Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday and Satur-
day; is a flourishing manufacturing town. Cotton,
silk, and woollens are the chief fabrics produced. Iron-
works, collieries, and quarries are in operation, and
I through the Haslingden Canal communication is main-
j tained with Bury, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds.

|    Haslingfield, par. and vil., on river Cam, in co. and

! 54 miles SW. of Cambridge, 2527 ac., pop. 754; P.O.

|    Haslington, township, Barthomley par., AY. Che-

■ sbire, 2| miles NE. of Crewe, 3789 ac., pop. 1814; P.O.

!    Hasness, seat, on Buttermere Water, Cumberland,

j 1 mile SE. of Buttermere.

Hassagc, hamlet, Weilowpar., E. Somerset, 7 miles
i SE. of Bath.

Hass all, township, in par. and 24 miles SE. of Sand-
bach, W. Cheshire, on Grand Trunk Canal, 1045 ac.,
pop. 309 ; contains the hamlet of Uassall Green.

Hassendean, ry. sta., 4 miles NE. of Hawick, Rox-
burghshire ; in vicinity is Hassendean Burn, seat;
the ancient barony and par. of Hassendean (now chiefly
in Minto par.), had a Norman church, a monastic cell,
and a peel-tower, all now extinct.

Hassingliani, par., S. Norfolk, 74 miles SE. of Nor-
wich, 574 ac., pop. 104.

Hassohury, seat, W. Essex, near Bishop Stortford.

Hassocks, ry. sta., 6 miles S. of Haywards Heath
sta., E. Sussex; P.O.

Hassop, township with ry. sta., in par. and 1 mile
N. of Bakewell, N. Derbyshire, 363 ac., pop. 91; P.O.;
in vicinity is the seat of Hassop Hall.

Hastliorpc, hamlet, in par. and 14 mile S. of Wil-
loughby, mid. Lincoln.

Hastlnglcigh, par. and hamlet, E. Kent, 8 miles
SE. of Ashford, 1515 ac., pop. 229 ; P.O.

Hastings.—pari, and mun. bor., watering-place,
market town, and one of the Cinque Ports, E. Sussex,
34 miles E. of Brighton and 62 miles SE. of London—
pari. bor. 3690 ac., pop. 47,619 ; mun. bor., 1826 ac. and
355 foreshore, pop. 42,258; Cinque Port, 17,855 ac.,
pop. 46,185; 3 Banks, 8 newspapers. Market-day,
Saturday; a place of great importance in ancient
times; the site of the original town is supposed to be
covered by the sea. William the Conqueror landed in
the vicinity and fought the famous battle of Hastings—
October 14th, 1066—at the place called Battle, 6 miles
NAV. Most of the town lies in a well-sheltered hollow
sloping towards the sea. St Leonards is joined to it by
a row of terraces and parades. The reputation of
Hastings as a watering-place was first established about
the beginning of the present century, and its trade is
mostly connected with the supplies required by visitors ;
there are also coast fisheries, and some boatbuilding and
lime-burning. The bor. returns 1 member to Parlia-
ment ; it returned 2 members until 1885, when its pari,
limits were reduced by the exclusion of 2 detached
parts, viz., Petit Iham and the Liberty of the Sluice.
—2. Hastings, rape, E. Sussex, 164,468 ac., pop.
91,713; contains 14 hundreds.

Hastingwood, hamlet, North AVeald Basset par.,
W. Essex, 3 miles NE. of Epping.

Hastleton, 4 miles SE. of Andoversford sta., E.
Gloucestershire; p.o. See Hazleton.

Haston, hamlet, Middle par., N. Shropshire, 54
miles NE. of Shrewsbury.

Has well, township with ry. sta., Easington par., N.
Durham, 104 miles S. of Sunderland, 3225 ac., pop.
6156 ; P.O., T.O.; contains extensive coal mines.

Hatch.—hamlet, Northill par., Bedfordshire, 3 miles
NW. of Biggleswade.—2. natch, ry. sta., 5 miles SE. of
Taunton, W. Somerset.—3. Hatch, hamlet, Kingston
upon Thames par., mid. Surrey, 2 miles N. of Kingston.
See Ham with Hatch.—4. Hatch, tithing, Tisbury
par., S. Wilts, 2 miles S. of Hindon.

Hatch, West, par. and vil., W. Somerset, 4 miles
SE. of Taunton, 1681 ac., pop. 415.

Hatch Beauchamp, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Hatch),
W. Somerset, 6 miles SE. of Taunton, 1120 ac., pop.
359; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. are the seats of Hatch
Court and Hatch Park.

Hatch End, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles NW. of
Harrow, Middlesex; P.O.

Hatch Green, hamlet, Chartham par., E. Kent, 2
miles SW. of Canterbury.