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Rh HORNINGSHEATH. 298 HORSEHEATH. It is the saat of tlio Marquis of Bath, who is lord of the manor. HORNINGSHEATH, or HORRINGER, a par. in the hund. of Thingoe, co. Suffolk, 2 miles S.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, its railway station and post town. It is a small agricultural par., and contains the hmlt. of Horsecroft. It formerly belonged to the abbots of Bury, who resided here. Previous to 1528 it formed two parishes, distinguished as Great and Little Homings- heath. The land is chiefly arable. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 575. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 459, in the patron, of the Marquis of Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a small edifice with a tower containing six bells. The interior of the church was repaired in 1818, and contains a painted window. The paro- chial charities produce about 24 per annum, 9 of which goes to the free school built by the Marquis of Bristol. Horriuger House and Brooke House are the principal residences. The Marquis of Bristol is lord of the manor and principal landowner. A fair for lambs is held on Sheep Green on the 4th September. HORNINGTOFT, a par. in the hund. of Lauuditch, co. Norfolk, 5 miles S.E. of Fakenham, its post town, and 3 N.W. of the Elmham railway station. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly arable, with some pasture and woodland. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of335. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Vhissonsett, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church is dedicated to St. Edmund. The register dates from 1541. Mrs. Anne Talbot is lady of the manor. HORNS CROSS, a hmlt. in the par. of Parkham, co. Devon, 6 miles S.W. of Bideford. HORNSEA-WITH-BURTON, a par. in the N. div. of the wap. of Holderness, East Riding co. York, 16 miles .N.E. of Hull, and 13 iiotii Beverley. It is situ- ated near the York and North Midland branch railway, and was formerly a market town. In this parish is Horusea-Mere, a fresh-water lake covering about 430 acres, and well stocked with fish. The town, which stands about half a mile from the sea, consists princi- pally of four well-built streets. It is a coastguard station and watering place. There is an hotel and several inns and lodging-houses. The land is chiefly arable, and the soil clay and gravel. The village of Hornsea Beck was a few years ago entirely washed away by the sea, which is still progressively advancing. The living is a vie.* with the rect. of Long Riston annexed, in the dioc. of York, val. 382, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and formerly had a spire, which was blown down in 1710. The church has a crypt and Lady chapel. The charities produce about 119, of which 111 belongs to the Church estate. The National school for both sexes was erected in 1845 ; there is also an infant school supported by Lady Strickland. The Wesleyans, Independents, and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel. Lord Westbury is lord of the manor. Fairs are held on the 13th August and 17lh December for the sale of horses and cattle, and a statute fair on the first Monday after Martinmas. HORNSEY, a par. and suburban district of London, in the Finsbury div. of the hund. of Ossulstone, co. Middlesex, 5 miles N. by W. of St. Paul's, London. It has a station on the Great Northern railway near the church, with an hotel adjoining. The manor of Hornsey, anciently called Harringay or Haringe, has from a remote period belonged to the see of London, and the bishops had formerly a park at Lodge Hill, memorable as the place where, in 1386, Thomas Duke of Gloucester and other noblemen assembled to form a league against the favourites of Richard II., and where Edward V. and Henry VII. were met by deputations from the citizens of London. The custom of gavelkind still prevails, so that lands held under the lord of the manor descend in common to all the sons and daughters of a customary tenint. The parish is within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court and metropolitan police, and forms part of the N. postal district. It contains, besides the village of Hornsey, lying on the New River, the populous hamlets of Muswell Hill and Fortis Green to the N., Crouch End and Stroud Green to the S., and part of Highgate, which last now forms a distinct chapelry. At the foot of this hill is the residence of tho poet Moore, who hero penned tho greater part of his " Lalla Rookh," and whose daughter Barbara is buried in the churchyard at Hornsey. On the N. side of tho hill several feeders of the Colne have their source, and near the top of the hill, close to the Great Northern lino of railway, is the newly formed Alexandra Park, to which part of the Exhibition building of 1862 has been removed. At Crouch End and Stroud Green many streets of houses have recently been erected. Near the latter place are Dale House and Hornsey Wood House. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of London, val. 400, in the patron, of the bishop. The church of St. Mary stands near the old channel of the New River, and was rebuilt in 1833, except the ancient tower, whic is constructed of the stones of Lodge House, and has a corner turret. The interior contains a brass of a child, and several monuments ; among them one to the memory of Samuel Rogers, the author of "The Pleasures of Memory," who was buried here in 1855. The register dates from 1655. Besides the parish church there are the district church of St. James at Muswell Hill, and Christ Church, recently built on Crouch Hill, also a handsome chapel belonging to Protestant Dissenters. There are three separate schools for boys, girls, and infants at Hornsey, and a school for girls and infants at Muswell Hill. The charities produce about 147 per annum, exclusive of Highgate. The living was once held by Bishop Westfield, and Dr. Lewis Atterbury, and Lightfoot, the Hebrew scholar, resided here. HORNTON, a par. in the hund. of Bloxham, co. Oxford, 5 miles N.W. of Banbury, its post town, and 28| N.W. of Oxford. It is a small agricultural village situated on the borders of Warwickshire. The land ig nearly equally divided between arable and pasture. Freestone is quarried. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Horley, in the dioc. of Oxford. The church, dedi- cated to St. John the Baptist, is of considerable antiquity, and is in a very decayed condition. There is a National school. The Independents and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel. HORRINGTON, EAST and WEST, tythgs. in the city of Wells, co. Somerset, 2 miles E. of Wells. HORSECROFT, a hmlt. in the pars, of Homings- heath and Newton, co. Suffolk, 2 miles S.W. of Bury St. Edmund's. HORSEFORD, a par. in the hund. of Taverham, co. Norfolk, 4 miles N.W. of Norwich, its post town. Tho village, which is wide and irregular, is situated on a branch of the river Bure, and on the road from Holt to Norwich. Here are the ruins of an old moated castle of the Fitzwalters-de-Cadomo. The land is chiefly arable, with some meadow and pasture, and about 1,500 acres of flat sterile heath. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 127 7s. 6rf., and the vicarial for 100. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Norwich, val. 220. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to All Saints. The register dates from 1697. Sir Thomas B. Lennard is lord of the manor. There is a place of worship for Weslf The charities comprise about 200 acres of heath, allotted to the poor for fuel on the enclosure of the parish in 1802. HORSEHEATH, a par. in the hund. of Chilford, co. Cambridge, 3 miles from Linton, its post town, 5 iri >m Haverhill, and 14 from Cambridge. It is a station on the Great Eastern railway. It is a small agricultural village situated on the river Granta, and on the old Cambridge road. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 450. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 400, in the patron, of tho Charter House at London. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure, with a square tower containing three bells. The interior of the church contains a brass of