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Rh HASLIXGDEN. 211 HASTINGS. bowl, and from which a feeder of the Wye runs. Tuesday it market day. Fairs are held on the 13th May and 26th September for cattle and live stock. HASLINGDEN, a tnshp., chplry., and market town in the par. of Whalley, lower div. of the hund. of Black- burn, co. Lancaster, 9 miles N. of Bury, and 10 N.W. of Burnley. It has a station on the East Lancashire railway, which passes near to the town, and has also a telegraphic station. This place is situated in the midst of a hilly district on the border of the Forest of Rossen- dale. The town, which is situated on the old road from Bury to Burnley, is a very ancient market town, hut has recently been much modernised. The more ancient portion is situated on the acclivity of the hill, and is irregularly built, the principal street being Church- street. The modern portion is built at the foot of the hill, bearing an incline towards the valley, the leading thoroughfare being Dearden-gate. Tho townhall ia a stone building, erected in 1852, at the cost of 1,600. Adjoining it is the police station ; and in Dearden-gato the mechanics' institution, established in 1855, with news and reading rooms, also library and class-rooms. Tho workhouse is situated in Lower-lane. Tho town also contains a brewery, and several cotton and woollen manufactories. The Haslingden Gas and Coko Com- pany's works were erected in 1856, adjoining the railway station. In the vicinity of the town are stone and slate quarries and collieries. Haslingden is the head of a Pi>or-law Union, embracing ton tnshps. in the pars, of Whalley and Bury, and the seat of superintendent registry and new County Court districts, the latter being held on every other Tuesday. Petty sessions are also held in the townhall once a fortnight. The living is a pcrpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 275, in the patron, of trustees. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a stone structure, rebuilt in 1780 with a more modern tower containing a peal of eight bells. Tho interior has recently undergone extensive alterations and decorations, and the old roof replaced by a now one in 1856. It con- tains accommodation for 2,000 persons, and has a curious old font 300 years old. A small Roman Catholic chapol has been lately erected, and the Wesleyans and Inde- pendents have chapels, both completed in 1856; also the Baptists, Primitive Methodists, Unitarians, and Sweden- borgians have places of worship. There is a National day and Sunday school, built in 1854. Tuesday and Saturday are market days. Fairs are h'eld on the 2nd February, 8th May, 4th July, and 2nd October. HASL1NGFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Wetherloy, co. Cambridge, 5^ miles S.W. of Cambridge, and 2 N. of the Harston railway station. Tho village is situ- ated on the river Cam, which bounds the parish on the E. Dr. Wendy is said to have had the honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth in his mansion here, now the property of Lord Delaware. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 650. Tho living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Ely, val. 650. Tho church, dedi- cated to All Saints, has a lofty embattled tower. It contains some monuments to Sir Thomas Wendy and family. There is a National school, endowed by Simon Estman, a native of Denmark, with 40 per annum, also an infant school. The other charities produce 67 per HASLINGTON,a tnshp. and parochial chplry. in the 'if Barthomley, hund. of Nantwich, co. Chester,
 * .>s S.W. of Sandbach, and 6 N.E. of Nantwich.

Tho North Staffordshire railway passes in the vicinity. The soil is sandy, and the subsoil sand and clay. Tho crops are wheat, potatoes, and oats. The village ' i -iiderable. The living is a pcrpet. cur.* in the dioc. heater, val. 100. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is a stone building with a cupola containing 11. 'I'll.' Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Inde- . iptista havo chapels, and there is a nid sclirml t'nr luiys anil i/ji'lH. llaslington Hall is n I'urmhoiiso. Sir II. D. Bronghton, Hart., is lord manor and chief landowner. IIASSAI.L, a tnshp. in the par. of Sandbaeh, hund. intwich, co. Chester, 2J miles S.E. of Sandbach. The township is situated near the river Wenlock and the Trunk canal. The soil is sandy, and the chief crops wheat, oats, and potatoes.. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester. The church is a modern, building of brick with a small spire. Mrs. Redhall, of Oongleton, is lady of the manor and chief landowner. HASSENDEAN, a vil. in the par. of Mintp, co. Rox- burgh, Scotland, 4 miles N.E. of Hawick. It is a station on the North British railway. HASSINGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Blofield, CO. Norfolk, 10 miles S.E. of Norwich, and 1 mile from Buckenham railway station. The parish, which is of small extent, is bounded on the S. by the navigable river Yare. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 100. Tho living is a rect. annexed to that of Buckenham, in the dioc. of Norwich, joint val. 230. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a circular tower, the upper part of which is octagonal. It has recently been repaired at the expense of the rector. The charities consist of the rents of about 15 acres of land allotted to the poor under the Enclosure Act. Sir W. B. Proctor, Bart., is lord of the manor and chief owner of the soil. HASSOP, a tnshp. in the par. of Bakewell, hund. ef High Peak, co. Derby, 2 miles N. of Bakewell. It is a station on the Buxton branch of the Midland railway. Hassop Hall, the seat of Earl Newburgh, was garrisoned in 1643 for Charles I. by Colonel Eyre. The Roman Catholics have a chapel. HASTINGLEIGH, a par. in the bar. and lib. of Bir- cholt, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 7 miles E. of Ashford. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The land is distributed into arable, pasture, and woodland, with n considerable extent of hop plantation and garden ground. The tithes have been commuted for 231. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, consolidated with the vie. of Elmstead, in the patron, of the archbishop. Tho church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure with a square tower and steeple. HASTINGS, a market town, municipal and parlia- mentary borough, Cinquo port, and fashionable bathing- place, in the rape of Hastings, co. Sussex, 64 miles S.S.E. of London by road, 70 by the London and South Coast railway, or 74 by tho Hastings branch of the South- Eastern line through Tunbridge. It is situated near the eastern extremity of Sussex, about midway between Dungeness and Beachy Head, in lat. 50 51' 30" N., and long. 36' E. (r), and is protected from the N. and N.E. winds by a range of steep hills which rise immediately behind it. It may now be considered as consisting of an old and a now town, tho former occupying a hollow between the East-hill and tho Castle-hill ; tho latter, called St. Leonard' s-on-Sea, stretching along the sea- shore 8. and W. of the Castle-hill. The New town, or St. Leonard's-on-Sea, has been entirely built since 1828, when James Burton, Esq., of tho Regent's Park, London, conceived and carried out tho plan of forming this now fashionable watering-place, and for that pur- pose purchased the beautiful valley from tho Everstield estate. Tho Old town, or Hastings proper, on the con- trary, is a place of high antiquity, and ranks first among the ancient maritime boroughs called tho Cinquo Ports. It is said to have been fortified by Arviragus against tho Romans in A.D. 40 ; and Mr. Kemble, in his " Saxons in England," believes it to havo been tho fortress, and at one time the town, of the tribe called tho Haestingas, from whence ita present name, though others derive it from Hastinge, the Danish pirate, who is said to havo built a fort hero in 893. It was of sufficient importance in 924 to bo made a mint town by King Athelstan, and the castle was restored by William tho Norman after tho battle of Hastings, which was fought not here, but at some distance, where the town of Battle now stands. William I., it is said, dined for the first time as King of England at a stone still called tho " Conqueror's Table," and in 1090 he summoned the English nobles to do homage to him at this place. On the forfeiture of tie Saxon estates tho honour of Hastings was given to the earls of Eu, from whom it came through the earls of Richmond," tho Hastings, &c., to tho Polhams. After