Huntingfield (St. Mary)
HUNTINGFIELD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
and hundred of Blything, E. division of Suffolk,
4 miles (W. S. W.) from Halesworth; containing 397
inhabitants, and comprising by admeasurement 2000
acres. Huntingfield Hall, now the property of Lord Huntingfield, while in the possession of Lord Hunsden, was
honoured by a visit from Queen Elizabeth, who was
entertained with great splendour by that nobleman; in
the park is an oak which was a favourite tree with the
queen, and from which it is said that she shot a buck
with her own hand. The living is a rectory, with that of
Cookley united, valued in the king's books at £13. 6. 8.;
net income, £800; patron, Lord Huntingfield. There
is a glebe of about 120 acres, with a good house, considerably improved by the Rev. Henry Uhthoff. The
church is chiefly in the early English style: the produce
of certain town lands, £60 per annum, is partly applied
to its repairs.
Huntingford
HUNTINGFORD, a tything, in the parish of Wotton-under-Edge, union of Dursley, Upper division of
the hundred of Berkeley, W. division of the county of
Gloucester; containing 59 inhabitants.
Huntington
HUNTINGTON, a township, in the parish of St.
Oswald, Chester, union of Great Boughton, Lower
division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the
county of Chester, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Chester;
containing 143 inhabitants. The township comprises
1380 acres, of a clayey soil, and is bounded on the west
by the river Dee, which is crossed by a ferry to Eccleston.
Huntington
HUNTINGTON, a parish, in the borough of Hereford, hundred of Grimsworth, union and county of
Hereford, 2½ miles (W. N. W.) from the city of Hereford; containing 115 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Holmer: the
appropriate tithes have been commuted for £85. 15., and
£57 are paid to the vicar of Holmer.
Huntington
HUNTINGTON, a parish, in the union of Kington,
hundred of Huntington, county of Hereford, 4½
miles (W. S. W.) from Kington; containing 262 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the river Arrow, and
situated on the borders of Wales, comprising by computation 2120 acres; the pastures are luxuriantly rich,
and the dairy-farms under excellent management. Fairs
for horses, sheep, and cattle, are held on the 18th of
July and 13th of November. The living is a rectory,
united with the vicarage of Kington. The church is an
ancient structure, said to have been built with the
materials of an adjoining castle, formerly a place of
great strength, the baronial residence of the Bohuns.
There is a place of worship for Independents. A school
was endowed in 1791, by Edward Goff, Esq., with five
small tenements and £1000 in money: the income is
£118.
Huntington
HUNTINGTON, a township, in the parish of Cannock, union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred
of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of Stafford,
3¼ miles (E.) from Penkridge, on the road to Stafford;
containing 121 inhabitants. The township comprises
upwards of 900 acres of land, a large portion of which
was inclosed about thirty years since. It adjoins the
western side of Cannock Chase, and is celebrated for its
white gravel, considerable quantities of which are sent to
different places for garden-walks, &c. Nearly the whole
township is the property of Lord Hatherton.
Huntington (All Saints)
HUNTINGTON (All Saints), a parish, in the wapentake of Bulmer, union and N. riding of York;
containing 652 inhabitants, of whom 490 are in the
township, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from York, on the road to
Sheriff-Hutton. This parish, which is bounded on the
west by the river Foss, consists of the townships of
Earswick, Huntington, and Towthorpe, and comprises by
measurement 4830 acres, of which one-third is arable,
and the remainder, with the exception of about 50 acres
of woodland, meadow and pasture. Earl De Grey is lord
of the manor, and there are several resident proprietors
of estates: the village, which is neat, is seated on the
east side of the river. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5; net income,
£127; patrons and appropriators, the Sub-Chanter and
Vicars Choral of the Cathedral of York.
Huntisham
HUNTISHAM, a township, in the parish of Goodrich, poor-law union of Ross, Lower division of the
hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford; containing 127 inhabitants.
Huntley (St. John the Baptist)
HUNTLEY (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in
the union of Westbury, duchy of Lancaster, W.
division of the county of Gloucester, 7 miles (W. by
N.) from Gloucester; containing 511 inhabitants. It is
situated on the road between Gloucester and Ross, and
comprises by admeasurement 1409 acres, of which 736
are meadow and pasture, 380 arable, 139 wood, and 154
waste: the soil rests chiefly on limestone, intermixed
with red and blue clay, gravel, and marl. The scenery
is richly wooded, and fine views are obtained from some
of the elevations, of the Cotswold, Malvern, and Bredon
hills, the mountains of South Wales, the Severn, Bristol
Channel, &c. The living is a discharged rectory, valued
in the king's books at £7. 5. 10.; patron, R. Capper,
Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £240. 11.,
and the glebe comprises 48 acres, with a house. The
church is in the later English style, and has been
enlarged at a cost of £500, defrayed chiefly by the rector; it has 370 sittings.
Huntley
HUNTLEY, a hamlet, in the parish and union of
Cheadle, S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow,
N. division of the county of Stafford, 1½ mile (S.) from
Cheadle. The village is pleasantly situated on the road
from Cheadle to Uttoxeter.
Hunton (St. Mary)
HUNTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Maidstone, hundred of Twyford, lathe of Aylesford,
W. division of Kent, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) from Maidstone; containing 740 inhabitants. This place, in the
reign of Henry III., belonged to Nicholas de Lenham,
who obtained for the inhabitants the grant of a weekly
market and an annual fair for five days, both which
have long fallen into disuse. The manor afterwards
passed to the Gyffords, and in the reign of Edward III.
to the family of Clinton, of whose ancient mansion, the
site, encompassed by a moat, is still visible near the
church. On Midsummer-day, 1746, and on Aug. 19th,
1763, two of the most awful and destructive storms ever
recorded in the country occurred in this and the neighbouring parishes. The parish consists of 2061a. 3r. 8p.,
a large portion of which is appropriated to the cultivation
of hops of fine quality, and the growth of fruit for the
London market; the soil is chiefly clay. There are 386
acres of wood, and the surface is watered by the river
Beult, which falls into the Medway at Yalding. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£16. 13. 1½., and in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury: the tithes have been commuted for £900, and
the glebe comprises 24 acres, with a house. The church,
to which a gallery has been added at the expense of the
rector and parishioners, is a very neat edifice, containing
a fine bust of H. Hatley, Esq., by Roubilliac, and some
handsome monuments of the Fanes, whose old family seat
at Burston is now a farmhouse, and its chapel desecrated.
Beilby Porteus, 22 years rector of the parish, successively
Bishop of Chester and of London, and celebrated for his
universal benevolence, bequeathed £1000 three per cent.
consols. for teaching children here. A stratum of petrified shells in marl was discovered in the parish, in the
year 1683.
Hunton (St. James)
HUNTON (St. James), a parish, in the union of
Winchester, hundred of Buddlesgate, Winchester
and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 5½
miles (S. by E.) from Whitchurch; containing 111 inhabitants. This was formerly a chapelry in the parish
of Crawley St. Mary; it comprises 1029 acres. The
living is annexed to the rectory of Crawley: the tithes
have been commuted for £190.
Hunton
HUNTON, a chapelry, in the union of Leyburn,
partly in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of Hang-East, but chiefly in the parish of Brompton-Patrick,
wapentake of Hang-West, N. riding of York, 6 miles
(S. by E.) from Richmond; containing 534 inhabitants.
The township is situated north of the Newton beck, and
comprises about 1855 acres: the village, which is large,
lies on both sides and near the confluence of two streams.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £100;
patron, the Bishop of Chester; impropriator, C. H.
Elsley, Esq. The chapel, dedicated to St. John, is a
plain edifice, consecrated in 1794.
Huntsham
HUNTSHAM, a parish, in the union and hundred
of Tiverton, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon,
3 miles (E. S. E.) from Bampton; containing 157 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated in a very retired
part of the county, far from any public road, comprises
by measurement 1859 acres, chiefly of a poor clayey
soil; about 771 acres are pasture, 757 arable, and 330
woodland. The surface is varied, the scenery generally pleasing; and the river Lowman, which falls into
the Exe at Tiverton, has its source in the parish. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£10. 12. 11.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. E. B.
Troyte: the tithes have been commuted for £182, and
the glebe comprises 62 acres. The church is a small
edifice, completely covered with ivy, and forming a picturesque feature in the landscape; it has a tower at the
west end.
Huntshaw (St. Mary Magdalene)
HUNTSHAW (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in
the union of Torrington, hundred of Fremington,
Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (N. N. E.)
from Torrington; containing 296 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£11. 7. 1., and in the gift of Lord Clinton: the tithes
have been commuted for £190, and the glebe comprises
36 acres. John Lovering, in 1671, bequeathed £200 to
purchase lands, a part of the proceeds to be applied in
teaching children.
Huntspill (All Saints)
HUNTSPILL (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Bridgwater, partly in the hundred of Bempstone,
but chiefly in that of Huntspill and Puriton, W.
division of Somerset, 6 miles (N. by E.) from Bridgwater; containing 1643 inhabitants. It borders on
the Bristol Channel, and comprises 6615a. 1r. 1p., of
which 4939 acres are meadow and pasture, 835 arable,
and 170 orchards. The surface is flat, and the soil a
deep rich loam; the chief produce is cheese. The river
Parret, at the mouth of which the parish is situated, is
navigable for vessels of considerable burthen; and the
Bristol and Exeter railway, and the Axbridge and Bridgwater road, also afford facilities of conveyance. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£72. 5. 5., and in the gift of Balliol College, Oxford:
the tithes have been commuted for £684. 6., and the
glebe comprises 49 acres, with a house. The church is
a handsome structure in the later English style. A district church, dedicated to All Saints, was built in 1839,
containing 230 free sittings, the Incorporated Society
having granted £130 in aid of the expense; the funds,
with this exception, were supplied by the rector, the
parishioners, and the patrons of the parish living. Here
is a place of worship for Baptists. Beautiful marine
shells, of the Wentletrap and Helix species, abound
among the sedge by the sea-side.
Huntstill
HUNTSTILL, a hamlet, in the parish of ChiltonTrinity, union of Bridgwater, hundred of North
Petherton, W. division of the county of Somerset;
containing 22 inhabitants.
Huntwick, with Foulby and Nostal
HUNTWICK, with Foulby and Nostal, a township, in the parish of Wragby, Upper division of the
wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3½
miles (S. W. by W.) from Pontefract, near the road to
Wakefield; containing 152 inhabitants. Huntwick is a
mile and a half north, and Foulby about half a mile
west, of the church; they consist of 2 farms and some
cottages.—See Nostal.
Hunwick, with Helmington
HUNWICK, with Helmington, a township, in the
parish of St. Andrew Auckland, union of Auckland,
N. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the
county of Durham, 3½ miles (N. W. by N.) from BishopAuckland; containing 338 inhabitants. It is situated
on the bank of the Wear, and comprises about 1560
acres of land. A district chapel dedicated to St. Paul
has been erected; the district consists of this township
and part of that of Newton-Cap, and is bounded on the
east and south by the river Wear. A fine mineral spring,
much resorted to in cases of indigestion, became dry in
1842, owing to the sinking of a coal-pit.
Hunworth (St. Lawrence)
HUNWORTH (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the
union of Erpingham, hundred of Holt, W. division of
Norfolk, 2½ miles (S. S. W.) from Holt; containing 234
inhabitants. This parish, situated in a picturesque dell,
comprises 838a. 1r. 28p., of which 494 acres are arable,
52 pasture and meadow, 48 woodland, and 68 heath and
common. The living is a discharged rectory, united to
that of Stody, and valued in the king's books at £4:
the tithes have been commuted for £148, and the glebe
contains 22½ acres. The church is in the early and
later English styles, and consists of a nave and chancel,
with a south transept, and a square embattled tower.
Hurcott
HURCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Ilton, union
of Chard, hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, W.
division of Somerset; containing 12 inhabitants.
Hurdcott
HURDCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Baverstock, union of Wilton, hundred of Cawden and Cadworth, Hindon and S. divisions of the county of Wilts;
containing 58 inhabitants.
Hurdsfield
HURDSFIELD, a township, in the parish of Prestbury, union and hundred of Macclesfield, N. division
of the county of Chester; adjoining the town of Macclesfield on the east, and containing 3551 inhabitants.
This township, the lower end of which is in the borough
of Macclesfield, comprises about 859 acres, consisting of
pasture, with a little arable, and some woodland, and
plantations of Scotch larch and firs; the surface is hill
and dale, and the soil clay and sand, and stony. Coal
and stone are obtained; and there are several silk manufactories and dye-works, employing a vast number of
hands: the establishment of Messrs. Brocklehurst and
Company is the largest in the township. The Macclesfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith road, and the Macclesfield
canal, pass through. A very neat church, dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, and in the pointed style, was consecrated in 1837; the cost of its erection was about £3000.
The living is a perpetual curacy, with an income derived
from pew-rents, and £1000 in the funds; patrons,
Hindmarsh's Trustees. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyans; and infant and Sunday schools are in connexion with the church.
Hurleston
HURLESTON, a township, in the parish of Acton,
union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the
county of Chester, 2½ miles (N. W.) from Nantwich;
containing 192 inhabitants. It comprises 1342 acres,
the soil of which is sand and clay. A branch of the
Chester canal passes through the township. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £83. 5., and the
vicarial for £32. 3. 2.