Fletcher, Dean; notice of, 590, 591.
Font, account of the most curious
one remaining in the county, 551, 552.
Fordbook, seat, 339, 340.
Forty Hall, seat, 726, 727 ; pictures, ib.
Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, Panecdotes of, 142, 143; his death noticed, $21.
French embassadours, splendid enter. tainment of by Wolsey at Hamp- ton Court, 447-451. Friar's Place, hamlet, 331. · Friern, Barne', account of the parish of, 356-358; situation and ham- lets, 356; memorable battle sup- posed to have been fought here, 357; manor, ib.; manor house and portraits, ib.; legends con- cerning this house. ib., 358 (and note;) hamlet of Colney Hatch, ib.; church, ib.; rectory and ad- vowson, ib.; almshouses, ib. Frognall, see Montague Grove,
Fulham, account of the parish of, 90-128; residence of the bishops of London, 90 extent and boun- daries, 91; market gardens, 91 (and note;) etymology, 91, 92; manor, 92; Danes encamp át Fulham, 92, 93; armies stationed there, 93; description of village 94; seats, &c. 95-97; Fulham Palace, 97, 98; villa, 98, 99; church and monuments, 99–102; Church Yard and monuments of bishops, 102-104; rectory and vicarage, 104; charitable be- quests, 104; almshouses, 104, 105; charity schools, 105; manu- factory, ib.; fisheries, 105, 106; bridge 106; Parson's Green, 106, 107; Sands, or Sandy End, 107, 108; seats, 108-110; manor of Rosamunds, 110; South Field Farm, 110, 111; Purser's Cross, 111; Walham Green, 111, 112; North End, 112, 113; Hammer- smith division, 115-128. See Hammersmith.
Palace, seat of bishop of Lon- don, 97, 98. Fuller, Dr. Thomas, notice of his
⚫ monument, 613; some account of him, ib. 614.
Garrick, David, account of his villa, 483-485.
Garth, Sir Samuel, the place of his interment noticed, 668. George Chapel, Old Brentford,
Inn, Uxbridge, account of,
534 Gerbier, Sir Balthazar, anecdote of, 279. Germian Ocean, a land mark to mariuers in, noticed, 677, Gibbons, Grinling, anecdote. of,
Gilpin, John, the poem of, noticed,
Gladsmore Heath, battle of Barnet supposed to have been fought on, 757.
Glasse, Rev. George Henry, some account of, 593, 594. Gloucester, Duke of, account of his regiment of boys, 147; 393. Godfrey, Sir Edmund Bury, no tice of his mysterious death, 201, 202.
Godwin, Mary Wolstonecraft, some account of, 172, 173. Golder's Green, village, 690; villas and cottages there, ib. Goldsmith, Doctor, anecdote of, 683..
Goldsmith's almshouses, account of, 332..
Gordon, Gen. his house at Chelsea noticed, 68; anecdote concerning, ib.
Gore, hundred of, account of, 625— 694; boundaries, extent, and di- visions, 625; vestiges of Roman antiquity tere, ib.
Gorges, Sir, Arthur, anecdote of, 90.
Gough House, Chelsea, 52; former noble propietor, ib.
--, Richard, Esq. some account of, 727 (and notes ;) his house at Enfield noticed, 727. Greenfield Common, supposed Ro man encampment, 501.
Greenford Magna, account of the | Hackney School, eminent personé parish of, 586-589, Etymology, 586; village, ib.; manor, b. 587; church and monuments, 587-588; rectory and advowson, 598; distinguished incumbent, 588, 589; charity-school, 589.
Parva, or Perivale, ac- count of the parish of, 589–591. contains but five dwellings, 589; name, ib.; manor, 589, 590. Church and monuments, 590, 591; rectory and advowson, 591. Gresham, Sir Thomas, anecdotes of, 433-435 (and notes.)
Grove House, seat, 521, 52%.
-, seat at Stanmore, 630, 631. Imitation of tomb, &c. of Rousseau here, 631.
Guild, formerly one at Staines, 506. Gumley House, seat, 370. Gunnersbury, manor of, 387-339. Name, $38; mansions here, 339; eminent persons connected with, 357-339.
Hackney, account of the parish of, 259-276, Boundaries, 259; va- loable brick earth here, ib. (and note,) 260; hamlets, ib.; mapors 160, 261; historical circumstance comected with, 261; a fashionable place in the 16th and 17th cen- turies, ib.; eminent residents in those centuries, 261, 762; after- wards became the resort of wealthy citizens, 262; character of site and buildings, 262, 263; ancient structures, 262, 263; old parish church, 264; Rowe chapel and mouments, 265; new church and monuments, 265–268; rectory, 268, 69; eminent ministers, 269; Lower Clapton, 269–271; Upper Clapton, 271, 272; Stamford-hill, 272; Shacklewell, ib.; Dalston, ib.; Homerton, ib. 273; Hackney Wick, 273, 274; chapel of ease, 274; meeting-houses, ib.; cha- rity schools, 274, 275; almshouses, 275, 276; benefactions, 276; eminent natives, ib.
Wick, hamlet, 273, 274; seat, ib.; silk mills, 274, 8
Hadley, or Monken Hadley, account of the parish of, 740-718. For- merly a hamlet to Edmonton, 740; extent and situation, ib.; name, 741; picturesque character of village, ib.; manor, ib. (and note;) ancient house, 742; church and monuments, 742-745; curious beacon on tower, 742, 743; church-yards and monuments, 745, 746; ancient hermitage here no- ticed, 746 (and note ;) advowson and rectory, ib.; almshouses, 746, 747 (and note ;) charity schools, 747; Sunday schools, ib.; eminent natives, 747, 748. Haggerston, hamlet, 278; name, ib.;
manor, ib.; eminent natives, ib. Hailiwick House, seat, $58. Hale House, or Cromwell House, anecdotes concerning, 156. Hales, Dr. Stephen, some account of, 489, 490.
Halford, or Halliford, Lower, vil- lage, 496.
Halley, Dr. Edmund, the celebrated astronomer, notice of, 278. Hammersmith, hamlet, 115–128. Plot against Cromwell here ne- ticed, 114: seats, 114–120; ske- letons, &c. found here, 120; up- per and lower malls, 121; terrace, 122; convent of English Bene. dictines, 122-124; chapel and monuments, 124, 125 (and note;) chapel of St. Mary, 125; charit- able institutions, 126; water- works, 126; vicarage, 127, 128. Hampstead, account of the parish of, 186-210; boundaries, 186; healthful situation, 186, 137; eiy- mology, 187; account of in Dorres day, 187, 188; ancient charters, 188; manor, 187-189; anciently inhabited by washerwomen, 190; obtains celebrity as a watering- place, 191-195; curious account of, at that period, ib.; conspicu ous houses, 193–198; distinguish ed inbabitants, 198, 199, heath, 199, 200; North-end, 201; West end, 201; Primrose Hill, 201, 202: Kilburn, 202; Kilburn Wells, ib. 203; Belsize, 205→→ 205; Haverstock Hill, 205, 206:
church and monuments, 206, 207; church-yard and monuments, 207, 208; new burial-ground, 208; curacy, ib.; charitable benefac- tions, 208, 209; benefit societies, 209, 210; chapels, 210.
Heath, 199, 200; inter- esting to the botanist, 199; fine prospect from, ib.; elections for county formerly held here, 200; seats, &c. ib,
Hampton, account of the parish of, 444-488. Rendered interesting by its palace, 444; boundaries, 445; Henry VIII. makes a royal chase here, ib. 446; enclosures of chase removed by Edward VI. ib. ; manor created an honour, ib.; palace, see Hampton Court Palace, 416-182; Bushey Park and Lodge, 482, 483; village and seat, 483-485; church and monuments, 485, 486; rectory and vicarage, 486; school room, ib. ; green and bridge, ib. 487; hamlet, see Hampton Wick, 487, 488.
Wick, hamlet, 487, 488, House, seat, 483. Court, honour of, how created, 446; its limits, ib.; steward, ib.
Palace, account of,
446-482. Situation, 446; the most capacious palace of England, ib.: ancient manor house noticed, 4-47; grandeur of Wolsey's edi- fice, ib.; he presents it to King Henry VIII. ib.; French ambas- sadors entertained here with great splendor, 447-151; the king adds to the structure, 45%; it becomes his favourite residence, ib. 453; Edward VI. born here, ib.; other historical events connected with, ib. 456; gaieties of Queen Eliza- beth's court here, 453 (and note;) celebrated conference of Divines here, 454; Charles I, prohibits communication between and Lon- don, 445; Cromwell's daughter married here, ib. ; state apartments rebuilt by K. William and Q. Mary, ib.; Duke of Gloucester born here, 456; Prince of Orange resides here, ib.
of, 456; west front, 457; entrano court, ib.; second, or middle qua- drangle, 458, 459; great hall, 459; third great quadrangle, or fountain court, ib. 460; great eastern façade, 460; southern front, 461; character of new buildings, ib. 463; great hall, 463, 464: regal banquets here, ib. 465; fitted up as a theatre by George I. ib.; Board of Green Cloth, ib. 466; chapel, 465-468; king's staircase, 468; portraits in guard chamber, ib,; king's first presence chamber and paintings, ib. 469; second presence chamber, and paintings, ib.; audience chamber and paintings, ib. 470; king's drawing room and pictures, ib.; state bed-chamber, ib.; king's dressing room and paintings, ib... 471 king's writing-closet and pic- turcs, ib.; Queen Mary's closet and paintings, ib. 472; queen's gallery, ib.; queen's state bed- chamber, and portraits, ib. 173; queen's drawing room and pictures, ib.; queen's state audience room, ib.; dining room and paintings, ib. 474; Prince of Wales's pre- sence chamber, 474; drawing room, ib. bed chamber, ib.; king's private dining room, ib.; king's private dressing room and portraits, ib.; king's private bed chamber and paintings, ib. 475; The beauty room and portraits, ib.; Cartoons of Raffaelle, ib.-- 480; how obtained, 475-476; pleasure gardens, 480, 481; grape house, ib.
age-house, ib.; eminent rector, 593, 594; singular entry in parish register, 594; charity school, ib. Hanwell 'ark, seat, 593. Hanway, Jonas, his place of sepul- ture noticed, 592. Hanworth, account of the parish of, 517-524. Boundaries and name, 517; manor, ib. 518; becomes a royal residence, 518; anecdotes connected with palace, ib. 519 : and park, 519-521; church and monuments, 521, 522; rectory and advowson, 522; eminent na- tives, ib.-524; entry in register, 524.
Palace, anecdotes con- nected with, 518, 519.
Park, curious account of buildings there, 319, 520; the queen and court entertained there, 520; house destroyed by fire, 521; division into Great and Little Park, ib.; seats, ib.
Harlow, Sir Robert, destroys works of art at Hampton Court, 467. Harmondsworth, account of the pa rish of, 622-625; situation and boundary, 622; character of country, ib.; name, ib.; manor, 622-623; curious manorial cus- tom here, 623; large barn, ib; hamlet of Longford, 623; Heath Row, ib.; supposed Roman camp here, ib. (and note,) 624; village, 624, church, ib.; rectory and vicarage, 624, 625.
Handel, musical commemoration of, Harrow-on-the-Hill, account of the
Harefield, account of the parish
of, 560-577. Boundaries, 560; manor, 560-562; remotest pos- session of to be traced in the county, 562; a former religious establishment noticed, ib. ; remains of monastery, 563; village, 563; seats, 563-565; copper-works, 565 lime-kilns, ib. ; church, 565; Brakenbury chapel and monu- ments, 565-568; monuments in church, 568-571; rectory and advowson, 571; exempt from vi sitation of bishop, ib.; Harefield Place and Lodge, 571-576; almshouses, 567, 577; school room, 577.
Park, seat, 554, 565.
Place, seat, 571–576. Former distinguished proprietors, ib.; splendid entertainment of Queen Elizabeth here, 572, 573 and notes:) Milton's Arcades per- formed here, 573, 574 (and note;) destroyed by fire through care- lessness of Sir Charles Sedley, 575; description of rebuilt edifice, 576 (and note ;) pulled down, ib. Lodge, seat, 576. Harlequin, the inventor of the Eng- lish, noticed, 54%.
parish of, 650-681; of prominent interest on account of its school, 650; situation, 651; former re- sidence of archbishops of Canter. bury here, ib.; had once a weekly market, ib. (and note ;) and fair, ib; village, ib.; hill, fine pros- pects from, 651, 652; etymology, 652 (and note;) boundaries, extent, and hamlets, ib. ; manors, 652— 654; curious customs in, 654, note; anecdotes connected with residence of archbishops here, 655; excommunication of rector and vicar, ib.; manor-house of Flambards, 655-657; rectory- house and vicarage, 657; free grammar school, 657—666; church and monuments 667-670; bene- fice, 670 (and note,) 671; eminent rectors, 671; chapels of ease, 671, 672; meeting houses, 672; charity school, ib.; eminent natives, 672 -674; hamlet of Pinner and chapel, 674-677; of Harrow Weald and chapel, 677-680; of Wembly, 680, 681; Sudbury Green, 681.
Hill, description of, 651; extensive and fine prospects from, 651, 652.
Free Grammar School, ac- count
eount of, 657-666; one of the eight great schools of England, 657; founded by John Lyon, 657, 658; substance of his statutes for the regulation of, 653-660; ex- hibitioners, 659, 660; exhibition of archery formerly held, 660; Eton plan of instruction introduced, 661; successive masters, ib. ; pre- sent governors, ib.; master and assistants, ib.; number of scho- lars, ib.; buildings, 661, 662; original schoolhouse still existing, ib. ; master's residence, 662; legal investigation of endowment, 662— 666; eminent scholars, 666 (and note).
Harrow Free Grammar School, first classical mention of, noticed, 666 (note.)
Weald, hamlet, 677-680; name, 677; rich prospects here, ib. land mark to mariners in Ger- man ocean, ib.; villas, ib.; chapel, ib. 678; Bentley priory, 678- 680; Roman vestiges found here, 680 (and note.)
Church, curious anecdote concerning consecration of, 667. Haverstock Hill, hamlet, 205, 206. Hawes, Dr. some account of, 251,
Hayes, account of the parish of, 552 -557; hamlets, 552; manor, ib. 553; formerly residence of arch- bishops of Canterbury, ib. ; village, ib.; seats, ib. 554; church and monuments, 554, 555 ; rectory and vicarage, ib.; distinguished minis- ters, ib.; charity school, ib. ; meeting house, 557.
Park, seat, 553. Headstone, farm, an ancient house here noticed, 675, 676. Heath Row, supposed Roman camp here, 623 (and note,) 624; de- stroyed by enclosure, ib. Hendon, account of the parish of, 684-694; extent, boundaries, &c. 685, 684; hay produced here much esteemed, 684; supposed Roman road here, ib. (and notes ;) manor, 684-686; singular immu- nity possessed by Hendon, 686 (and note:) name, ib.; hamlet of Mill-hill, 686-688; Highwood
Hill, ib.: Page Street, ib.; Church- end, 688-690; Brent Street, 690; church and monuments, 690, 691 ; church yard and monuments, 691 -693; curious inscriptions, 692 (note ;) vicarage and advowson, 693; almshouses, ib.; charity school, ib. 694.
Hendon Place, seat, 688-690; site of ancient manor-house, 688; Car- dinal Wolsey rests here, 688, 689, (and note); house described, 689; fine cedars in grounds, ib.; one of remarkable size formerly here, 689,
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