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Rh HAWKESDALE. 222 HAWKSHEAD. from this place the title of baron. There are chapels-of- ease at Badminton and Tresharn, and a district church dedicated to St. Giles, at Hillsley, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 55, in the patron, of the bishop. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Pri- mitive Methodists, also a National school, and a fund for the education of poor boys, in the hands of trustees. Sir George Samuel Jenkinson is lord of the manor. A fair for cattle and sheep is held on the last Friday in August. HAWKESDALE, a tnshp. in the par. of Dalston, ward of Cumberland, co. Cumberland, 6 miles S.W. of Carlisle, situated on the W. side of the river Coldcw. In this township is Rose Castle, the residence of the Bishop of Carlisle; also Holm Hill and Hawkesdale Hall. HAWKES WELL. See HAWKWELL, co. Essex. HAWKESWICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Arncliffe, W. div. of the wap. of Staincliff, West Hiding co. York; 12 miles N.E. of Settle. It is situated near the river Wharfe. The soil is shallow, but fertile in the valleys, with limestone subsoil. The land is chiefly meadow and pasture. HAWKHILL, a tnshp. in the par. of Lcsbury, S. div. of Bambrough ward, co. Northumberland, 3 miles S.E. of Alnwick, and near the Bilton station on the North- Eastern railway. It is situated on the N. bank of the river Alne, on the road from Alnwick to Warkworth. The soil is a mixture of clay and loam, and produces good crops of wheat and turnips. It is let as one farm by Earl Grey, who is solo proprietor. HAWKHOUSE GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Kirk-Bramwith, wap. of Osgoldcross, West Hiding co. York, 4 miles W. of Thornc. HAWKHUEST, & par. chiefly in the hund. of East Barnfield, lathe of Scray, Co. Kent, but partly in that of Henhurst, rape of Hastings, co. Sussex, 4 miles S.W. of Cranbrook. This extensive palish is situated on the road from London to Rye, near the river Eother. It is well wooded, the prevailing timber being oak, and has about 400 acres of hop ground ; the rest of the land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 645, exclusive of hops. The village, formerly a market town, is still a considerable place, but chiefly agricul- tural, the cloth manufacture having long since been discontinued. The principal district of the parish lies on the road to Rye, and is called Highgate. A stone church, with shingled spire, has lately been erected as a chapel-of-ease to the parish church, and is endowed with 100 a year. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 250, in the patron, of Christ Church, Oxford. The parish church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a spacious and beautiful edifice, erected in the reign of Edward III. by the abbots of Battle Abbey. It has a lofty embattled tower and E. window, lately filled with stained glass to the memory of the parents of Edward Lloyd, Esq., and contains a brass of J. Roberts, and a monument to Richard Kilburne, author of the " Survey of Kent," in 1659. The learned divine, Dr. Lardncr, author of "The Credibility of the Gospel History," was a native of this parish, and is buried in the church. Tho Wesleyans have a chapel. There are six almshouses, and a free school endowed by Sir Thomas Dunk, in 1718, with lands now producing about 200 per annum. The other charities produce about 45 per annum. There are school buildings, with master's residence, lately erected on the village green for a National school for both sexes. In the vicinity are Collingwood, the residen re of Sir J. F. W. Herschell, Bart., the astronomer, and a new mansion, built by E. Lloyd, Esq., on the Lillesden estate ; also two chalybeate springs. HAWKINGE, or HACKYNGE, a par. in the hund. of Folkestone, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 2 miles N. of Folkestone. It is situated about 1 mile from the road leading from Folkestone to Canterbury, and near the South-Eastern railway. Tho village is small, but neatly built. Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 140, in the patron, of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a very small structure. HAWKLEY, a par. in the lower half of the hund. of Selborne, co. Hants, 6 miles N. of Petersfield, its post town. The population is mostly agricultural, the land being chiefly arable. There are also hop grounds. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Winchester, vai. 65. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. There is a National school. The Independents have a chapel. HAWKRIDGE, a tythg. in the par. of Bucklebury, co. Berks, 6 miles N.E. of Newbury. HAWKRIDGE, a par. in the hund. of Williton, co. Somerset, 4 miles N.W. of Dulverton, and 9 W. of South Molton. Tho village, which is very small and wholly agricultural, is situated on a hill above the small river Dun, which here divides Devonshire from Somerset. This stream joins the Barle, a little to the E. of the church at Castle Bridge, so named from its vicinity to the ruins of the baronial fortress called Monceaux Castle. The soil is generally poor, on a subsoil of rock iron and manganese. The crops are mostly oats and turnips. Until within the last few years, a large part of the parish consisted of oak copses, abounding in red deer, and of moorland, well stocked with game. The land is now generally enclosed, and the hills are grazed by sheep. The glebe consists of 630 acres of common, woods, and cultivated land. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. with the cur. of Withypoole annexed, 405. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is an ancient Norman structure, with a square tower. The charities produce 21 per annum. Near Castle Bridge is an old Roman encampment called Hawkridge Castle. The Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Portsmouth, and Sir Thomar Dyke Ackland, are the chief landowners. This is a meet for the Devon and Somerset hounds, and the Dul- verton harriers. HAWKSHEAD, a par. and small market town in tho hund. of Lonsdalo North of tho Sands, co. Lancaster, 5 miles S. of Ambleside, 6 W. of Windermere railway station, and 13 W. of Kendal, by crossing the lake. This par., which is of considerable extent, being 9 miles in length by 5J wide, is divided into four tnshps. : Hawks- head, Claife, Satterthwaite, and Monk Coniston with Skelwith. It is bounded on tho W. by Coniston Lake, on the N. by Elter Water and the river Brathay, on the E. by Lake Windermere, and on the S. by the par. of Colton, which was separated from it in 1680. It was constituted a parish in the reign of Elizabeth,. by Arch- bishop Sandys, a native of the place, having been pre- viously a chapelry under Dalton-in-Furness. About one-third of the land is enclosed as pasture : the rest i occupied by woods, interspersed with lakes, waterfalls, and fells. The town of Hawkeshead was formerly incorporated, and during tho existence of Furness Abbey, was governed by a bailiff appointed by ths abbot, who dispensed justice for the whole of that district in a court-room over the gateway of a house belonging to the abbots. It is now only a considerable village, where petty sessions are held fortnightly in the townhall; also a manor court. The houses, many of which are old, are somewhat scattered, standing near the head of Esthwaite AVater, a small lake, in tho centre of a valley almost surrounded by the fells of Furness. Tho borders of the lake are adorned with numerous villas and farmhouses ; and on Priest's Pott, a circular pool at the head of Esthwaite Water, is a floating islet, containing trees and shrubs. The lands belong to various gentlemen in the neighbourhood, who have seats scattered in various parts, but chiefly bordering on the lakes of Windermere and Coniston. Slate and building stone are quarried, the former for exportation. Iron, copper, and other minerals occur, and the copper mines and slate quarries are worked to a considerable extent. In tho village is a book club and musical institu- tion ; also an horticultural show is held annually, and an agricultural show every three years. In the township of Claife is the Ferry Hotel, near the banks of Windermere Lake, where boats are kept, nnd where also is the