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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,

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197.

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.

G.

Garrick, David, account of his villa,
483-485.

Garth, Sir Samuel, the place of his
interment noticed, 668.
George Chapel, Old Brentford,

316.

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,

708.

Gilpin, John, the poem of, noticed,

717.

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

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educated at, 270.

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.

H.

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,
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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.;

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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-

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

646.

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,

252.

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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