HAEDWICKE, EAST. 194 HARESFIELD. HAEDWICKE, EAST, a tnshp. in the par. of Ponto- fract, upper div. of the wap. of Osgoldcross, West Riding co. York, 2 miles from Pontefract. The land is fertile and well cultivated. The village, which is small, ia situated on the road to Doncaster. The living ia a cur. in the dice, of York, val. 100, in the patron, of trustees. The charities amount to ahout 120 per annum, derived from the estate of Stephen Cawood, which are applied to the church, school, and relief of the poor. HARDWICKE, GREAT AND LITTLE, or SHEF- FORD HARDWICKS, an ext. par. place in the huud. of Clifton, co. Beds, G miles S.W. of Biggleswade. It is situated near the river Ivcl, and adjoins the tnshp. of Shcfford. HARDWICK PARK, the seat of the Duke of Devon- shire, co. Derby, 6 miles S.E. of Chesterfield. It was built by Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, between 1568 and 1584, and is remarkable for the number and size of its windows, which has given rise to the saying, " Hardwick Hall, more window than wall." Here Mary Queen of Scots lived while in the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and her room is still preserved, with her bed and embroidery. The picture gallery is 116 feet in length, containing near 200 portraits, including Burleigh, Sir 11. Cecil, Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, in the tenth year of her captivity, of whom there is also a statue by Westmacott ; Darnley, Sir Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Bishop Gardner, Pole, James V. of Scotland, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and others. The state-room and chapel are also deserving of notice for their tapestry, and the dining-room for its carved mantelpiece. HARD WICK, PRIORS, a par. in the Burton-Dassett div. of the hund. of Kington, co. Warwick, 5 miles S.E. of Southam, and 4 N.E. of Fenny Compton. The parish is intersected by the Oxford canal, near the borders of the county. The village is small, and chiefly agricul- tural. The living is a vie.,* val. with the curs, of Priors Marston and Lower Shuckburgh annexed, 480. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient struc- ture. The charities produce about 2 per annum. HARDWICK, WKST, a tnshp. in that part of the par. of Wragby which is in the upper div. of the wap. of Osgoldcross, West Riding co. York, 3j miles S.W. of Pontefract, and 5J E. of Wakefield. It is situated on the N. side of Nostel Park, and anciently formed part of the demesne of Nostel Priory, to which it was given by the Lucy family. The soil is chiefly of a loamy nature, and the subsoil clayey. Bricks, pipes, and tiles are manufactured. The hamlet contains only a few scattered farmhouses. HARDWOOD, a hmlt. in the par. of Clonard, bar. of Upper Moyfenrath, co. Heath, prov. of Leinster, Ire- land, 7 miles N.W. of Innfield. HARDY. See CHORLTON-CUM-HAUDY, co. Lancashire. HARDY FLATTS, an ext. par. place in the tnshp. of Welburn, North Riding co. York, 5 miles S.W. of New Malton. HAREBY, a par. in the W. div. of Bolingbroko sokc, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 4 J miles W. of Spilsby, its post town. The village is small, consisting of a few farmhouses. The living is a rcct. annexed to that of Bolingbroke, in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church, dedi- cated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a neat edifice with a turret containing a bell. It was rebuilt in 1858. Sir S. W. Smith, Bart., is lord of the manor, and principal landowner. HARE-CASTLE, a station on the North Staffordshire railway, co. Stafford, 4 miles N. of Newcastle-under- Lyme. It is situated at the entrance of the tunnel, which is 1,888 yards long, near the commencement of the Grand Trunk, or Trent and Mersey canal. HAREFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Elthorne, co. Middlesex, 5 miles N. of Uxbridge. It is situated on the river Colne and Grand Junction canal. It ia men- tioned in Domesday as Iferefelle, and formerly belonged to Alice de Clare, who founded here a preceptory for the Knights of St. John, as a cell to the Clerkenwell Priory. After the Reformation it passed to the Bacheworths and Stanleys, and from them to the Newdegatcs. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture, living is a don. cur.,* with a parsonage and 8 acres globe attached, in the dioc. of London, val. 64. TI church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structu with square tower and three bells. It contains four ancient brasses, the earliest bearing date 1444 ; also tombs of the Newdegates, Ashbys, and others, and a monument to the famous Countess of Derby, wife of Lord-Keeper Egerton, the "Amaryllis" of Spenser, and for whom Milton wrote his " Arcades," whilst residing in the neighbouring village of Horton. The register dates from 1539. The parochial charities producv per annum. There are almshouses for 6 widows, founded in 1637 by the Countess of Derby. The principal resi- dences are Breakspear House, the scat of William Drake, Esq. ; Harefield Park, of W. F. Vernon, Esq. ; and Harefield Place, the seat of the Newdegates, built at the commencement of the present century : the old mansion once occupied by the Countess of Derby, and in which the " Comus " of Milton was acted for the entertainment of her grandchildren, was burnt down in 1660. HARE-HILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Keighley, West Riding co. York, 2 miles from Keighley. HARE-HILL, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Potter-Newton, West Riding co. York, 1 mile N. of Leeds. HAREHOPE, or HAREUP, a tnshp. in the par. of Eglingham, N. div. of C'oquctdale ward, co. Northum- berland, 8 miles N.W. of Alnwick. In the vicinity art extensive earthworks, probably British. HARE ISLANDS, several small islands of this name in Ireland, one in Roaringwater Bay, co. Cork, another in Lough Rue, co. Westmeath, and a third in the har- bour off Galway, co. Gal way. HARESCOMB, a par. in the middle div. of the hund. of Dudstone, co. Gloucester, 5 miles S. of Gloucester, 1 1 from Cheltenham, and 3 N.W. from Painswick, and tl same distance W. of Stroud, its post town. It is situab near the Bristol railway, and on the high road Stroud to Gloucester. The soil is loamy and sub clay. The village is small and wholly agricultu The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge 89 16s. lid., and a rent-charge of 23 18s. is paid I certain impropriators. The living is a rcct. * annexed I that of Pitchcombe, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Br val. 153. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure. It has a very antique campanile, and two bells. This place was formerly the seat of the De Bohuns. The parochial charities produce about 4 per annum. HARESFIELD, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Whitstone, co. Gloucester, 6 miles S.W. of Glouc Stonehouse is its post town. It is a station on the B and Birmingham section of the Midland railway, parish is situated near the Berkeley canal, under Bn Ridge Camp. The soil is clayey, on a substratum of oolitic limestone, which is extensively quarried fur building purposes. The river Severn passes n lower part of the parish. A court-lcet is held for the manor, which enjoys peculiar privileges, being exempt from the hundred court, and formerly, with Wheaton- hurst and Ncwnham, conferring the dignity of 1( high constable, held by grand serjoanty, from which circumstance its privileges arose. The tithes have baa commuted for land under an Enclosure Act obtained in 1812, and the vicarage was rebuilt of stone by thi of the living in 1837. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 260. The churri cated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, with a tower, surmounted by a spire, containing a cluck and six bells. It appears to have been erected by the Prior of Llanthony. In the chancel are effigies to the DC Imhun family of Harescombe. The parochial charities produce about 15 per annum. There is a school for botli sexis._ Haresfield Court is the principal residence, the scat of J. Daniel Niblett, Esq., who is lord of the manor. Many Roman coins, and a beautiful bronze and silver fibula, have been found near Broad Ridge Camp, on the Beacon I hill. The quarries are rich in fossil remains.
