dlesex, near Uxbridge, which is a hamlet to the former. In the church-yard is a remarkable high yew tree, above, 200 years old! On the left hand of Hillingdon Heath from London, a very elegant house is erected for the Count di Salis, an Italian nobleman; and, at Little Hillingdon, is Hillingdon House, the seat of the Marchioness of Rockingham. The grounds are picturesque, and enriched by a fine piece of water.

HODDESDON, a hamlet on the river Lea, in the parishes of Amwell and Broxburn, 17 miles from London, has a market on Thursday, and a fine fountain in the middle of the town, which is thus ludicrously mentioned by Prior:

An

nymph with an urn, that divides the highway, And into a puddle throws mother of tea!

HOLLAND HOUSE, the ancient mansion house of the manor of Abbot's Kensington, in the parish of Kensington, two miles from London, having from the public road a most venerable and insteresting appearance. It takes its name from Henry Rich, Earl of Holland; was built by his father-in-law, Sir Walter Cope, in 1607, and affords a very good specimen of the architecture of that period.

The celebrated Addison became possessed of this venerable mansion, in 1716, by his intermarriage with Charlotte Countess Dowager of Warwick and Holland. Here was the scene of his last moments, and of his affecting interview with his son-in-law (communicated to the world by Dr. Edward Young) the Earl of Warwick, to whom he had been tutor, and whose licentiousness of manners he had anxiously, but in vain, endeavoured to repress. As a last effort, he sent for him into the room where he lay at the point of death, hoping that the solemnity of the scene might make some impression upon him. When that young nobleman came, he requested to know his commands, and received the memorable answer, "See in what peace a christian can die!" to which Tickell thus alludes:

He taught us how to live; and oh! too high
A price for knowledge, taught us how to die!

On the death of this young nobleman, in 1721, unmar

ried, his estates devolved to the father of the present Lord Kensington (maternally descended from Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick) who sold it, in 1762, to the Right Hon. Henry Fox. It is now the property of his grandson, Lord Holland.

A gallery, which occupies the whole length of the west wing, about 118 feet, is ornamented with portraits of the Lenox, Fox, and Digby families; among which are principally noticed, Charles II. and the Duchess of Portsmouth; Sir Stephen Fox, by Lely; Henry, Lord Holland; and the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, when a boy, in a group, with Lady Susan Strangeway, and Lady Sarah Lenox, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

HOLLOWAY, a village on each side of the public road leading from Islington to Highgate. It contains many new houses, and a small chapel has been lately erected here for the accommodation of the inhabitants. The situation is pleasant, and has its attractions from the charms of the surrounding country.

HOLMESDALE, a rough and woody tract, in Surry, lying immediately beneath the hills to the S. and E. of that county, and extending into Kent. Red deer are still found here; and it is said to take its name from the holm oak with which it abounds.

HOLWOOD HOUSE, the seat of the late Right Hon. William Pitt, on Holwood Hill, in the parish of Keston, five miles from Bromley. Great part of the Roman camp at Keston is inclosed in the grounds: and hence is one of the most delightful prospects in the county. See Keston.

HOMERTON, the eastern portion of Hackney parish, It is a small neat village with several good houses. Here is an academy for the education of young men for the ministry among the Independents, a class of protestant dissenters.

HORNCHURCH, a village in Essex, the only parish in the liberty of Havering, 24 miles from Rumford, of which it is the mother church. A large pair of horns is affixed to the east end of the church, for which tradition assigns some reason too idle to be repeated. Here is Langtons, the bandsome seat of Richard Wyatt, Esq. and Marshalls, the pleasant villa of Jackson Barwis, Esq.

HORNDON ON THE HILL, a market-town in Essex, 19 miles from London, in the road from Chelms

ford to Tilbury Fort. From this place is a very beautiful prospect.

HORNSEY, a village in Middlesex, five miles from London. In the footway from this village to Highbury Barn, at Islington, is a coppice of trees, called Hornsey Wood, at the entrance of which is a public house, to which numbers of persons resort from the city. This house being situated on the top of an eminence, affords a delightful prospect of the neighbouring country. The New River winds beautifully through Hornsey. On the side of the road from Islington to Southgate, is a capital mansion, with handsome porters' lodges, built by Edward Gray, Esq. See Highgate and Muswell Hill.

HORSELEY, East and West, two villages, four miles beyond Leatherhead. In the former is a fine seat, the property of William Currie, Esq. In the latter is the handsome house of Henry Weston, Esq.

HORTON, a village in Buckinghamshire, near Colnbrook, where Milton, after he had left the university, resided five years with his father. The house, called the manor-house, is now in the occupation of Mrs. Hugford. Here his mother died, in 1637, and is buried in the chancel of the church. Here also is the seat of Miss Lawson.

HOUNSLOW, a market-town of Middlesex, 94 miles from London. It is a hamlet to two parishes; the south side lying in Isleworth, and the north side, with the chapel, in Heston. Here was formerly a priory, which belonged to the brethren of the Holy Trinity, whose peculiar office it was to solicit alms for the redemption of captives. The site of the priory, with the manor-house adjoining the chapel, is the property of Mrs. Sophia Bulstrode.

Hounslow stands on the edge of the heath of the same name, on which are some powder mills on a branch of the river Coln. On this heath James II. formed an encampment, after the suppression of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, in order the more effectually to enslave the nation; and here he first perceived the little dependence that he could have upon his army, by their rejoicings on receiving the news of the acquittal of the seven Bishops, an event, at that period, most auspicious to the welfare of the country. The range of gibbets on this heath have

been removed on account of the royal family passing to and from Windsor.

HOXTON, a small village in the parish of Shoreditch, formerly quite distinct from, but now joined to the metropolis. The houses are mostly old and decayed. The Square has been long remarked for having among its residents seve→ ral of the established and dissenting clergy. Here are also some houses for the reception of persons labouring under insanity.

HUNSDON HOUSE, to the N. E. of Hoddesdon, in Herts, was a royal palace, erected by Henry VIII. and was granted to Lord Hunsdon, by his first cousin, Queen Elizabeth. It is the property of Mr. Calvert.

HYDE, THE, late the seat of Thomas Brand Hollis, Esq. who died, 1804, and now of the Rev. Dr. Disney, (author of the lives of Fortin and Sykes, and also of two volumes of excellent sermons) in which is a fine collection of ancient coins and medals, busts, marbles, vases, and other antiquities. Some of them are from Herculaneum, and were collected by the late Thomas Hollis, Esq. who died 1774, and Thomas Brand Hollis, Esq. when they were in Italy. In the hall, in particular, are two sarcophagi, esteemed superior to those at Wilton. The plantations and a fine piece of water are disposed with great taste, and command the beautiful adjoining country.

HYDE HALL, the seat of the Earl of Roden, near Sawbridgeworth, in Herts, 25 miles from London.

HYDE PARK, a celebrated park at the west extremity of the metropolis, adjoining on the south side to Knightsbridge, and lying between the two roads which lead to Hounslow and Uxbridge. It is the site of a manor, which anciently belonged to the church of Westminster, till it became the property of the crown in the reign of Henry VIII. by exchange for other lands. In 1652 this park contained 620 acres. During the usurpation, it was sold in different lots, and produced 17,0687. 6s 8d. including the timber and the deer. The crown-lands being resumed after the Restoration, it was replenished with deer, and surrounded by a brick wall, having, before that time. been fenced with pales. It has been considerably reduced since the survey in 1652, partly by buildings between Hyde-Park-Corner and Park Lane, but principally by the making of Kensington Gardens. By a survey taken