Houghton (All Saints)
HOUGHTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Stockbridge, partly in the hundred of King's-Sombourn, but chiefly in that of Buddlesgate, Romsey
and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 1½
mile (S. W. by S.) from Stockbridge; containing, with
the tythings of Houghton-Drayton and North Houghton, 458 inhabitants. The parish comprises by admeasurement 2519 acres, of which 190 are common or
waste. Here was Stockbridge race-course, considered to
be one of the finest in the kingdom, but now broken up
and under cultivation, a new course having been formed
on the same down at a short distance from it: on the
down are extensive training-stables. Courts leet and
baron are held annually. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £28. 2. 8½., and in the patronage
of the Bishop of Winchester: the tithes have been commuted for £615, and the glebe comprises 52 acres. The
church was repaired and repewed in 1834, at the expense
of the Rev. J. B. Burnett, the rector; it contains a beautiful font. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Houghton
HOUGHTON, a parish, in the hundred of Bury,
rape of Arundel, W. division of Sussex, 4 miles
(N. N. E.) from the town of Arundel; containing 177
inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from
Chichester to Storrington, and on that from London to
Arundel and Bognor; it is bounded on the east by the
river Arun, over which is a very ancient bridge, with a
causeway adjoining it. The number of acres is computed at 2000; the soil is chalk, alternated with
alluvial clay, and the arable and pasture lands are both
productive. The living is a vicarage, united in 1700 to
that of Amberley: the endowment is £16 per annum,
paid by the Duke of Norfolk, who is impropriator. The
church is in the early English style. On the downs
are some earthworks.
Houghton, Yorkshire.—See Sanction.
HOUGHTON, Yorkshire.—See Sanction.
Houghton-Conquest (All Saints)
HOUGHTON-CONQUEST (All Saints), a parish,
in the union of Ampthill, hundred of Redbornestoke, county of Bedford, 2¼ miles (N. by E.) from
Ampthill; containing 746 inhabitants. This place derives the adjunct to its name from the family of Conquest, lords of the manor prior to the thirteenth century,
whose mansion, ornamented with grotesque carvings, is
now a farmhouse: here James I. sojourned two days,
in 1605, on a visit to Sir Edmund Conquest. Houghton
Park House, now destroyed, was a celebrated seat of the
family of Bruce, earls of Elgin and Ailesbury. The
living is a rectory, with that of Houghton-Gildable
united in 1637, valued together in the king's books at
£35. 18. 4., net income, £599; patrons, the Master
and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The
church contains several monuments to the Conquest
family, and one to Dr. Zachary Grey, incumbent here,
and editor of Hudibras. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyans. A free school and some almshouses were
founded and endowed by Sir Francis Clerke, in 1632.
Houghton, Glass
HOUGHTON, GLASS, a township, in the parish
of Castleford, Upper division of the wapentake of
Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 2¾ miles (N. W.)
from Pontefract; containing 436 inhabitants. The township comprises 1017a. 2r. 18p., of which 700 acres are
arable, 260 meadow and pasture, and 55 woodland.
Here are coal-mines and lime-works; and a remarkably
fine kind of sand is found, much used in the manufacture of glass, from which circumstance, or from some
works formerly existing here, the place is supposed to
have derived the prefix to its name.
Houghton, Great (St. Mary)
HOUGHTON, GREAT (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Hardingstone, hundred of Wymmersley,
S. division of the county of Northampton, 2¼ miles
(E. S. E.) from Northampton; containing 332 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the right bank of
the navigable river Nene, and comprises 1783a. 11p.,
of which 341 acres are arable; the soil is gravelly,
with a clay substratum, and of a highly productive
quality. The road from Northampton to Bedford passes
at the bottom of a lane leading up to the village, and
the Northampton and Peterborough railway runs parallel
with the road through part of the parish. The living is
a rectory, valued in the king's books at £22, and in the
gift of Magdalen College, Oxford: the tithes have been
commuted for a rent-charge of £620, and there are 41
acres of glebe, and a rectory-house. The church,
erected about 120 years ago, is a neat edifice in the
Grecian style, with a spire.
Houghton, Great
HOUGHTON, GREAT, a township, in the parish of
Darfield, N. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 7½ miles
(E. by N.) from Barnsley; containing 348 inhabitants.
The township comprises 1617 acres, of which 54 are
common or waste. It was for many ages the residence
of the Rhodes and Milnes families, and is still to
some extent the property of R. P. Milnes, Esq., who is
lord of the manor; but the most considerable portion
of the land belongs to Earl Fitzwilliam. The ancient
Hall is now a farmhouse; the village, which is well
built, is situated on a lofty ridge commanding an extensive view. Tithe rent-charges have been awarded
amounting to £271, payable in moieties to the rector,
and Trinity College, Cambridge. Within the confines
of the old Hall is an episcopal chapel, formerly a Presbyterian place of worship, where divine service is
regularly performed.
Houghton, Hanging
HOUGHTON, HANGING, a hamlet, in the parish
of Lamport, union of Brixworth, hundred of Or-Lingbury, N. division of the county of Northampton,
8 miles (N.) from Northampton; containing 107 inhabitants. It consists of 1271 acres of a productive soil,
and is situated on the road between Northampton and
Harborough. Here was anciently a chapel.
Houghton-in-the-Hole (St. Giles)
HOUGHTON-IN-THE-HOLE (St. Giles), a parish,
in the union of Walsingham, hundred of North
Greenhoe, W. division of Norfolk, ¾ of a mile (S. W.)
from Little Walsingham; containing 242 inhabitants.
The parish comprises 973a. 3r. 11p., of which nearly
869 acres are arable, 76 pasture, and 13 in plantations:
the road from Fakenham to Walsingham runs through
the village. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £8; net income, £148; patron
and impropriator, the Rev. D. H. Lee Warner. The
great tithes have been commuted for £182. 8., and the
vicarial for £134. 7.; the glebe contains upwards of 5
acres. The church is chiefly in the early and decorated
styles, and contains the remains of a beautifully carved
screen, the lower compartments of which are ornamented with paintings of saints, &c. On the west side
of the dale through which the river Stiffkey runs was
a chapel, now a barn, supposed to have been an appendage to Walsingham Abbey.
Houghton-Le-Side
HOUGHTON-LE-SIDE, a township, in the parish
of Gainford, union of Darlington, S. E. division
of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of
Durham, 6¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Darlington;
containing 130 inhabitants. The vill was a portion of
the inheritance of the early lords of Raby, and was
granted by Robert Fitz-Mildred to the Springs, of whom
Sir John Spring was, in 1312, murdered in his manorhouse here by Robert Lascelles, of Yorkshire. In 1403,
the Nevills, of Raby, were still the superior lords; and
in 1687 the freeholds were held by the families of Bellingham, Hobson, Denham, and Richmond. The township comprises 1031 acres, exclusively of 29 acres of
waste land: the hamlet is situated on a lofty brow of
limestone, to the north of Denton, and commands a
full view over the vale of the Tees. The impropriate
tithes have been commuted for £84, payable to Trinity
College, Cambridge, and the vicarial for £51.
Houghton-Le-Spring (St. Michael)
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING (St. Michael), a town
and parish, and the head of a union, in the N. division
of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 6½
miles (N. E.) from Durham, and 266 (N. N. W.) from
London; containing 16,833 inhabitants, of whom 2084
are in the town. This place, which takes its name
from a family to whom it belonged soon after the Conquest, is one of the great manors of the see of Durham.
It is beautifully situated in a luxuriant vale, sheltered
on the north and east by a lofty chain of hills, and
opening towards the south and west into an extensive
and richly cultivated plain, interspersed with large
tracts of majestic woods, and abounding with romantic
scenery. The town has been increasing within the last
twenty years, and contains numerous spacious and
handsome houses, inhabited by opulent families; nearly
in the centre of it is Houghton Hall, the ancient mansion of the family of Hutton, now extinct, a plain
edifice of the 16th century, of which the exterior has
been lately much improved. The trade arises chiefly
from the numerous coal-mines in the neighbourhood;
and nearly adjoining the place are an iron-foundry and
forge, in which a large number of persons are employed.
A fair is held on the Sunday after New Michaelmas-day,
and continues for the two following days, when there
are horse-races and various other amusements. The
seneschal of the Bishop of Durham holds a halmote
court twice in the year, for the recovery of debts not
amounting to 40s.; and petty-sessions for the division
are held every alternate week by the county magistrates.
The parish, which is bounded on the north by the river
Wear, comprises the townships of South Bidick, Bourn-Moor, Cocken, Great and Little Eppleton, East and
Middle Herrington, West Herrington, Hetton-le-Hole,
Houghton-le-Spring, Moorhouse, Moorsley, Morton-Grange, Newbottle, Offerton, Painshaw, East and West
Rainton, and Warden-Law. It contains about 14,600
acres, and in the township of Houghton are 1475a. 14p.;
of the latter, 893 acres are arable, 554 grass-land, 10 wood,
and 17 waste. Freestone and limestone are quarried;
and coal of the best quality is sent in large quantities
to the London market, where it commands the highest
prices: the greater part is conveyed by railway to the
ports of Sunderland and Seaham.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books
at £124; net income, according to the return made in
1835, £2157; patron, the Bishop. The tithes of
Houghton township have been commuted for £261, and
the glebe consists of 343 acres. The church, situated
in the centre of the town, is an ancient cruciform structure in the early and decorated English styles, with a
massive central tower, which was originally only about
half its present height. The nave is divided from the
aisles by ranges of clustered columns; and from the
area beneath the tower, which is supported on four massive clustered columns, lofty pointed arches lead into
the transepts and the choir: the east and west windows,
of five lights, are of large dimensions and of elegant
design. In the south transept are, a recumbent effigy of
an armed knight, and an altar-tomb to the memory of
the venerable Bernard Gilpin, many years rector of the
parish. It may be noticed as a singular instance of
longevity connected with this church, that in the year
1841, the rector was in his 78th year, the clerk in
his 80th, the sextoness in her 86th, and the youngest of
the attendant officers in the 76th year of his age. At
Painshaw, Hetton-le-Hole, and other places, are additional churches. There are meeting-houses for Baptists,
Independents, and Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic
chapel.
The Kepier Free Grammar school, situated at the
north-east angle of the churchyard, was founded by
letters-patent of Queen Elizabeth, in 1574, and endowed
by Bernard Gilpin, and John Heath, Esq., of Kepier,
near Durham, for the education of youth in the classics
and higher departments of learning. The funds were
augmented by Sir Geo. Wheler and the Rev. H. Bagshaw, subsequent rectors of the parish. The whole
endowment, including a house with ample accommodation for 70 boarders, is now about £200 per annum;
and attached to the school is an exhibition to any one
of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham.
Among the many eminent men educated in the establishment, over which the original founder himself, to a
certain extent, presided, giving personal instruction in
his own study to several of the pupils, have been Hugh
Broughton, a distinguished Hebrew scholar, and Dr.
George Carleton, Bishop of Chichester, the biographer
of Gilpin. The Blue-coat school was founded by the
Rev. Sir George Wheler, who bequeathed for its endowment £600, which sum was invested in land, producing
an income of £80 per annum. An hospital originally
founded by Bernard Gilpin, for six aged people, was
rebuilt and endowed by George Lilburne, Esq., and the
Rev. George Davenport, formerly rector of the parish;
the buildings are situated near the grammar school, and
consist of a centre and two wings, each containing two
tenements. The union workhouse is a substantial stone
building: the union comprises 15 townships in the
parish, and the township of Silksworth in the adjoining
parish of Bishop-Wearmouth, and contains a population of 16,067. Dr. Samuel Ward, an eminent divine,
and master of Sydney-Sussex College, Cambridge, who
died in 1643, was a native of the parish.
Houghton, Little (St. Mary)
HOUGHTON, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Hardingstone, hundred of Wymmersley,
S. division of the county of Northampton, 3½ miles
(E. by S.) from Northampton; containing 566 inhabitants. This parish consists of 1626 acres, and is situated
on the right bank of the navigable river Nene, and intersected by the road from Northampton to Bedford.
The Peterborough railway also runs through. The
living is a vicarage, with that of Brafield-on-the-Green
annexed, valued in the king's books at £6. 9. 2.; net
income, £285, derived from land; patron, Samuel Percival, Esq.; impropriator, the Rev. Christopher Smyth,
the present vicar. The church is a very ancient edifice
in the early English style, with a square tower. The
Wesleyans have a place of worship. Robert Ward in
1665 bequeathed £200, the interest to be appropriated
to apprenticing children; and William Ward in 1673
assigned a rent-charge of £8, for the endowment of a
school. The premises were rebuilt at the expense of
the late Christopher Smyth, who added £13 per annum
to the endowment, on condition that the master should
teach eight boys of Little Houghton, four of Great
Houghton, and eight of Brafield.
Houghton, Little
HOUGHTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish
of Long Houghton, union of Alnwick, S. division of
Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland,
3¾ miles (N. E. by E.) from Alnwick; containing, with
the hamlet of Little Mill, 136 inhabitants. It is situated to the west of Howick Park, and about two miles
north-west of the village of Long Houghton. Coal was
wrought here upwards of a century ago, and more
recently a species of coal adapted for lime-kilns; but the
works have been long discontinued. Lead is found in
small quantities.
Houghton, Little
HOUGHTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish
of Darfield, N. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 6½ miles (E.)
from Barnsley; containing 108 inhabitants. The township comprises by computation 1100 acres: the village
is situated on an acclivity, and the surrounding scenery
is pleasingly diversified. Rent-charges amounting to
£157 have been awarded in lieu of tithes.
Houghton, Long (St. Peter)
HOUGHTON, LONG (St. Peter), a parish, in the
union of Alnwick, S. division of Bambrough ward,
N. division of Northumberland; containing, with the
townships of Little Houghton and Boulmer with SeatonHouse, 772 inhabitants, of whom 483 are in the township of Long Houghton, 3¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Alnwick. The parish comprises 3835 acres by computation:
the soil is generally a strong loam; the surface is diversified with hills. Coal, whinstone, and lime are obtained.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £9. 9. 4.; net income, £162; patron, the
Duke of Northumberland; impropriators, Earl Grey,
and James Murray and W. Hindmarsh, Esqrs. The
church, a plain structure, has a fine old tower with a
beautiful Norman arch. A little westward of the village,
is a romantic eminence called Ratcheugh Cray.
Houghton, New, or Houghton-by-Harpley (St. Martin)
HOUGHTON, NEW, or Houghton-by-Harpley
(St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Docking, hundred of Gallow, W. division of Norfolk, 7 miles (N.
by W.) from Rougham; containing 303 inhabitants.
The parish comprises by computation 1495 acres, of
which about 715 are arable, 30 pasture, and the rest
comprehended within the park and plantations of Houghton Hall, the seat of the Marquess of Cholmondeley,
situated on a gentle eminence. This mansion, which is
one of the finest in the county, was begun by Sir Robert Walpole, in 1722, and finished in 1735, and is a
magnificent structure of freestone, consisting of two
principal fronts, connected with their respective wings
by balustraded colonnades: the interior contains numerous apartments splendidly fitted up, and a large collection of statues and paintings of the first order. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £5; patron and impropriator, the Marquess:
the vicarial tithes have been commuted for £108. 17.,
and the glebe contains 4 acres. The church is chiefly
in the early English style; in the nave is an ancient
stone coffin, on the lid of which is sculptured, in basrelief, a priest in full dress.
Houghton-on-the-Hill (St. Catherine)
HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL (St. Catherine), a
parish, in the union of Billesdon, hundred of Gartree, S. division of the county of Leicester, 6½ miles
(E. by S.) from Leicester; containing 451 inhabitants.
This parish, according to the award at the time of the
inclosure act, in 1765, comprises 1800 acres, of which
the greater portion is pasture, and the remainder good
arable land; the soil is a stiff clay, resting in some parts
on gravel, and the grounds are watered by numerous
small streams. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £16. 1. 0½.; net income, £262; patron,
T. Freer, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land in
1765; the glebe altogether comprises 180 acres, with a
house. The church is of the Norman style, and contains a piscina, and a font of very large dimensions.
There is a place of worship for Baptists.
Houghton-on-the-Hill (St. Mary)
HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL (St. Mary), a parish,
in the union of Swaffham, hundred of South Greenhoe, W. division of Norfolk, 4¼ miles (N. W.) from
Watton; containing 41 inhabitants. It comprises 601a.
29p., of which 458 acres are arable, and 92 pasture and
meadow. The living is a rectory, united to that of
North Pickenham, and valued in the king's books at
£4. 18. 9. The church is an ancient structure with a
tower, and is situated on an eminence.
Houghton-Regis (All Saints)
HOUGHTON-REGIS (All Saints), a parish, in
the union of Luton, hundred of Manshead, county of
Bedford, 1¾ mile (N.) from Dunstable; containing
1661 inhabitants. This place, as its name imports, was
formerly held in royal demesne. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £11. 3. 4.;
net income, £212; patron, the Duke of Bedford; impropriator, H. Brandreth, Esq.: the tithes were commuted
for land and a money payment in 1796. The church
contains an ancient monument with the figure of a man
in armour, beneath a highly decorated arch, in the early
English style. A school was endowed in 1654, by
Thomas Whitehead, with an estate and £250.
Houghton, West
HOUGHTON, WEST, a chapelry, in the parish of
Deane, union of Bolton, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Bolton,
on the road to Wigan; containing 4527 inhabitants.
From the period of the Reformation, when the possessions of the abbey of Cockersand were confiscated, the
manor of West Houghton has been in the hands of the
king; and Lord Skelmersdale now holds it in fee from
the crown, receiving the small chief-rents. The chapelry
comprises 4460 acres, of which the surface is level but
elevated, and the soil a heavy clay: several collieries
are in operation. The population is chiefly engaged in
the hand-loom weaving of silk, and muslins and jaconets.
The cotton-mill of Peter Ditchfield, Esq., employs 250
hands; it stands on the site of one of the first powerloom factories ever established, built by Messrs. Wroe
and Duncuft in 1812, and destroyed by the Luddites in
the same year. The fate of this early factory presents a
feature somewhat remarkable in the history of the cotton
manufacture. The outrages of the Luddites in Nottingham and Yorkshire occurring at that period, rendered it
an unpropitious time for the introduction of machinery;
and when the attacks upon obnoxious property of this
description extended to this neighbourhood, Messrs.
Wroe and Duncuft's factory was burnt to the ground.
Their violence, however, had not the effect that the incendiaries anticipated. On the contrary, the manufacture, by power-loom process, was transferred to the then
almost unknown locality of Stalybridge, where new
works continually sprang up, and caused the prosperity
of that place. An episcopal chapel, dedicated to St.
Bartholomew, existed in West Houghton in 1662, when
it had a roof of thatch, and stood in the midst of moors;
the edifice was rebuilt in 1731, under the patronage of
the vicar of Deane, and is now dedicated to St. Mary.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £150;
patron, the Vicar. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans, and the Society of Friends. A
school was built by subscription in 1742, and enlarged
in 1784; the income is about £20 per annum. In this
township, at a place called Drake-Lane brook, is a strong
sulphureous spring.
Hound (St. Mary)
HOUND (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
South Stoneham, hundred of Mansbridge, Southampton and S. divisions of the county of Southampton,
3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Southampton; containing,
with the chapelry of Bursledon, and the tythings of
Netley and Sholing, 1008 inhabitants, of whom 127 are
in the tything of Hound with Satchell. The parish is
situated on the verge of Southampton Water, and comprises by computation 3662a. 2r. 10p. About 485 acres,
called Netley-Grange, are tithe-free; of the rest 1440
are arable, 256 meadow and pasture, 335 woodland, and
about 1100 acres common, over which all the tenants of
the manor of Hound have an unlimited right of pasturage. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the
king's books at £5. 4. 7.; patrons and impropriators,
the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College. The
great tithes have been commuted for £345. 6. 8., and
the vicarial for £172. 13. 4.; the glebe contains nearly
15 acres. There is a chapel of ease at Bursledon. At
a short distance from the bank of the Southampton
Water, and surrounded by well-wooded and gentlyrising grounds, are the celebrated ruins of Netley Abbey,
founded in 1239, for monks of the Cistercian order, and
the revenue of which was valued at the Dissolution at
£160. 2. 9. The site and remains were granted to the
Marquess of Winchester, and in 1560 Queen Elizabeth
was entertained within the walls by the Earl of Hertford,
its proprietor at that time. The remains of the chapel,
which is cruciform, are particularly beautiful: here is
also an ancient crypt, commonly called the Abbot's
Kitchen; and the other ruins are, parts of the chapterhouse and refectory, the richly ornamented east window,
with a circular compartment, an arch of the west window
mantled with ivy, and the south transept. Near the
abbey, are the remains of a small fort called Netley
Castle, erected by Henry VIII.
Houndstone
HOUNDSTONE, a hamlet, in the parish of Brimpton, union of Yeovil, hundred of Stone, W. division
of Somerset; containing 33 inhabitants.
Houndstreet
HOUNDSTREET, a hamlet, in the parish of Marksbury, union and hundred of Keynsham, E. division of
the county of Somerset, 2¼ miles (S. E. by E.) from
Pensford; containing 50 inhabitants.
Hounslow
HOUNSLOW, a district chapelry, and formerly a
market-town, partly in the parish of Isleworth, but
chiefly in that of Heston, union of Brentford, hundred of Isleworth, county of Middlesex, 9½ miles
(W. S. W.) from London; containing 3097 inhabitants,
of whom 1666 are in the Isleworth portion. This
place, anciently called Hundeslawe, is situated on the
principal road to the west of England, and consists
chiefly of a long street, extending from east to west,
irregularly paved, and lighted with gas; the inhabitants
are well supplied with water. A priory of friars, of the
order of the Holy Trinity, was founded here in the thirteenth century, the revenue of which, at the Dissolution,
was £80. 15. 0¼. In 1296, a charter was granted to
the prior for a market on Thursday, and an annual fair;
the former has been long discontinued, but fairs are
held on Trinity Monday and Tuesday, and the Monday
following Michaelmas-day, for the sale of horses, cattle,
&c. Adjoining the town, on the west, was formerly an
extensive heath, the site of ancient encampments, and
at different periods a military station, or place of rendezvous for troops, especially in the reigns of Charles I.
and James II. On this heath are barracks for cavalry,
which afford accommodation for 360 men with their
horses. The heath has been inclosed, in pursuance of
an act of parliament passed in the 53rd of George III.,
since which many buildings have been erected here.
About two miles to the south-west of Hounslow are the
extensive gunpowder-mills of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, which have been very much improved within the
last few years, and where a curious pump, worked by
wind-sails, raises from thirty to fifty tons of water in a
minute. Here are also another gunpowder-mill, and a
mill for dressing flax. The living is a perpetual curacy;
net income, £125; patron, the Bishop of London. The
ancient chapel of the priory, which, after the Reformation, was used as a chapel of ease to Heston, was taken
down, and the erection of a new church on its site was
completed in Dec. 1829, at an expense of £5310, defrayed partly by the Parliamentary Commissioners, and
partly by subscription; it is a fine edifice, in the later
English style, with two turrets surmounted by dwarf
spires. There are places of worship for Independents
and Wesleyans.
Housham
HOUSHAM, a township, in the parish of Cadney,
union of Glandford-Brigg, S. division of the wapentake of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, county of
Lincoln, 4 miles (S. E. by E.) from the town of Glandford-Brigg; containing 263 inhabitants.
Hove (St. Andrew)
HOVE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of
Steyning, hundred of Preston, rape of Lewes, E.
division of Sussex; adjoining the town of Brighton on
the west, and containing 2509 inhabitants. This place
till lately constituted the endowment of two prebends in
the cathedral of Chichester, called respectively Hova
Ecclesia and Hova Villa. The village was of considerable extent for a long time subsequently to the Norman
Conquest, but is now almost swallowed up by the encroachments of the sea, though it still has a few fishingboats, bathing-machines, and lodging-houses. A portion of the more respectable part of Brighton, including
Adelaide-crescent, Brunswick-terrace, and Brunswicksquare, is in the parish. The road from Brighton to
Portsmouth, and a branch of the London and Brighton
railway, pass through the parish, which comprises 2500
acres, whereof 30 are common or waste. The living is
a vicarage not in charge, united to that of Preston: the
impropriate tithes have been commuted for £220, and the
vicarial for £93. 10.; there are nearly 2 acres of glebe.
The church is a modern edifice. In the Brighton part
of the parish is a chapel dedicated to St. Andrew, containing 500 sittings: the living is in the gift of the Proprietors.