HALWELL. 176 HAM. town, when the sea came up much farther than at present. The land is chiefly moor and marsh ground. The living isa vie.* inthedioc. of Norwich, val. 325, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient structure, with turreted tower. It was repaired in 1858. The register dates from 1550. The charities produce 5 per annum, with an allotment of 16 acres of land. There is a National school, erected in 1854. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship. HALWELL, a par. in the hund. of Black Torrington, co. Devon, 7 miles S.E. of Holsworthy. The village consists of a few farmhouses, and is a meet for Sir H. Seale's hounds. There are stone quarries. The living is a root. * in the dioe. of Exeter, val. 2 10, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is an ancient struc- ture, with a high tower, containing five bells. The Baptists have a chapel and Sunday-school. HALWELL, a par. in the hund. of Coleridge, co. Devon, 6 miles S.W. of Totnea railway station, and 7 N.W. of Dartmouth. It contains the hmlt. of Wash- bourne. The soil is clayey, and subsoil is dunstone. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 168, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. There is a National school for both sexes. The charities produce 6 per annum. HAM, a par. in the hund. of Eastry, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 2J miles S.W. of Sandwich. The parish is of small extent, and contains only a few scattered houses. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 181, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. George, is a small ancient structure. Updown House, the residence of Major Thomas Thompson, is the principal seat. HAM, a par. in the hund. of Elstub, co. Wilts, 4 miles S. of Hungerford, its railway station and post town. It is a small agricultural village. The land, which is chiefly arable, consists of extensive sweeps of open country, lying under a range of chalk hills. The downs afford good pasturage for sheep, and there is a small extent of woodland. The soil is in some parts chalk, and in others a sandy loam. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 457, in the patron, of the Bishop of Winchester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a small tile-roofed edifice, with a square tower. The parochial charities produce 1 per annum. There is a school supported by the rector. HAM, a hund. in the lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, contains the par. of Warehorne and part of Orlestone, comprising 3,860 acres. HAM, a tythg. in the upper div. of the hund. of Berkeley, co. Gloucester, 1 mile S. of Berkeley. HAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Hantwit-Major, co. Glamorgan, 4 miles S. of Cowbridge. HAM, a tythg. in the par. of Baughurst, co. Hants, 2 miles N.E. of Kingsclere. HAM, a tythg. in the par. of Pilton, co. Somerset, 2 miles S.W. of Shepton-MaUet. HAM, a hmlt. in the hund. of Glaston-Twelve-Hides, co. Somerset, 4 miles S.E. of Glastonbury. HAM, or HAM-W1TH-HATCH, a vil. and district par. in the par. of Kingston-upon-Thames, co. Surrey, 2 miles N. of Kingston. It is situated on the Thames near Richmond Park. Part of the land is laid out in market gardens. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioo. of Winchester, val. 100, in the patron, of the Vicar of Kingston. The church, which is dedicated to St. Andrew, stands on the common. The register dates from 1832, when tho church was built. The Independents and Wesleyans have places of worship. There are infant and National schools built on the common. At Hatch is situated the National Orphan Asylum, built in 1862, affording accommodation for 200 girls, who are educated till they are fifteen years of ago, when the authorities procure them situations. In the vicinity is Ham House, built by the Vavasors in the reign of James I., and belonging to the earls of Dysart. It contains a good collection of paintings, including a portrait by Lely of tho Duke of Lauderdale, one of the Cabal ministry, which frequently met here ; several by Van. dyck and Reynolds, and frescoes by Verrio. A fair ia held at the end of May, chiefly for pedlery. At Robin Hood, a hmlt. in this district par., is a small chapel, built in 1838. HAM, or HIGH HAM, a par. in the hund. of Whitley, co. Somerset, 5 miles E. of Somerton, 11 W. of Bridg- water, and 4 N. of Langport, its post town and railway station. It is situated on the high road from Wells and Bridgwator, and contains the hmlts. of Beer, Henley, Paradise, and Wag. The soil is clayey, and subsoil limestone, which is quarried for building and for burning into lime. The tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 450. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. Bath and Wells, val. 583, in the patron, of Worces' College, Oxford. The church is an ancient struct! dedicated to St. Andrew, with a tower containing fi bells. There is also a district church at Nether the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 50. register dates from 1569. Here is a free school ft both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is held. There are a few small charities. The Independents have places of worship here. Captain Mildmay is lord of the manor. HAM, or EAST HAM, a par. in the hund. of Becontree, co. Essex, 5 miles E. of Whitechapel church, London, 1 mile W. of Barking, and 2 miles N. of North Woolwich steamboat pier. It has a railway station on the Tilbury and Southend line. It is situated N. of the river Thames, extending from North Woolwich to Wanstead Flats. A large part is low marsh, affording pasture for cattle. Being in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, the value is greatly increased. Its population in 1861 was 1,909. The hmlt. of Greenstreet is in this par. Queen Anne Boleyne is said to have resided at the old mansion with a brick tower situated in Green-street. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of London, val. 865, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is an ancient structure, partly in the Norman style, with lancet windows and a Lady chapel. It contains the monument of Edmund Neville, Lord Latimer. Dr. Stukeley, the great anti- quary, according to his desire, was buried in the church- yard without inscription. In 1621 almshouses for six poor men were built and endowed with 30* per annum. There are National and infant schools. HAM, or WEST HAM, a par. and extensive suburb of London, in the hund. of Becontree, co. Essex, 4 miles E.N.E. of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is a station on the Great Eastern railway. The parish, which is bounded on the W. by the river Lea, and on the S. by the Thames, contains Upton, Forest Gate, Plaistow, and Stratford. The greater part of the land is pasture, the remainder arable in good cultivation. The soil, except in the marshes, is gravel, with some loam. Tho village, formerly a market town, is large, and situated on the London road. Many of tho inhabitants are employed as operative chemists, and in the calico print works. There are also extensive distilleries, breweries, and flour-mills ia the parish. Here are the West Ham waterworks on the river Lea. It is the head of a Poor-law Union, and of a superintendent registry district, but is included in the Bow new County Court district. The K. division of the metropolitan police have a station in the town, At Stratford-Liingthorne in this parish a Cistrrcian abbey was founded by William do Montfitchet in 1 1 35, of which only the gateway remains. In 1307 the abbot was summoned to parliament, and in the reign of Henry VIII., the unfortunate Countess of Salisbury was kept prisoner here on the charge of high treason, and was afterwards beheaded. Its revenues at the Dissolu- tion amounted to upwards of 650. The only remains of this once magnificent pile are the gateway and an ornamented arch, which stand near the church. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of London, val. 700, in tho patron, of the crown. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a large structure, with a lofty tnwc at the W. end. It contains the tomb of Edwards, th< naturalist, and some fine monuments. Besides t" parish church there are several district churches, livings of all which are perpet. curs. The churches
