Barrington, Earnshill, He Brewers and Puckington
pars., W. Somerset—dist., pop. 514; hamlet, 4 miles
SW. of Langport; P.O.

Hamhrook.—hamlet, Winterbourne par., W. Glou-
cestershire, 5 miles NE. of Bristol; P.O., T.O.—2. Ham-
brook, hamlet, Charlton Kings par., E. Gloucester-
shire, near Cheltenham.

Hamdon, or Hamhill, eminence, W. Somerset, 3
miles E. of S. Petherton; has quarries celebrated for
their building stone ; on the top of the hill is an ancient
British camp, covering 210 ac. and 3 miles in circuit.

llamels Park, seat, 7 miles NE. of Ware, Herts.

Hamer, eccl. dist., Rochdale par., SE. Lancashire,
pop. 4535.

Hamer, ancient par., Whitekirk par., Haddington.

Hameringltaui, par., mid. Lincolnshire, 3¼ miles
SE. of Horncastle, 1370 ac., pop. 175.

Hamerslake, hamlet, Lustleigh par., E. Devon, 4
miles SE. of Moreton Hampstead.

Hamerton, par. and vil., in co. and 9 miles NW. of
Huntingdon, 2150 ac., pop. 186 ; P.O.

Hamfallow, township, in par. and near Berkeley,
AY. Gloucestershire, 2870 ac., pop. 1038.

Hamfordshoe, hundred, N. Northamptonshire,
16,061 ac., pop. 18,863; contains 8 pars.

Hamhill.—place, Birling par., mid. Kent, 3 miles
NE. of Mailing.—2. Hamhill, Somerset. See Hamdon.

Hamilton, pari, burgh, market town, and par.,
Lanarkshire, near the confluence of the Avon and the
Clyde, 9f miles SE. of Glasgow and 382 NW. of London
by rail — par. (which includes part of town of
Motherwell and part of town of Larkhall), 14,243 ac.,
pop. 26,231; parliamentary and police burgh, pop.
18,517; 6 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Friday.
The original town (called Netherton) occupied a site
within the Duke of Hamilton’s park ; the present town
dates from the early part of the 15th century. The
prosperity of the place depends chiefly upon the mine-
rals (coal, ironstone, limestone, and sandstone), which
are extensively worked in the neighbourhood. Hamilton
is a brigade-depot, and has an extensive range of bar-
racks ; it has also several good middle-class schools.
In the immediate vicinity are large market gardens,
and numerous villas of Glasgow merchants. Along
with Falkirk, Airdrie, Lanark, and Linlithgow, Ham-
ilton returns 1 member to Parliament. On the low
ground between the town and the Clyde is Hamilton
Palace, seat of the Duke of Hamilton (and Brandon),
the premier peer of Scotland; it includes a tower of
1591, but is chiefly modern, and is one of the most mag-
nificent edifices in the kingdom ; it stands in an exten-
sive park, which contains the mausoleum, the chateau
of Chatelherault, and Cadzow Castle. See Cadzow.

Hamilton Bridge, place, Patrick par., Isle of Man,
4¼ miles SW. of Peel; a waterfall of 30 ft. is in vicinity.

Hamilton Down, mountain, South Devon, in Dart-
moor, 4 miles SW. of Moreton Hampstead, alt. 1738 ft.

Hamilton Farm Colliery, Rutherglen par., Lanark-
shire, 1¼ mile from Cambuslang.

Hamilton Hill, NE. Dorset, 5 miles NAV. of Bland-
ford Forum; has an interesting and well-preserved
Danish camp.

Hamiltonsbawn, vil. with ry. sta. (Hamilton’s
Bawn), Mullaghbrack par., in co. and 5 miles E. of
Armagh, pop. 100; P.O. Market-day, Monday; has
remains of a castle.

llantiniog, coast township, Llanrhystyd par., Car-
diganshire, 6¼ miles NE. of Aberayron, pop. 792.

Hamlet, North, par., E. Gloucestershire, partly
within Gloucester city, pop. 509 ; pop. of city part, 311.

Hamlet, South, par., E. Gloucestershire, partly
within Gloucester city, 1331 ac. (including Hempstead),
pop. 3521; pop. of city part, 3369.

Hamlinstown, seat, 6 m. SE. of Oldcastle, co. Meath.

Hamly Heath, place, Colton par., AY. Staffordshire,
2 miles N. of Rugeley.

Hammer.—hamlet, in par. and 4 miles S. of Prescot,
SE. Lancashire.—2. Hammer, school, Bramshottpar.,
N. Hants.

Hammersmith, pari. bor. and par., Middlesex,
on river Thames, in AY. of London, 2287 ac.,
pop. 71,939 ; Hammersmith returns 1 member to Par-
liament ; it was made a parliamentary bor. in 1885.

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