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Rh HUNNINGHAM. 319 HUNSTANTON. trick building, and has a Gothic entrance arch, close to the railway station. It is built similarly to a monastic ruin, from the stone of Filey Brigg, and was erected by the Osbaldeston family in 1829. A horticultural show .<! annually in the park. Monday is market day. Fairs aru held on tiie 6th May and 29th October. HUNNIXGHAM, a par. in the Southam div. of the liund. of Knightlow, co. Warwick, 5 miles N.E. of lington, its post town, 5 N.W. of Southam, and a N.W. of Marten, its nearest railway station. The y;, which in small, is situated on the river Learn. The par. contains the limit, of Hyde's Pastures. The soil is clay, with subsoil gravel. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. U8. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, has a wooden tower contain- I ing two bells. The parochial charities produce, about I 2 per annum. Lord Leigh is lord of the manor. HUNNINGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Halesowen, hand, of Brimstree, co. Worcester, formerly in Salop, I 3 miles S. of Halesowen, and 6 N. of Bromagrove. Lord llyttelton ia lord of the manor. HUNSCOTE, a limit, in the par. of Charlcote, co. [Warwick, 3 miles E. of Stratford-on-Avon. HUNSDON, a par. in the hund. of Braughin, co. a, 5 miles S.E. of Ware, and 7 E. of Hertford. The pdon station, on the Cambridge line, and St. Mar- ct's station, on the Hertford line, are both about iles from the village. The parish is situated near river Stort, in a highly cultivated part of the aty. It once belonged "to the Lady Margaret, r of Henry VII., and was made an honour by VIII., who built Hunsdon House, an old moated occupying the site of the Oldhalls Castle, where VI. and Queen Mary were brought up. It was entlji given by Elizabeth to her cousin Cary, unsdon. The village is small, and there is a erable tract of common. The living is a rect.* in c. of Rochester, val. 263. The church, dedication own, has a square tower surmounted by a spire, contains five bells. In the interior of the church I several monuments, a curious mural brass figure of the huntsman, and another brass bearing date The parochial charities produce about 33 per n. There is a National school. JNSHELF, a tnshp. in the par. of Penistone, wap. ' across, West Riding co. York, 2 miles S. of Peiii- This township, which is hilly, is situated near river Dun and tie Sheffield railway. It contains hinlts. of Green-Moor and Snowden. Here are I quarries, and extensive steel- wire works at Stock's Red and black fire-clay are found in this jp. The Methodists New Connexion have a f worship at Green-Moor. Lord Wharncliffo is the manor. JNSINGOliE, a par. in the Upper div. of the f Claro, West Riding co. York, 4J miles N.E. of erby, its post town. The village, which is small, situated on the river Nidd. The par. contains the of C'attal-Magna and Walshford-with-Great- . The ancient mansion of the Goodricke family, whom the manor belonged, was*' jstroyed during the -tary war in the reign of Charles I. The living . vie. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 400. The church, ated to St. John tho Baptist, is partly covered with d is a stone structure with a square tower con- a clock and two bells. There is a National ! led by Joseph Dent, Esq., and his tenants. ",'Sl.KT, or IIUNI-'LEET, a chplry. in the par. lading co. York, 1 mile S. of - within which borough it is situated. It is a i on tin; Midland railway. The chapelry, which -t' nsive, is situated on tho river Aire and 11 "ro are Wilson's locomotive factory, above a thousand persons, also chemical lotteries, ilax and woollen mills, lich forms a populous suburb of Leeds, t and manufacturing importance. Hunslct Lane, E. of the village, now forms a continuous range of buildings. The substratum abounds with coal of good quality. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Ripou, val. 300, in the patron, of tho bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, ia an ancient stone structure with a square tower containing one bell. There is also a church in the Hunslet-road, dedicated to St. Jude, tho living of which is a vic., val. 130, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. There are u literary institution, subscription library, and several schools ; also a National school. There are places of worship for the Wesleyans and New Connexion Me- thodists. Tho parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. Hunslet was formerly the seat of the Gas- coigues, and belonged at the time of the Domesday Survey to the Lucys. HUNSLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Rowley, wap. of llarthill, East Kiding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of South Cove, and 6 S. W. of Beverlcy. A beacon formerly stood in this place, from which circumstance a division of the wapentake of Harthill derives its name. The soil is light and chalky. HUNSLEY-BEACON, a div. of the wap. of Ilarthill, East Riding co. York, contains the pars, of Bishop Burton, Cherry Burton, North and South Cove, Cot- tiugham, South Dalton, Etton, Hotham, Leckonfield, New Village, Newbald, Rowley, Sancton, Sculcoates, Skidby, with parts of Brantingham, Walkington, and the county part of HulJ, comprising together about 64,740 acres. HUKSONBY-WITH-WINSKEL, a tnshp. in tho par. of Addingham, ward of Loath, co. Cumberland, 5 miles N.E. of Penrith, on the river Eden. There is a chapel for Wesleyans. Tho estate bequeathed by Mr. Hutchiuson in 1726, for the purposes of education, produces 50 per annum. HUNSTANTON, a par. in the hund. of Smithdon, co. Norfolk, 17 miles N.E. of Lynn, with which it ii> con- nected by a branch line of railway, 10 W. of Burnham Market, and 5^ from Snettisham. It is a watering-place and coastguard station situated on the Wash, at tho north-western extremity of the county. The village lies a little to the E. of St. Edmund's Point, where that king is said to have landed when he came from Ger- many to be crowned king of East Anglia. On tho cliff, which is 60 feet high, composed of chalk upon green sandstone and Portland oolite, and near tho ruins of a chapel, is Hunstanton fixed light, 115 feet high, erected originally in 1665, and which can be seen 13 miles distant. The present lighthouse was finished in 1840. From this point is an extensive view of the North Sea and the Lincolnshire coast, as lar as the floating light and Boston church. At tho recess of the tide the sands may be traversed for a distance of lj mile, to a place called the Oyster Sea, where oysters, turbot, and other kinds of lisli are in abundance. The further encroachments of the sea on tho shore is prevented by extensive sandheaps called "rneales," abounding with rabbits. Sea-bathing may be indulged in with safety, the sands extending many miles. Near Great llingstead are situated the Downs. The soil is very fertile, and the land chiefly arable, except about 200 acres of plantation, common, warren, seabeach, and chalk-pits. The living is a vie.* consolidated with tho rect. * of llingstead Parva, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 280. Ringstead Parva is also called Barrett Parva, from tho manor having, as late as Henry VII., belonged to a family named Barrett, from whom it passed to Le Strange. The church, dedicated to tho Virgin Mary, has a tower containing one bell. Tho interior contains an ancient late Norman font, about 1160, and an E. window. There are two brasses, one in the nave to Edmund Greve and Agnes his wife, without any date, but the dress of tho ngures is that of tho reign of Richard III. The other ui an altar-tomb to Sir Roger le Strange, "Esquire of the body" to Henry VII., and who built tho gatehouse of the Hall, united in 1628 by Sir Hamon le Strange to the rest of the building. Sir Roger died in 1509. The register dates from 1538. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There is a boys' school endowed by
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