. by S.) from Maidstone; containing 1292 inhabitants. This is a place of some antiquity: Moddenden
Priory, for Trinitarian friars, was founded here about
the year 1224, by Sir Robert de Rokesby, and flourished
till the Dissolution, when its revenue was £60. 13.; the
site was granted to Thomas, Lord Cromwell, and after
his attainder, to Sir Anthony Aucher. The parish is
situated on a branch of the river Medway, and comprises
5011 acres, of which 302 are in wood. The village, formerly a market-town, is regularly built: a fair is held
in it on the 12th of June. The South-Eastern railway
passes close to the place. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £15. 13. 4.; net
income, £294; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury;
impropriators, the Master and Fellows of St. John's
College, Cambridge. The church is principally in the
later English style, and contains some remains of painted
glass in the windows on the north side. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyans.
Headingley, with Burley
HEADINGLEY, with Burley, a chapelry, in the
parish of St. Peter, liberty of the town of Leeds, but
locally in the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of
York, 2 miles (N. W.) from Leeds; containing 4768
inhabitants. This chapelry, which is on the road from
Otley to Leeds, and bounded on the south by the
river Aire, comprises by computation 3020 acres: the
greater portion of the moorland was inclosed about the
year 1765, and has been brought into profitable cultivation; the surface of the district is varied. The village is
situated on an eminence, and consists of good houses
and seats, inhabited by respectable families. Here are
the Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Extensive
quarries are worked of excellent freestone, known as
millstone-grit, which is raised in huge blocks and sent
to London and other distant places for public buildings.
The manufacture of paper, for which there are two mills
on the river, is carried on extensively; there is also a
large bleaching establishment, and at Burley are mills
for the woollen and stuff manufactures, in which many
of the inhabitants are employed. The hamlet of Burley
has various detached houses and pleasing villas: the air
is salubrious, and the environs abound with fine scenery.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £250,
with a good parsonage-house; patron, the Vicar of
Leeds. The chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, is a handsome cruciform structure, in the later English style,
with an embattled tower surmounted by a graceful
spire, and was erected in 1838, on the site of the ancient chapel, at an expense of £2582, by subscription;
the interior is well arranged, and contains 560 sittings.
The great tithes have been commuted for £130. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Headington (St. Andrew)
HEADINGTON (St. Andrew), a parish, and the
head of a union, in the hundred of Bullingdon, county
of Oxford, 1½ mile (E. N. E.) from Oxford; containing
1668 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation 2000 acres, of which the greater portion is rich
grazing-land; the soil is various, in some parts clay,
and in others a sandy loam, producing good crops of
grain, and the meadows on the banks of the Cherwell
are luxuriantly rich. The substratum abounds with
freestone of excellent quality, which has been extensively
quarried, and has furnished materials for the erection
of most of the colleges and other public buildings of
Oxford. There are also beds of clay, and great quantities of bricks are manufactured. A spacious and wellconducted lunatic asylum has been established here,
which is supported by subscription, and by fees paid by
patients of a higher class, for whom superior accommodations are provided, and by others of inferior rank, to
whom the terms of admission are rendered more moderate by a liberal appropriation of the profits arising
from the wealthier patients. This benevolent institution
originated with the governors of the Radcliffe Infirmary,
and is under the patronage of the heads of houses in
the university, and the nobility and gentry of the county.
The living is a vicarage not in charge; net income, £118;
patron, the Rev. T. H. Whorwood; impropriators, certain
trustees. The church is an ancient structure, consisting
of a nave and chancel, separated by a fine Norman arch:
in the churchyard is a cross, enriched with tracery.
An additional church has been commenced at Headington-Quarry. A school is endowed with the interest of
£400, the gift of Mrs. Catherine Mather in 1805. A
field, called Court Close, is said to be the site of one of
the palaces of King Ethelred; a gateway and some walls
were in existence till within the last 60 years. The poorlaw union of Headington comprises 22 parishes or places,
21 being in the county of Oxford, and one in that of
Buckingham, and contains a population of 14,091: the
workhouse was erected in 1834.
Headlam
HEADLAM, a township, in the parish of Gainford,
union of Teesdale, S. W. division of Darlington
ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 8 miles
(W. N. W.) from Darlington; containing 117 inhabitants.
It anciently belonged to the Nevills. The village, which
is scattered, is pleasantly situated on rising ground, and
watered by a small stream, which falls into the Tees at
Carlbury. The soil is fertile; and there are some good
limestone-quarries. The impropriate tithes have been
commuted for £111. 17. 8., payable to Trinity College,
Cambridge, and the vicarial for £51. 6.
Headley (All Saints)
HEADLEY (All Saints), a parish, forming a detached portion of the hundred of Bishop's Sutton,
Alton and N. divisions of the county of Southampton,
6½ miles (S. by W.) from Farnham; containing 1265 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £21. 4. 7.; net income, £766; patrons, the
Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford. A school
was built about 1755, by the Rev. George Holmes, D.D.,
and endowed by him with a rent-charge.
Headley (St. Mary)
HEADLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Reigate, Second division of the hundred of Copthorne and Effingham, W. division of Surrey, 4
miles (S.) from Epsom; containing 317 inhabitants.
The parish comprises 1630 acres, of which 489 are
waste or common; there are considerable woodlands.
A small hill here is called "Oyster," from its containing
fossils of that shell-fish, quantities of which have been
found. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the
king's books at £8. 7. 6., and in the gift of the family
of Howard: the tithes have been commuted for £211,
and the glebe contains 15½ acres. The church is a
small edifice, chiefly built of flint, and consists of a nave
and chancel separated by a pointed arch, with a tower at
the west end: a delightful view is obtained from the
churchyard, northwards.
Headon (St. Peter)
HEADON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of
East Retford, South-Clay division of the wapentake of
Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 4 miles (S. E.) from East Retford; containing,
with the small village of Upton, 269 inhabitants. This
parish, which comprises 2011 acres, was the residence of
the Wastney family, of whom the last baronet, Sir Hardolph Wastney, erected the mansion of Headon Hall, in
1710. The living comprises a sinecure rectory and a
discharged vicarage, valued jointly in the king's books
at £19. 15. 10.; net income of the rectory, £178, and of
the vicarage, £200; patron, G. H. Vernon, Esq. The
tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in
1815; the vicarial glebe comprises 164 acres. The
church, a handsome structure in the later English style,
contains some monuments to the Wastney family.
Heage
HEAGE, a chapelry, in the parish of Duffield,
union of Belper, hundred of Appletree, S. division
of the county of Derby, 5 miles (S. W.) from Alfreton;
containing 2305 inhabitants. The chapelry is partly
bounded by the rivers Derwent and Amber, and comprises 2330 acres, of which 1453 are arable, 725 meadow,
100 wood, and 51 acres roads; the surface is hilly and
undulated, the soil a heavy clay, and the scenery pleasing.
Ironstone has been worked from a very remote period,
in the smelting and manufacturing of which charcoal
was anciently used, there being numerous charcoal
hearths in the vicinity; but coal is now obtained in
abundance. Bricks are made of the clay here, and there
are two good stone-quarries. The village, which is considerable, and stands elevated, is on the road from
Belper to Chesterfield. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the patronage of the Vicar of Duffield, with a net
income of £150; and a parsonage-house, built in 1845.
The chapel was enlarged in 1830, and contains 527
sittings, of which 384 are free. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists; also a school founded in 1705, by
George Storer, and endowed with £28 per annum; a
Church infant school; and a Sunday school.
Healaugh (St. John the Evangelist)
HEALAUGH (St. John the Evangelist), a parish,
in the W. division of the Ainsty wapentake, W. riding
of York, 3¼ miles (N. by E.) from Tadcaster; containing 245 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation 2800 acres, the property of Stamp Brooksbank,
Esq.; the surface is varied, and in many parts picturesque. Healaugh Hall, the seat of Mr. Brooksbank,
is a handsome mansion, situated in a richly-wooded
park. The manor-house, originally a priory of Black
canons, which was granted in 1540 to the Gage family,
was subsequently the residence of Lord Wharton, and
retains much of its ancient character, having an embattled parapet, and being surrounded with a moat; it
is now a farmhouse. The living is a perpetual curacy,
valued in the king's books at £6; net income, £92;
patron and impropriator, Mr. Brooksbank. The church
is an ancient structure, in the Norman style, of which
it has several fine details; and contains a very handsome alabaster monument to the memory of Lord Wharton and his two wives.
Healey, Lancashire.—See Spotland.
HEALEY, Lancashire.—See Spotland.
Healey, with Sutton
HEALEY, with Sutton, a township, in the parish
of Masham, union of Leyburn, wapentake of HangEast, N. riding of York, 7¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from
Middleham; containing 442 inhabitants. The township comprises 4827a. 1r. 10p., forming a hilly tract extending westward to the foot of Witton Fell and BroomBeck Moor. The village is about three miles to the west
of Masham, and contains a school, built in 1820 by the
late William Danby, Esq., and endowed with 11½ acres
of land. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £70,
and the impropriate for £140, payable to Trinity College, Cambridge. The church here is of pleasing design;
it was built in 1846, and has a square bell-tower, surmounted by a spire.
Healing (St. Peter and St. Paul)
HEALING (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in
the union of Caistor, wapentake of Bradley-Haverstoe, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles
(W.) from Great Grimsby; containing 90 inhabitants.
Healing is supposed to have derived its name from the
efficacy of its two mineral springs, which are strongly
impregnated with iron and sulphur; they have their
source within a yard of each other, and are found useful
in cutaneous diseases. The parish comprises by computation 1200 acres, of which 700 are pasture, and 500
arable. The surface is rather higher than the marsh,
and a little lower than the Wolds; the soil is chiefly a
rich clay, and the prevailing trees, ash, oak, and elm.
Healing Hall and gardens have a moat on the east and
south sides. The living is a discharged rectory, valued
in the king's books at £6. 4. 2., and in the gift of
Alfred Arthur Wallis, Esq., and Mrs. Parkinson: the
tithes have been commuted for £264. 6., and the glebe
comprises 22 acres. The church, an ancient structure
with a square tower, has undergone much mutilation.
Heally
HEALLY, a township, in the parish of Bywell St.
Peter, union of Hexham, E. division of Tindale
ward, S. division of Northumberland, 7½ miles (S. E.)
from Hexham; containing 65 inhabitants. This place,
which is situated above three miles south-west from Bywell, was long the property of the Roman Catholic family
of Sanderson, from whom it was purchased some years
since by Robert Ormston, Esq., by whom considerable
improvements have been made, by building, by draining
and fencing, and inclosing common land. About 600
acres have been planted.
Healy, with Comb-Hill
HEALY, with Comb-Hill, a township, in the parish of Nether Witton, union of Rothbury, W. division of Morpeth ward, N. division of Northumberland, 10 miles (W. N. W.) from Morpeth; containing
36 inhabitants. It comprises 805 acres, and consists
of three farms, called respectively North and South
Healy, and Comb-Hill, and which are part of the Nether
Witton estate. The north and east portions of the township have the river Font for a boundary, near which the
soil is fertile, but in other places it is principally grassland of poor quality. Here is a water corn-mill, named
Healy mill.
Heanor (St. Mary)
HEANOR (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Basford, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S.
division of the county of Derby; containing, with the
townships of Codnor-with-Loscoe and Shipley, and with
Codnor-Park, extra-parochial, 6282 inhabitants, of whom
3058 are in the town of Heanor, 9 miles (N. E.) from
Derby. This parish by measurement comprises 7000
acres, whereof 1500 are in the township of Heanor; it
abounds with coal and ironstone, both worked extensively, the collieries alone affording employment to more
than 2000 persons. The town is pleasantly situated
upon an eminence, on the road from Derby to Mansfield.
The principal articles of manufacture are silk and cotton
goods, hosiery, and bobbinet lace, providing occupation
to about 800 persons. The river Erewash passes along
the eastern boundary of the parish: it is crossed by
Langley bridge, near which a railway branches off, and
extends to the coal-pits north of the town; and about a
mile and a half from the town passes the Erewash-Valley railway. The market, on Wednesday, has been discontinued. Charles Lea H. Masters, Esq., is lord of the
manor. Heanor Hall is the seat and property of John
Ray, Esq. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £9. 10., and in the patronage of
the Crown: the income, previously £111, arising from a
glebe of 19 acres, and some land in the parish of Wirksworth allotted in lieu of tithes, was augmented in 1841
with £39 per annum from the fund raised by the
suspension of canonries and prebends. The church is a
very ancient edifice, with a lofty substantial tower, from
which is an extensive view. Codnor and Loscoe, with
Codnor-Park, have been formed into a church district.
There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents,
Wesleyans, and Ranters. £5 per annum were left by
Richard Smedley, of Risley, in 1744, for the education
of colliers' children; and £7. 10. per annum by the Rev.
Francis Gisborne, of Staveley, in 1818, for the benefit
of the poor. William Howitt, the poet, was born here
in 1792.
Heanton-Puncharden (St. Augustine)
HEANTON-PUNCHARDEN (St. Augustine), a
parish, in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (W.
N. W.) from Barnstaple; containing 626 inhabitants.
The parish is bounded on the south by the river Taw,
and comprises 3020 acres, of which 186 are waste land
or common: the village is pleasantly situated. A pleasure-fair is held at Whitsuntide. The ancient mansion
of the Bassett family is still remaining. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £22. 7. 11., and
in the gift of Joseph Davie Bassett, Esq.: the tithes
have been commuted for £394, and the glebe comprises
38 acres. The church is in the later English style, with
a square embattled tower, and contains some elegant
monuments to Sir Arthur Bassett and others of that
family, and one bearing the arms of the family of Coffin;
there are a wooden screen, and a very curious font. The
Wesleyans have a place of worship.
Heap
HEAP, a township, in the parish and union of Bury,
hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 3
miles (E.) from Bury, on the road to Rochdale; containing, with the town of Heywood, 14,856 inhabitants.
The origin of the name is not at all obvious: in the
earliest mention of the place, it is termed Hep, which
may imply a tract overgrown with hawthorn-berries; or
the designation may have arisen from the unevenness of
the surface, heep, in the Saxon, indicating a mass of
irregularities. A family called Hep or Heap held the
lands from the paramount lords, but it has been extinct
a considerable time: Heap Fold, one of the most ancient
places of abode in the district, was the residence of this
local family. The township is bounded on the north by
Birtle-cum-Bamford, and is intersected by the river
Roche; it comprises 2934 acres, of which 1876 are
meadow and pasture, 561 arable, and 496 plantations,
reservoirs, &c. The surface is undulated, the northern
part partaking of the hilly character of the district on
which it borders; the soil is various, and but little of it
fertile. Several coal-mines are in operation, and excellent freestone is in abundance. The manufacture of
cottons, woollens, and paper, is carried on to a great
extent. The first cotton-factory erected in the township was Makin mill, on the banks of the Roche, about
the year 1780, by the firm of Peel, Yates, and Company,
the head of which was Robert Peel, Esq., afterwards Sir
Robert Peel, father of the present distinguished baronet.
Heap-Bridge is a small village on the old road between
Rochdale and Bury, and has a bridge over the river. A
church has been erected, dedicated to St. James, the
living of which is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage
of the Bishop of Chester; net income, £150. The tithes
have been commuted for £169. There are places of
worship for Independents, Wesleyans, and others; also
a small endowed school; and a national school for boys,
erected in 1815.—See Heywood.
Heapey
HEAPEY, a township and chapelry, in the parish
and hundred of Leyland, union of Chorley, N. division
of the county of Lancaster, 2¼ miles (N. N. E.) from
Chorley, on the road to Blackburn; the township
containing 496 inhabitants. This place was held by the
De Ollertons, of whom Ranulph De Ollerton assumed
the name of Hepay in the reign of John. Robert de
Hepay, in the 28th of Edward I., sold the lordship to
one of the Standishes, and the manor or lordship has
remained from that time in the Standish family. The
township comprises 939 acres, chiefly pasture, and including about 200 acres of moorland. There are an
extensive bleaching concern, and a stone-quarry. The
Leeds and Liverpool canal passes through. The chapelry
contains also the township of Wheelton: the living is a
perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Vicar of Leyland;
net income, £150, with a house, built in 1845. The
chapel was enlarged in 1844, at an expense of £700:
near it is a national school, and there is another at
White Coppice. In January, 1835, a large number of
Roman coins were discovered, chiefly of brass, with some
of silver, and many of them in excellent preservation.
Heapham (All Saints)
HEAPHAM (All Saints), a parish, in the union of
Gainsborough, wapentake of Corringham, parts of
Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from
Gainsborough; containing 125 inhabitants. It comprises about 1250 acres of land, belonging to various
proprietors; the village, which is scattered, is situated
on an eminence, near the source of a small rivulet. The
living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books
at £10; net income, £201; patron, Sir W. A. Ingilby,
Bart. The church is a small ancient structure, with a
tower containing windows of Norman character.