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Rh HARDRES, LOWER. 193 HARDWICKE. Bucks, 5 miles N.E. of Newport-Pagnell, and 4J from Olncy, its post town. The palish is small, and wholly agricultural, the proportion of arable and pasture being nearly equal. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 200. The church, dedicated to' St. Mary, is an ancient structure. HAKUKES, LOWER, a par. in the hund. of Bridge, co. Kent, 3 miles S. of Canterbury, and 4 from the Chil- ham railway station. It is a small village, situated near the Roman road called Stone Street. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 317, in the patron, of St. John's College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was pulled down in 1831, and a new one erected, with a spire. The parochial charities are shared with Petham. There is a National school. HARDRES, UPPER, or GREAT HARDRES, a par. in the hund. of Bridge, co. Kent, 3J miles S. of Canter- bury. This par. contains the hmlts. of Bossingham and Palmsted. The living is a rect.* with the cur. of Stel- ling annexed, in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 589. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a small ancient edifice. It contains a brass to the Hardres family, bearing date 1575, with two others. The paro- chial charities produce 108 per annum, of which 89 goes to Denward's school. HARDROW, a parochial chplry. in the tnshp. of High Abbotside, par. of Aj sgarth, wap. of West Hang, North Riding co. York, 1 mile N. of Hawes, and about 16 miles W. of Leyburn railway station. It is situated on the N. bank of the liver Ure or Yore, in Wensleydale, and comprises the scattered hmlts. oi' Cotterdalo, Foss- dale, llardrow, Sedbusk, Shaw, and Simonstone. Here is a fine cascade called the Hardrow Scar Waterfall, which, in the frost of 1739-40, froze into a hollow trans- parent column of ice, while the water continued to run through it. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in the dioe. of Ripou, val. 109, in the patron, of Lord Wharnclifl'o and the Vicar of Ayggarth, alternately. There is a church and a school ; the latter has an endowment of 10 10. per annum. HARDWICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Torksey, wap. of Lawress, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 6 miles N.W. of Lincoln. A small canal, connecting the Foss Dyke navigation with the river Trent, passes near the hamlet. HARDWICK, a par. in the hund. of Houghley, co. Oxford, 5 miles N.W. of Bicester, its post town, and 10 S.E. of Banbury. This par. is annexed to that of Tus- more, and is of small extent and wholly agricultural. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a rect. in the dioc. oi Oxford, val. 92. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with fine Xorman doorway, in good preservation. Tusmore Park, the seat of the Hon. Percy Barrington, is the principal residence. HARDWICK, a par. in the hund. of Orlingbury, co. Northampton, 3| miles W. of Wellingborough, its post town, and 1 J mile from Great Harrowden. It is situated on the river Nen, and is of small extent, containing only a few farmhouses. The living is a rect. in the dioc. >f Peterborough, val. .268. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a small ancient structure, with square tower. In the interior are several ancient monuments to the Bagshaw and Nicolls families, and a very hand- marble one, of recent erection, to a daughter of it Andrew, Esq., of Harleston Park. The principal t interest is a farmhouse, which was once the i' nee of the Knights Templars. John Thornton, Esq., I of the manor. HARDWICK, a par. in the hund. of Depwade, co. Noil-Ik, ', niiVs X.E. of Tivetshall station, 4 S.E. of, its post town, and 7J from Bungay. The mall, and wholly agricultural. The living is mn-xed to that of Shelton, val. together, 512. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient vith only a small portion of its tower remaining. [ister date.; from 1560. The Wesleyans have a (if worship. F. Bacon Frank, Esq., is lord of the, and chief landowner. HARDWICK, a hmlt. in the par. of North Runcton, co. Norfolk, 1 mile S.E. of Lynn. It is situated near the Ely railway. Here was, in the reign of Edward III., a hospital for lepers. HARDWICK, an oxt. par. place in the par. of Haw- stead, and hund. of Thingoe, co. Suffolk, 1 mile S. of Bury St. Edmund's. It formerly belonged to Bury Abbey. It is noted for its fine breed of black-faced sheep. Hard wick House is the principal residence. UARDWICK, a hmlt. in the par. of Chepstow, co. Monmouth, 1J mile S. of Chepstow. It is situated on the bank of the Wye. HARDWICK, a limit, in the par. of Bredon, co. Worcester, 2 miles N.E. of Tewkesbury. It is situated on the river Avon, near the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, and is united to Mitton. HARDWICK, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Neithrop, par. of Banbury, co. Oxford, 1 mile N. of Banbury, within which borough it is included. HARDWICK, a hmlt. in the par. of Ducklington, hund. of Bampton, co. Oxford, 2 miles S.E. of Witney. It is situated on the river Windrush. HARDWICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Ellesmere, co. Salop, 2 miles W. of Ellesmere. It is a meet for the Wynnstay hounds. Hardwick House is the seat of Sir J. R. Kynaston, Bart. HARDWICK, a tnshp. in the chplry. of Hadnall, and par. of Middle, co. Salop, 5 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury. HARDWICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Norbury, co. Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Bishop's Castle. It is situated on the Onny, and is joined to Witcote to form a tnshp. HARDWICKE, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Whitatone, co. Gloucester, 5 miles S. of Gloucester, its post town, and 1J mile E. of Harcsfield railway station. It is situated on the Gloucester and Bristol ship canal, and near the river Severn. It formerly belonged to the families of Botelers and Tryca. The. land is partly in common, and the soil clay and blue iias. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Standish, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is a stone edifice, with a tower containing five bells. It has monuments to the Trycs family. There is a parochial school for both sexes, also a reformatory school, under the superintendence of Thomas Barlvick Lloyd Baker, Esq., who is lord of the manor, and whose seat is Hard- wicko Court, the principal residence. HARDWICKE, a par. in the hund. of Cottesloe, co. Bucks, 4 miles N. of Aylesbury, its post town, and 13 from Buckingham. The par., which is considerable, is situated on the road from Aylesbury to Buckingham, and contains the hmlt. of Weedon. Some time since the remains of a very largo Saurian and other fossils were found here, which are now preserved in the Geological Museum in Jcrmyn-street. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1801. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 646, in the patron, of New College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a square tower. Over the altar is an antique monument of Sir Thomas Lee, dating 1616. The charities produce 15 per annum, and there is a free school for boys and girls. Weedon is a meet for the Rothschild's hounds. HARDWICKE, a par. in the hund. of Longstow, co. Cambridge, 6 miles W. of Cambridge railway station, and 4 E. of Caxton, its post town. The parish is small, and wholly agricultural. It now contains only a small portion of common, the principal part having been enclosed in 1836. Tho tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 248. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 288, in the patron, of the bishop. Tho church is dedicated to St. Mary. The register dates from 1654. The Masters and Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge, are lords of the manor. HARDWICKE, a hmlt. in the par. of Abergavenny, upper div. of the hund. of Abergavenny, co. Monmouth, 2 miles from Abergavenny, and 14 W. of Monmouth. It is situated under the Sugar Loaf Hill, near the junc- tion of the rivers Gavenny and Usk.