HACKFORD. 1GO HACKNEY. HACKFORD, a par. in the hund. of Eynsford, co. Norfolk. It contains the principal part of the town of Keepham, its post town, and railway station on the Lin- coln, Market Kasen, and Hull line. The greater part of the land is arable. The surface is undulating, and the parish is watered by a branch of the river Wensum. The living is a rect. with the vie. of Whitwell united, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 328. The church, which was situated in the same churchyard as the churches of Keep- ham St. Mary and Whitwell, was destroyed by fire in 1600, and has never been rebuilt. The inhabitants attend the church of Whitwell, now used for both parishes. The charities produce about 25 per annum. Hackford Hall is the principal residence. HACKFORD, a par. in the hund. of Forehoe, co. Nor- folk, 4 miles N.W. of Wymondham, its post town, and 1 mile from Kimberley railway station. The village, which is small and wholly agricultural, is situated on the road from Norwich to Hingham. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 213. The river Yare flows through the parish. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 225. The church, dedicated to the "Virgin Mary, is an ancient structure with a thatched roof, and a square tower containing one bell. It was enlarged and re-decorated in 1827. The register dates from 17-10. A Sunday-school is held in the church. Here is a National school. The charities produce 11 per annum. Lord Wodehouse is lord of the manor and principal landowner. HACKFORD, or HACKFORTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Hornby, wap. of East Hang, North Riding co. York, 1 mile from Hornby, and 4 miles S. of Catterick. There is a purochial school, which has an endowment of about 24, also a Sunday-school with an endowment of 3, both by the Duke of Leeds, who is lord of the manor and sole landowner. HACKINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Westgate, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 1 mile N. of Canter- bury. It is the Lalintone of Domesday Survey. A por- tion of the parish is within the municipal boundaries of the city of Canterbury. The village is small, and chiefly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 620. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 412, in the patron, of the Archdea- con of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. St.-phen, is a handsome cruciform building, part built by Arch- bishop Baldwin, and part by Sir R. Manwood. It con- tains a handsome monument to the memory of Sir Roger Manwood, who, in 1592, gave to the vicar the great tithes, and also endowed six tenements for aged people, now called Manwood's Hospital, which has a revenue of 26 per annum. The other charities produce about 15 per annum. HACKLESTONE, a tythg. in the par. of Fittleton, co. Wilts, 5 miles N. of Amesbury, situated on the river Avon. HACKLETON, a hmlt. in the par. of Piddington, co. Northampton, 5 miles S.E. of Northampton. The hamlet, which is considerable, is situated near Salcey Forest. HACKMYS, a par. in the bar. of Orrery and Kilmore, co. Cork, and in the bar. of Coshma, co. Limerick, prov. of Mimster, Ireland, 1 mileE. of Charleville, its post town. No ecclesiastical arrangements appear to have been made for the parish. HACKNESS, a par. in the lib. of Whitby-Strand, North Riding co. York, 6 miles W. of Scarborough, its post town. The village is situated in a vale, sur- rounded by steep hills. There are several springs of water rising in the hills and forming natural cascades. The river Derwent passes through the village. Prior to the dissolution of monasteries there existed here a cell to Whitby Abbey. The land is equally divided between arable, pasture, and woodland, with a consider- able tract of moor. The living is a perpet. cur.* with that of Harwood Dale annexed, in the dioc. of York, val. 253. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient edifice, with square tower crowned by a spire. There are several small charities and a village school. The principal residence is Hackness Hall, the seat of Sir John
r anden Benipde Johustone, Bart., who is lord of the
manor. HACKNEY,* an extensive suburb of the metropolis, in. the N.E. div. of the Tower Hamlets, hund. of Ossul- stone, co. Middlesex, 2 J miles N. by E. of London, com- mencing about a mile from Shoreditch church. It is intersected by the North London railway, which has a station in Church-street and one in Kingsland. The town lies in the vale of Hackney Brook, near the banks of the river Lea, and, according to the census of 1861, contains 76,687 inhabitants. Previous to 1835 it formed one parish, but is now divided into Hackney St. John, South Hackney, and West Hackney, together comprising the hmlts. of Hackney Proper, Homerton, Clapton, Dalston, Do Beauvoir Town, Stamford Hill, and Kings- land. The streets are in general straight, well-paved, clean, and lighted with gas, being under the superinten- dence of a local board of works. The houses are sub- stantial and commodious, and are well supplied with water. The extensive silk mills formerly existing here have long been removed, and the place is now chiefly inhabited by city merchants and gentlemen engaged in business in London. At Hackney Wick are various factories for waterproofing, bone-crushing, chemical works, and rope-walks. It contains a townhall, situated in Church-street, where the parish offices are ; a literary and scientific institution, mechanics' institute, theological seminary, London Orphan Asylum, erected in 1813, at Clapton, by Dr. Andrew Reed, and affording main- tenance and education to 430 orphan children between 7 and 15 years of age; a penitentiary, eight private lunatic asylums, and the Children's Friend Institution at Hackney Wick. In the manor of Hackney the old Saxon custom of gavelkind prevails, so that the lands are divided between all the sons or daughters as co-heirs in the event of the father dying intestate. In the 13th century it formed part of the possessions of the Knights Templars of St. John of Jerusalem, who are supposed to have had a mansion in Church-street. The workhouse is situated in Homerton, and answers for this and the adjoining parish of Stoke Newington, together forming a Poor-law Union. For other purposes Hackney is governed by a board of trustees of the poor, appointed under a local Act of Parliament, and by a vestry of 120, appointed under the Metropolitan Local Management Act. The poor- rate valuation of the parish in 1852 was 200,000, but had increased in 1862 to 300,000. Hackney is within the Shoreditch County Court district and Metropolitan Police district. The soil is generally gravel resting upon clay, and is chiefly the property of William Am- hurst Tyssen Amhurst, Esq., who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The Victoria Park, which com- prises nearly 290 acres, extends between the parishes of Bow and Hackney. It was commenced in 1841, and is chiefly intended for the use of the large and crowded districts of Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, and Shoreditch. Hackney is severed into two parts by a public road, and skirted by the North London railway, on the W. by ths Regent's canal, and on the S. by Sir George Duckett'g canal. In the park there arc two lakes, one for boating and the other for bathing ; but that which attracts the visitor most is the drinking fountain presented by Mi: Burdett Coutts in 1862, situated in the eastern part of Victoria Park, near the Hackney gate. The livings the three parishes of Hackney St. John's, South Hackn _ and West Hackney, are all rects.* in the archdeac. and dioc. of London, val. respectively, 1,082, 520, and 464, all in the gift of W. A. Tyssen Amhurst, Esq. In addition to the above parish churches, there are seven district churches viz. St. Thomas at Stamford Hill, St. Philip's, Dalston, St. Mark's, Dalston, St. James at Clap- ton, St. Barnabas at Homerton, Ram's Chapel at Homer- ton, St. Peter's, De Beauvoir Town, and St. Michael's, The first six of these district churches are withinth parish of Hackney St. John, and the last two within that West Hackney. There is also a free English church aboi to be erected on the Mansion House estate. The fine oli tower of the original church of St. Augustine, at Hack- T- .Id
