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Hartsliill.—eccl. dist., Stoke-upon-Trent par., N.
Staffordshire, pop. 3241; has a fine Gothic church, and
contains the new North Staffordshire Infirmary.—2.
Hartsliill, vil., Kingswinford par., W. Staffordshire, 1
mile NE. of Brierly Hill sta.—3. Hartsliill, township
and vil., Mancetter par., N. Warwickshire, on river
Anker, 3 miles S. of Atherstone, pop. 1264 ; P.O.

Hartshorn, par. and vil., N. Derbyshire, 3| miles
NW. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 2510 ac., pop. 1729; P.O.,
called Hartshorne ; has extensive coal mines and mfrs.
of pottery.

Hartside, hamlet, Ingram par.,N. Northumberland,
7 miles S. of Wooler. See
Fawdon, &c.

Hartside Burn, right affluent of river Clyde, Wan-
dell and Lamington par., Lanarkshire.

Hartsop, hamlet, Barton par., Westmorland, 5miles
NE. of Ambleside. See
Patterdale with Hartsop.

Hartswood, hamlet, Buckland par., mid. Surrey, 14
mile S. of Eeigate; adjacent is Hartswood Common.

Hartwell.—par., Bucks, 2 miles SW. of Aylesbury,
911 ac., pop. 146; contains the seat of Hartwell
House.—2. Hartwell, par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles
SE. of Northampton, 1850 ac., pop. 501; P.O.—3.
Hartwell, hamlet, in par. and 14 mile E. of Barlaston,
N. Staffordshire.

Hartwell Lodge, place, on E. border of S. Northam-
tonshire, in Salcey Forest.

Hartwith with Winsley, township, Kirkby Malzeard
par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Nidd, 5
miles NW. of Ripley, 5360 ac., pop. 1062.

Hartwood, seat, in par. and 14 mile S. of West
Calder, Edinburghshire.

Hartwoodhill, seat, in par. and 2 miles W. of Shotts
Ironworks, Lanarkshire ; in vicinity is II. Colliery.

Harty, par. and vil., E. Kent, on river Swale, form-
ing district called Isle of Harty in Isle of Sheppey, 4
miles NE. of Faversham, 2770 ac. land, 343 tidal water,
and 694 foreshore, pop. 157; Harty Ferry (2 miles)
connects the vil. with Dare on Faversham Creek.

Harum, township, Helmsley par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, on river Rye, 2 miles SE. of Helmsley, 2359
ac., pop. 439.

Harvel, place, Meopham par., mid. Kent, 7 miles S.
of Gravesend.

Harvest Hill, place, 2 m. S. of Cuckfield, E. Sussex.

HarveyhUl, 3 m. from Kilrea, co. Londonderry; P.O.

Harveys, place, Pleshey par., W. Essex, 6 miles SE.
of Dunmow.

Harvieston, seat, Borthwick par., Edinburghshire,
1 mile SE. of Gorebridge; within the grounds are the
remains of Catcune Castle.

Harviestoun Castle, seat, Tillicoultry par., Clack-
mannanshire, 2 miles W. of Dollar.

Harvington.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Wor-
cestershire, 34 miles N. of Evesham, 1238 ac., pop.
490; P.O.—2. Harvington, hamlet, Chaddesley Cor-
bett par., W. Worcester, 34 m. SE. of Kidderminster.

Harwell. — par. and vil., Berks, 6 miles NE. of
Wantage, 2521 ac., pop. 810 ; P.O.—2. Harwell, ham-
let, Everton par., N. Notts, 14 mile E. of Bawtry. See
Everton with Harwell.

Harwich, municipal bor., watering-place, seaport,
and par., E. Essex, on peninsula on S. side of river
Stour, at its confluence with the Orwell, 21 miles
NE. of Colchester and 70 miles NE. of London—bor.,
1479 ac., pop. 7842; par., 88 ac., pop. 5821; 1 Bank, 1
newspaper. Market-day,
Tuesday. Harwich has been
a place of note from a very early period; it was called
Hanoic by the Saxons. Being one of the best and
safest harbours on the E. coast, its shipping is very
important, especially the trade with Holland and North
Germany. Steam packets ply regularly between Har-
wich and the Continent in connection with the Great
Eastern Ry. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.)
The town depends a good deal upon the success of its
shrimp and lobster fisheries. Other industries of the dis-
trict are shipbuilding, Roman cement works, brewing,
sailmaking, ropemaking, and the mfr. of artificial manure.
On the shore, or Inner Ridge, abreast of Dovercourt,
are 2 fixed lights (Harwich) seen 11 and 94 miles;
and near the extremity of Laudguard Point is a fixed
light (Harwich) seen 10 miles. Harwich returned 1
member to Parliament until 1885.

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