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Rh HYDE. 329 HYTHE, WEST. temperance hall, gasworks, water-works, literary and scientific and mechanics' institutes. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 156, in the patron, of the Rector of Stockport. There is also the district church of St. Thomas, the living of which is a perpot. cur., val. 130, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. The church, dedicated to St. George, is a commodious stone structure with a tower containing eight bells. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum. The Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, and New Connexion Methodists have places of worship. There is also a chapel for Unitarians at Gee Cross, one of the largest in the kingdom, with a tower crowned by a spire 145 feet in height. In the interior are two windows, one representing our Saviour with the Apostles, and the other Faith, Hope, and Charity. Here are two National schools for both sexes, and the Boston Mills school. The Wesleyans and Unitarians have each a school. The Hyde and Glossop News and North Cheshire Herald newspapers are published every Saturday. Mar- ket day is Saturday. Fairs are held on the 16th May and 15th November. HYDE, a tnshp. in the par. of Didbrook, lower div. of the hund. of Kiftsgate, co. Gloucester, 4 miles E. of Winchcombe. HYDE, a hmlt. in the par. of Minchinhampton, co. Gloucester, 1 mile N.E. of Minchinhampton. HYDE, a vil. in the par. of Kingsbury, co. Middlesex, 8 miles N.W. of St. Paul's, London. HYDE, a tythg. in the par. of Montacute, o. Somer- set, 4 miles N.W. of Yeovil. HYDE ABBEY, or NEW MINSTER, the famous monastery at Winchester, co. Hants, where Godeman the monk, in the 10th century, painted St. Ethelwold's " Benedictional," now in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire. HYDE, EAST, a hmlt. in the par. of Luton, hund. of Flitt, co. Bedford, 3 miles S.E. of Luton. HYDE, NORTH, a hmlt. in the par. of Heston, co. Middlesex, 1 mile from Norwood, and 3 miles N.W. of Brentford. HYDEPARK, a locality in co. Antrim, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles from Belfast, near the Bally- money road. It is notable for its extensive calico- printing works. There are also several private scats of this name in various parts of Ireland. HYDE PASTURES, a hmlt. in the par. of Hunning- ham, Southam div. of the hund. of Knightlow, co. War- wick, 2 miles from Nuneaton. HYDE, WEST, a hmlt. in the par. of Luton, hund. of Flitt, co. Bedford, 3 miles S.E. of Luton. It con- tains several farmhouses, and the residence of Lionel Hames, Esq., called The Hyde. John S. Leigh, Esq., is lord of the manor. HYLTON, a tnshp. in the par? of Monk Wearmouth, E. div. of Chester ward, co. Durham, 3 miles N.W. of Sunderland, its post town. It is situated on the river Wear, and has a station on the Sunderland and Bishop Auckland section of the North-Easteru railway. The manor was held by the Hyltons from the reign of Athel- stano to 1746, when it passed into the hands of the Musgraves. The castle, an ancient baronial mansion, wag built by the Hyltons, but has been greatly mo- dernised, only a small portion of the original building now remaining. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Durham, val. 250, in the patron, of the bishop. The church has tombs of the Hyltons. HYNDFORD, a bar. in the upper ward of co. Lanark, Scotland. It gave title of baron to the Car- michaels of Hyndford. HYRETII, a vil. in the par. of LlanfaUteg, co. Car- marthen, 4 miles N.E .of Narberth. HYSON-GREEN, a hmlt. in the pars, of Lenton and Radford, co. Notts, 1 mile N.W. of Nottingham. Tho living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 150. HVSSINGTON, a par. in the hunds. of Montgomery and Chirbury, cos. Montgomery and Salop, 4 miles from l'.;-liop's Castle, its post town, and 4 from Montgomery. The village is small and wholly agricultural. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 161. There are some trifling charities. HYTHE, a hund. in the lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, including the cinque port and borough of Hythe and West Hythe, comprising about 2,240 acres. HYTHE, a par., parliamentary and municipal borough, and cinque port, in the hund. of the same name, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 16 miles from Dover, 2.5 S. of Canterbury, and 75 from London by tho South- Eastern Railway, which has a station here. It is situated on the Royal Military canal, near the river Limno, and at the end of the old Roman way called Stone Street. A passage boat plies daily between this place and Rye. Hylhe signifies a "haven," and was anciently an important maritime town, with a good haven, which has since been silted up, and tho beach is now nearly three quarters of a mile from the town. It was rated at five ships, with a complement of 21 men each, for the service of the king. In 1036 it was given to tho arch- bishops of Canterbury, who built a castle at Saltwood, traces of which are still visible. During the reign of Edward III. this borough returned two members to parliament, and by the Reform Act this town, with Cheriton, Newington, Folkestone, and Saltwood, re- turns one member to parliament. It received its first charter of incorporation from Queen Elizabeth, who granted the place at a fee-farm rent of 13 to tho in- habitants. It is governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 common councilmen, with the style of tho " mayor, jurats, and commonalty of the town and port of Hythe." The town, which consists chiefly of one long street, is remarkably clean, well paved, and lighted with gas. It contains a dispensary, townhall, bank, savings-bank, gaol, a literary and scientific institu- tion, and market-house, which latter, situated on the N. side of the High-street, is a commodious structure erected in 1794. Hythe being situated on the sea-coast affords facilities for sea-beathing, and has latterly become a place of great resort for that purpose. In its vicinity are to be seen tho ruins of the castles of Saltwood, Lympne, and Studfall. It is a petty and quarter session town. Many of the inhabitants are engaged as fishermen, and there is a large brewery employing many persons. At tho W. end of the town a range of barracks was erected in 1807 for 300 men, besides officers. Here is now estab- lished a celebrated school of musketry, where volunteers go to perfect themselves in the use of the rifle. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Canterbury, val. 175, in the patron, of the Rector of Saltwood. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is situated on a hill, and has a tower with a steeple containing eight bells. It contains tombs of the Deedes of Sandling Park. In the crypt is a large quantity of human bones, supposed to be the remains of tho Britons who fought a battle with the Saxons between this town and Folkestone in 456. The parochial charities produce 485 a year. In tho town are two hospitals St. Bartholomew's, founded in 1336, by Hamo, Bishop of Rochester, which has an endowment of 221, now distributed between five men and eight women, who each receive 20 per annum ; and St. John's, with an endowment of 180, which sup- plies two men and seven women with 18 per annum. The Wesleyans, Independents, and Roman Catholics have each a place of worship. During the reign of Henry IV. a fire broke out which destroyed a consider- able portion of the town ; this was afterwards followed by the plague, which carried off a great many of its inhabitants. About 2J miles E. of the town is Shorn- clifle camp. The market day for corn is Thursday. Fairs are held on tho 10th and llth July and 1st December. HYTHE, WEST, a par., partly in tho hund. of Hythe, and partly in that of Worth, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 2J miles W. of Hythe, its post town, and 8 E. of Folkestone. It was formerly a harbour for shipping, but the sea having receded from it, it now forms part of the cinque port, municipal and parliamentary borough of Hythe. The Grand Military canal passes through the parish. Tho living is a vie. united with the vie.* of