HIMLE'i HINDLEY. bread every Easter. The Dean and Chapter of Wor- cester are lords of the manor. HIMLEY, a par. in the N. div. of the hund. of Seisdon, co. Stafford, 4 miles V. of Dudley, its post town, and 3 N. of the Brierley railway station. It is a small village situated near the river Stour, and the Stafford and Birmingham canal. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of blade, mill, and edge tools. Courts leet and baron are held annually, and there is a copyhold court. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 312. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 315. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was erected in 1764, by the first Lord Dudley and Ward. The parochial charities produce about 5 per annum. Himley Hall is the principal seat. HINCASTBR, a tnshp. in the par. of Hevcrsham, ward of Kendal, co. Westmoreland, 2 miles N.E. of Blilnthorpe railway station, and 4 S. of Kendal. It is situated on the Lancaster canal and railway. Hincaster was formerly a Roman station. Lady Howard is lady of the manor. HINCHINBROOK, an ext. par. place, principally within the hund. of Hurstingstone, but partly in the borough of Huntingdon, co. Huntingdon, half a mile W. of Huntingdon. It was given by William the Conqueror to the nuns of Eltesley, in Cambridgeshire, and was valued at the Dissolution at 19 9*. W. The site was subsequently given to the Cromwell family, who built Hinchinbrook House, where Sir Henry, the " Golden knight," entertained Queen Elizabeth, and his son, Sir Oliver (uncle of the Protector), received James I., with his whole court, on his arrival from Scotland. The mansion subsequently came to the Montagues, and now belongs to the Earl of Sandwich, who takes from it the title of viscount. There is a noble bay window in the hall, and a gallery of portraits, but the decorations have sustained considerable injury from a fire which occurred in the present century. HINCKFORD, a hund. in co. Essex, contains the pars, of Alphamstone, Ashen, Ballingdon, Belchamp- Otton, Belchamp St. Paul, Belchamp Walter, Belchamp- North-Wood, Belchamp-North-End, Birdbrook, Bock- ing, Borley, Braintree, Buhner, Bumpstead-Steeple, Felstead, Finchingfield, Foxearth, Gestingthorpe, Gos~ field, Halstead, Hedingham (Castle and Sible), Great and Little Henny, Lamarsh, Listen, Great and Little Maplestead, Middleton, Ovington, Panfield, Pebmarsh, Pentlow, Rayne, Ridgwell, Great Baling, Shalford, Stambourne, Stebbing, Stisted, Sturmere, Tilbury, Toppesfield, Twinstcad, Wethersfield, Wickham St. Paul, Great and Little Yeldham, and parts of Bures St. Mary and Kedington, comprising an area of 109,610 acres. HINCKLEY, a par., post and market town, in the hund. of Sparkenhoe, co. Leicester, 13 miles N.E. of Coventry, 14 S.W. of Leicester, and 5 E. of Nuneaton. It is a station on the Hinckley and Nuneaton branch of the South Leicestershire railway. The town is situated near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, in the southern divi- sion of Leicestershire, for which it is a polling-place. It contains the limits, of Hydes Pastures and Wykin, and was formerly a borough and assize town. Hinckley parish lies about 2 miles N. of the Roman Watling Street, and formerly belonged to Hugh-de-Grentemaisnel, who built a castle here, and a small priory as a cell to Lira Abbey, in France. The manor of Hincklev is now held as a feoffmcnt for the town, the value being very inconsiderable. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in malting, basket-making, rope-making, needle-making, framesmithing, and coarse stocking-making the latter being carried on to a considerable extent, there being above 2,000 frames and looms at work in the parish. The town of Hinckley is governed by a mayor, 5 head- boroughs, and 2 constables, chosen at the annual court- leet of the lord of the manor. It consists of two liberties viz. the borough and bond and is situated on a lofty eminence. It contains some good streets, and is well paved and lighted with gas. It contains two banks, savings-bank, townhall, union poorhouse, mechanic institution, gasworks, fire-brigade engine-house, and police station. Petty sessions are held every alternate Monday in the townlmll. The steam corn-mill, erected in 1846 at an outlay of 10,000, has been converted into the Great Midland Sewing-Mill. Hinckley is the head of a Poor-law Union comprising 11 parishes or town- ships, of which 9 are in the county of Leicester and 2 in that of Warwick. The living is a vie. * with the rect. of Stoke Golding and the cur. of Dadlington annexed, in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 545, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The parish church, dedicated to St. Mary, was built in the reign of Edward I. It is a commodious structure, with a tower crowned with a lofty spire, containing a quarter-chime clock and peal of eight bells. The roof is of richly-carved oak, and the interior is furnished with a beautiful organ, value upwards of 500. There is also a chapel-of-ease, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 100. The parochial charities produce about 713 per annum. The Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, General Baptists, and Roman Catholics have each a chapel. There are National, Sunday, and infant schools, besides Alderman Newton's free school for 25 boys. There are several mineral springs in this parish ; one of them being on the property of Mr. Hollier, who has built some baths. Monday is market day. Fairs are held on the first, second, and third Mondays after Epiphany, on Whit-Monday, and the Monday prior to the 2Cth August; also the first Monday in November for cattle, horses, sheep, &c. HINDERCLAY, a par. in the hund. of Blackbourn, co. Suffolk, 2 miles N.W. of Botesdale, and 11 N. of Stowmarket. The parish is bounded on the N. by the lesser Ouse, which separates it from the county of Norfolk. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 408. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a square embattled tower. The charities produce about 25 per annum. HINDERWELL, a par. in the E. div. of the lib. of Langbaurgh, North Riding co. York, 9 miles N.W. of Whitby, its railway station and post town. It is situated on the coast, and contains the vils. of Roxby, Runswick, and Staithes. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries. Ironstone is worked. In 1603 an Algeriue ship infected with the plague was wrecked upon this coast, and communicated the disease to the inhabitants of the village, many of whom died. Tho living is a rect.* annexed to the cur. of Roxby, in the dioc. of York, val. 494. Tho church is a stone struc- ture erected in 1817, and has a square tower con- taining two bells. It is dedicated to St. Hilda, and in the churchyard is a holy well called St. Hilda's, which has given name to the parish. The parochial charities produce about 5 lls. 6d. per annum. The Marquis of Normanby is lord of the manor and chief landowner. HINDFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Whittington, co. Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Oswestry. It is situated on the Ellesmero canal. HINDLETHWAITE, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Carlton Highdale, and par. of Coverham, North Riding co. York, 3 miles S.W. of Middleham. It is situated near th river Cover. HINDLEY, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Wigan, hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 3 miles S.E. of Wigan, its post town, 7 from Bolton, and 17j from Manchester. It is a station on the Lancashire nnd Yorkshire railway. Tho village, which is very consider- able, is situated on the old road from Wigan to Bolton. There are some extensive collieries and cotton-mills. In the vicinity is a burning well of cold water, produced by the decomposition of water acting upon metallic ores and sulphate of iron, &c. It is similar to that at Petoa Mila, near Fierenzota, in Italy, except that the flame of I the Italian spring is perpetual in the absence of hi rain, and consists of sulphuric gas. The living is perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Chester, val. 250. church, which was rebuilt in 1766, is dedicated to All Saints. It is a brick structure, with a tower containing
