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Hanging Birch, hamlet, in par. and 4 miles SE.
of Prescoc, SW. Lancashire.

Hanging Grimston, hamlet, Kirkby-under-Dale
par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 64 m. N. of Pocklington.

Hanging Heaton, eccl. dist. and hamlet, Dewsbury
par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire—dist., pop. 4434;
hamlet, 2 miles N. of Dewsbury ; p.o.

Hanging Houghton, township, in par. and 1 mile
SW. of Lamport, N. Northamptonshire, pop. 124.

Hanging Knot, rocks on NW. of Bow Fell, Cum-
berland, 5 miles E. of Grasmere.

Hanging Langford, hamlet, Steeple Langford par.,
S. Wilts, 44 miles NW. of Wilton.

Hanging Wells, place, S. Durham, 94 miles NW.
of Wolsingham.

Hangingshaw, The, seat, and remains of ancient
castle, on Yarrow Water, in co. and 6 m. W. of Selkirk.

Hangleton.—par., W. Sussex, 3 miles NW. of
Brighton, 1120 ac., pop. 79.—2. Hangleton, hamlet,
Ferring par., W. Sussex, 44 miles NW. of Worthing.

Hangley Wood, 5£ miles from Staplehurst sta.,
mid. Kent.

Hangman Hill.—hamlet, in par. and 1 mile SW. of
Thorne, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire.—2. Hangman
Hill, eminence, S. Northumb., 4 m. SE. of Allendale.

Hangman Hills, Great and Little, 2 mountain
peaks, on N. border of Devon, 11 m. NE. of Barnstaple.

Hangman’s Isle, small rock among the Scilly Isles,
on NE. side of Bryher.

Hangman’s Point, on E. side of Kinsale Harbour,
S. co. Cork.

Hango Hill, or Mount Strange, 1 mile from Castle-
town, Isle of Man.

Hanham, township and vil., Biltonpar., W. Glou-
cestershire, on river Avon, 5 miles SE. of Bristol, 1210
ac., pop. 1633; P.O.; in vicinity is Hanham Hall, seat.

Hanikins Lodge, seat, near Wokingham sta., Berks.

Hanjagne (or Sugarloaf), the most northerly of
the rocks known as the Eastern Islands, Scilly Isles,
Cornwall.

Hankclow, township, Audlem par., W. Cheshire, 4
miles SE. of Nantwich, 672 ac., pop. 219.

Hankerton, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 34 miles NE. of
Malmesbury, 2203 ac., pop. 340; P.O.; contains the
seat of Hankerton Park.

Hankford, place, Bulkworthy par., N. Devon, 12
miles SW. of Bideford.

Hanley, pari, and mun. bor., Staffordshire, in The
Potteries district, 18 miles N. of Stafford and 147 miles
NW. of London by rail—mun. bor. (wholly in Stoke
upon Trent par.), 1648 ac., pop. 48,361; pari. bor.
(comprising tbe mun. bors. of Hanley and Burslem),
pop. 75,912; 4 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days,
Wednesday and Saturday. Hanley was made a mun.
bor. in 1857, and a pari. bor. in 1885; it returns 1
member to Parliament. It is a modern town, which
owes its prosperity to its vast mfrs. of china, encaustic
tiles, and earthenware. It has been called the “ Metro-
polis of the Potteries. ” Coal and iron are obtained in
the neighbourhood, and many of the inhabitants are
employed at furnaces, foundries, brickworks, &c.

Hanley Castle, par. and vil., W. Worcestershire, on
river Severn, 14 m. NW. of Upton-on-Severn, 5630 ac.,
pop. 2265; P.O., T.O.; has some remains of ancient castle.

Hanley Child, or Lower Hanley, township, East-
ham par., W. Worcestershire, on river Teme, 4 miles
SE. of Tenbury, pop. 217.

Hanley Lodge, seat, in W. of Corstorpbine par.,
Edinburghshire, 14 mile from Gogar sta.

Hanley Quay, hamlet, Hanley Castle par., W.
Worcestershire.

Hanley William, or Upper Hanley, township,
Eastham par., W. Worcestershire, 6 miles SE. of Ten-
bury, 1155 ac., pop. 130.

Haulith, township, Kirkby in Malham Dale par.,
N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SE. of Settle,
965 ac., pop. 34.

Haniner, par. and township, Flintshire, 5 miles NE.
of Ellesmere—par., 14,808 ac., pop. 2372; township,
2303 ac., pop. 450; P.O.; contains Hanmer Hall, seat.

Hannah, par., mid. Lincolnshire, 4 miles NE. of
Alford, 1010 ac., pop. 117.

Hannahstown, 4 m. fromDunmurry, co. Antrim; P.O.

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