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Rh IIUNWORTH. 32? IIU RSTBOURNE-PRIORS. 1IUNWOETH, a par. in the hund. of Holt, co. Nor- folk, 2 miles S.W. of Holt, ita post town, and 19 from Norwich. The parish, which is small, is situated near the Glaven rivulet. The land is chiefly arable, with about 60 acres of heath and common. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 148. The living is a a rect. annexed to that of Stody, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, has a tower con- taining one bell. The register dates from 1661. The. charities produce about 6 per annum, which goes to the girls' school. Here is also a school for both sexes. The Marquis of Lothian is lord of the manor. HURCOTE, a. hmlt. in the par. of White Lackington, co. Somerset, 1 mile E. of Ilminster. HURCOTT, a hmlt. in the par. of Ilton, hund. of Abdick, co. Somerset, 3 miles N.W. of Ilminster. HURCOTT, a tythg. in the par. of Somerton, co. Somerset, I mile N.E. of Somerton. HURDCOTT, a hmlt. in the pur. of Baverstock, co. "Wilts, 4 miles W. of Wilton. HURDLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Church Stoke, co. Montgomery, 3 miles S.E. of Montgomery. HURDSFIELD, a tnshp. in the par. of Prestbury, hund. of Macclesfield, co. Chester, 1J mile N. of Mac- clesfield, its post town. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the silk manufacture, for which exten- sive mills have been erected, and there are dye-houses in connection with them. Stone of excellent quality is quarried, and there are several coal mines, but the latter are of small extent. The soil consists of clay and gravel. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc of Chester, val. 130, in the patron, of the trustees of Hyndman's charity. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a stone structure, with a square tower containing one bell. Here are two National schools. The Sunday- school is held in the schoolrooms adjoining the church. The Wesleyans have a chapel and a school. Hurdsfield House is the principal residence. HURLESTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Acton, hund. of Nantwich, co. Chester, 2J miles N.W. of Nantwich. A branch of the Chester canal passes through the township. HURLET, a post-office vil. in the par. of Abbey, co. Renfrew, Scotland, adjoining Paisley, and C miles S.W. of Glasgow. It is situated on the river Lavern ; and many of the inhabitants are employed in the collieries. Copperas, alum, and Epsom salts are manufactured. HURLEY, a par. in the hund. of Beynhurst, co. Berks, 5 miles from Maidenhead, its post town, 3 from Marlow, and 4 from Henley. The village, which is situ- ated at the ferry on the Thames, is celebrated as being a most healthy spot. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to Geoffrey de Mandevillc, who founded a Benedictine cell here to Westminster Abbey. At the Dissolution it came to the Lovelaces, or lords Hurley, who, about 1600, erected Lady Place on the site of the old crypts. In 1688 the planners of the great revolu- tion met here. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 263. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has recently been restored at great expense. It is of very ancient date, and was consecrated in 1086 by Osmund the Good. It has a stained-glass window, and a Norman screen, which separates the newly added vestry -room from the chancel. There are several ancient monuments, one of which is to the family of Lord Love- lace. There is also a district church at Knowl Hill, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 90. The parochial charities produce about 58 per annum. There is a parochial school. The crypts have been visited by William III., George III., and Paoli. HURLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Kingsbury, co. Warwick, 4 miles S.W. of Atherstone. HURLFORD, a post-office vil. in the par. of Ric- carton, co. Ayr, Scotland, not far from Kilmarnock. It is a station on the Glasgow and Ayr railway, and is chiefly inhabited by colliers. IIURN, a tythg. in the par. of Christchurch, co. Hants, 2 miles from Christchurch. HURRY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Hunderthwaite, in the par. of Romald-Kirk, North Riding co. York, 5 mil N.W. of Barnard Castle. It is situated near the riv Tees. HURSLEY, a par. in the lower half of the hund. Buddlesgate, co. Hants, 4 miles S.W. of Winchester, ii post town. The village stands on the high road froi Winchester to Romsey. This parish formed part < the ancient manor of Merdon, and belonged to th Saxon kings and bishops of Winchester, but afterw; came into the hands of Richard Cromwell. It is head of a Poor-law Union. It is identified as Mrantune of the Saxon chronicles, where Cynewulp' king of Wessex, was assassinated by Ceynard, brothi of Sigebert, the last king of Wessex. The living in vie.* with the cur. of Otterboume annexed, in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 440. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, has an octagonal epire containing five bells. In the interior are several stained-glass window* and the tomb of Richard Cromwell and others of that family. There is also a district church at Ampfleld, the living of which is a perpet. cur.* in the patron, of the Vicar of Hursley. The charities produce 1 per annum. Hursley Lodge, situated in a wooded park well stocked with deer, is the seat of Sir William Heathcote, Bart. It is a mansion built on the site of an older one, in which the great seal of the Commonwealth was dis- covered about a century ago. HURST, a par. in the hund. of Street, lib. of Romney- Marsh, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 7 miles S.E. of Ashford. Hythe is its post town. The parish, which is small, is situated on the Royal Military canal. The land is partly in hop-grounds. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 55. The church, dedi- cated to St. Leonard, has gone to decay, and the inha- bitants frequent the church at Aldington. HURST, a parochial chplry. partly in the hunds. of Sonning and Charlton, co. Berks, and partly in the hund. of Amesbury, co. Wilts, 3 miles N.W. of Voking- ham, 6 from Reading, its post town, and 3 from the Twyford station, on ihe Great Western railway. It contains the limits, of Bean AVood, Broad Hinton, Newland, Wiimersh, and Whistley Hurst. The Great Western railway intersects the parish. The living is a perpet. cur. with the cur. of Twyford annexed, in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 413, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an ancient structure, containing monuments to the memory of Margaret, wife of Sir Henry Savile, founder of the Savilian professorship at Oxford, and to Sir Richard Harrison, who twice raised, at his own expense, a troop of cavalry for the service of Charles I. The parochial charities produce about 450 per annum, including the endowment of Barker and Twy ford's alms- houses, and of Polehamptou's free school. 'llurst Place is an old Elizabethan seat built by the lord-treasurer Ward, and once occupied by the queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I. HURST, a tnshp. in the par. of Woodhorn, E. ( of Morpeth ward, co. Northumberland, 5 miles N.E Morpeth. The little castle, or peel house, is standing, and inhabited by a farmer. HURST, a tnshp. in the par. of Dilwyn, co. Hi 1 mile N. of Weobly. It is joined to Newtown. HURST, a hmlt. 'in the par. of Ashton-under- co. Lancaster. The living is a porpet. cur. * in the of Manchester, val. 150, in the patron, of the and bishop alternately. HURST, a hmlt. in the par. of Martock, co. Somerset, 2 miles N.E. of Petherton. It is joined to Bower- Hinton. HURST., a vil. in the par. of Stoneleigh, co. War- wick, 4 miles S.W. of Coventry. HURST, a hmlt. in the par. of Mai-rick, North Riding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of Reeth. HURST, a castle on the coast of co. Hants, 1 i of Lymington. It was built by Henry VIII. to < mand the Needles passage of the Channel, and was the place of confinement of Charles I. in December, 1648. HURSTBOURNE-PRIORS, a par. in the upper half