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Rh HENTON. 246 HEREFORD. of red loam with subsoil of rook and clay. The land is chiefly amble, with a small proportion of pasture and woodland. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. with the perpet. cur. of Little Dewchurch and cur. of Hoarwithy annexed, 310. Tho church, dedicated to St. Dubritius, is an ancient stone structure, with a square embattled tower containing five bells. The church has recently been restored. In the village of Hoarwithy is a small chapel-of-ease. The Wesleyans also have a place of worship. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. HENTON, a lib. in the par. of Chinnor, hund. of Lewknor, co. Oxford, 4 miles S.E. of Thame. HENTON, a hmlt. in the tythg. of Yarley, and par. of Wookey, co. Somerset, 4 miles S. W. of Wells. HENWICK, a hmlt. in the hund. of Lower Oswalds- low, co. Worcester, 1J mile N.W. of Worcester by the Worcester and Malvern railway, on which it is a station. It is situated near the junction of the river Teme with the Severn. The principal residences are Henwick House and Henwick Lodge. HENWOOD, a tythg. in the par. of Cumnor, hund. of Hornier, co. Berks, 4 miles N. of Abingdon. HEOL-WERMOOD, a hmlt. in the par. of Merthyr- Tydfil, co. Glamorgan, 2 miles from Merthyr-Tydfil. It is situated near the canal, in the midst of a mining district. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the iron-works. HEPBURN. See HEBBURN, co. Northumberland. HEPPLE and HEPPLE DEMESNE, tnshps. in the par. of Rothbury, W. div. of the ward of Coquetdale, co. Northumberland, 5J miles W. of Rothbury. They are situated on the river Coquet, and have part of the ruins of an ancient castle formerly belonging to the Bardolfs, Talboys, and Ogles. The vil. of Old Hepplo was destroyed during the border wars. The chapel has gone to decay, and the ruins were removed in 1760. At Helchester, near the Roman way, is a British camp. The Duke of Northumberland is lord of the manor. HEPSCOTT, or LIEPSCOTT, a tnshp. in the par. of Morpeth, E. div. of Castle ward, co. Northumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Morpeth by the Blyth and Tyne railway, on which it is a station. It is situated near the river Wansbeck. HEPSTE, a small river in the co. Brecon, a feeder of the Melte, celebrated for its series of waterfalls. HEPTONSTALL, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Halifax, wap. of Morley, West Riding co. York, 8 miles W. of Halifax, its post town, 4J N.E. of Todmorden, and 1J mile N. of the Hebden Bridge railway station. This chapelry, which extends to the confines of Lanca- shire, is bounded on the S. by the river Calder. The village is situated on rising ground, on the Leeds and Manchester railway, near the canal. The inhabitants are employed in the cotton and worsted mills. Stone is quarried. and sandy. tivated, and the lands, which are enclosed, are chiefly meadow and pasture. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 160. The church, which was erected in 1854 near the site of the old one, is a stoe edifice with a square tower containing a clock and six bells. It is dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket, ana the interior contains several stained windows. There aro some charities of small amount. Hero is a boys' school, founded in 1643 by the Rev. Charles Greenwood, also a Sunday-school. The Baptists and Wesleyans have each a chapel. The lords of the manor are the trustees of the An annual cattle fair is held on Easter The land is marshy, and the soils light A very considerable portion is uncul- Savile estates. Tuesday. HEPWORTH, a par. in the hund. of Blackbourn, co. Suffolk, 10 miles N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post town, and 5 N.E. of Ixworth. The inhabitants aro chiefly engaged in agriculture. The village, which is small, is situated on the road from Bury St. Edmund's to Norwich. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 498, in the patron, of King's College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Peter, and has a square embattled tower. There is a place of worship for Primi- tive Methodists. Tho charities produce about 66 per annum, including 45 acres which were allotted for fuel to the poor at the enclosure of the parish. HEPWORTH, a vil. and tnshp. in the par. of Kirk- Burton, upper div. of the wap. of Agbrigg, West Riding co. York, 7 miles S. of Huddersfield, its post town, 5 S.W. of Kirk-Burton, and 2 S.E. of Holmfirth. The village is situated on a declivity near the rising moor- lands whence the rivers Don and Holme take their rise. In 1858 an iron-foundry was erected here. There aro some coal-pits, and the ironstone produced is of excellent quality. This tnshp. comprises the hmlts. of Barnside, Foster-Place, and Meal-Hill. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie.* of Kirk-Burton, in the dioc. of Ripon. Divine service is performed in the church schoolroom, erected in 1852. There is a school for children of both sexes, with an endowment of 24 per annum, for which five of the scholars are educated free. The parochial charities produce about 5 per annum. There are places of worship for the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. HERBERTSTOWN, a vil. in the pars, of Ballinard and Kilcullaue, in the bar. of Small County, co. Lime- rick, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles N.E. of Bruit'. It stands on the road between Limerick and Hospital, and contains a police station. Fairs are held on the 15th January, 17th March, 28th June, 26th August, and 7th November. HERBERT'S WALK, an ext. par. place in the hund. of St. Briavel's, co. Gloucester. It forms part of Dean Forest. HERBRANDSTON, a par. in the hund. of Roose, co. Pembroke, 2 miles W. of Milford, its post town, and 7 from Haverlbrdwest. It is a small straggling village, near the shore of Milford Haven. It is supposed to be the spot where the Flemings first landed in England. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 218. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. A fair is held on the 12th August. HERDHOUSE, an ext. par. place in the par. of Kirkby Ireleth, co. Lancaster, 2 miles from Broughton. HEREFORD, a city, municipal and parliamentary borough, and county town of Herefordshire, locally situated in the hund. of Grimsworth, in 52 4' N. lat. and 2 42' W. long., distant from London 144 miles by rail, and 134 by road. The limits of the municipal and parliamentary borough are co-extensive. The popula- tion of Hereford in 1861 was 15,585, and in 1851, 12,108, having increased in the interval by 3,477 ; the number of inhabited houses in 1861 was 3,005, and of uninhabited 113. The city is situated on a gentle eminence rising from the northern bank of the Wye, and nearly in the centre of the county. It is a railway station at the junction of the Hereford, Ross, and Glou- cester railway, the Hereford and Worcester railway, the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford railway, and the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway. Hereford ia a city of great antiquity, having teen founded pro- bably shortly after the departure of the Romans from Britain, near the site of the Roman station Magna Castra. So early as the year 680, Hereford must have been a place of great importance, inasmuch as a synod was held here for the purpose of erecting a new see, and Putta was elected the first Bishop of Hereford. For several centuries after its foundation, Hereford was very important as a garrison town, and was walled in by Athelstan. In 1055, Gryffyth, or Griffin, a prince of Wales, led an army into Herefordshire, captured the city, plundered and slaughtered the inhabitants, set fire to the cathedral, and reduced the greater part of the town to ruins. The fortifications were rebuilt by Har son of Godwin, Earl of Kent ; some writers ascribe to him the building of the castle also. In 1141 the town was captured by Stephen; in 1189 it received its first charter from Richard I. ; iu 1461, after the battle of Mortimer's Cross, Owen Tudor, with many others, was executed here; in 1643 it surrendered to the parlia- mentary forces under Sir William Waller, but was retaken by the royalists; in 1645 it was besieged by the