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high, with revolving light (Walney), 70 ft. above high water and seen 13 miles.
Hawarden (pronounced Harden), market town, par., and township, Flintshire, on affluent of river Dee, 8 miles SW. of Chester and 186 miles NW. of London —par., 17,302 ac., pop. 9387; township, 15,000 ac., pop. 7087; P.O., t.o. Coarse earthenware, tiles, and bricks are its mfrs. The nearest sta. is Queensferry, 14 mile N. In the vicinity is Hawarden Castle, the seat of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.
Hawbridge, hamlet, Michelmersh par., S.-Hants, 8 miles SW. of AYinchester.
Haweote, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles AY. of Dalton in Furness, N. Lancashire.
Hawcrby with Beesby, par., N. Lincolnshire, on the AYolds, 84 miles NW. of Louth, 1179 ac., pop. 82.
Hawes.—hamlet, Bassenthwaite par., W. Cumber- land, on Bassenth waite AYater, 6 miles E. of Cocker- moutli.—2. Hawes, market town and township with ry. sta., Aysgarth par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 16 miles SW. of Leyburn, 16,021 ac.,pop. 1890; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. At Hawes Junc- tion, ry. sta., 5 miles N\Y., is a meteorological station at an alt. of 1135 ft.
Hawes Water, lake, Westmorland, lying between Mardale and Bampton; is 24 miles long, 4 mile of average breadth, and 443 ft. above sea-level.
Hawford Lodge, seat, on river Severn, in co. and 3 miles N. of AArorcester.
Hawick, township, Kirkharle par., S. Northumber- land, 74 miles E. of Bellingham, 1280 ac., pop. 17.
Hawick, pari, burgh, manufacturing town, and par., Roxburghshire, at confluence of the Slitrig with the Teviot, 53 miles SE. of Edinburgh, 45 NE. of Carlisle, and 336 NAY. of London by rail—par., 6112 ac., pop. 11,758; pari, burgh and town (including AYilton suburb, in Wilton par.), pop. 16,184; 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day, Thursday. Hawick is an ancient place ; the original church of St Mary (rebuilt 1763) dated from 1214. Remains of antiquity are—the Moat Hill, an artificial earthen mound, 312 ft. in circumference and 30 ft. high, and the old peel-tower of the barons of Drumlanrig, now forming the western side of the Tower Hotel. Hawick is the chief seat of the hosiery mfr. and one of the chief seats of the woollen mfr. in Scotland ; it is also the centre of an important grazing and agricultural district, and a great market of live stock and grain. There is a complete system of under- ground drainage, with purification works; there is an abundant water supply, brought from Allan AYater and Dod Burn ; new municipal buildings (1885), and hospital (1884). The Hawick (or Border) Burghs return 1 member to Parliament: they consist of Hawick, in Rox- burghshire ; and Selkirk and Galashiels, in Selkirkshire.
Hawk . See also Hawke •.
Hawk Road, channel, in the Humber, East-Riding Yorkshire, within Spurn Head.
Hawkadon, hamlet, St Giles on the Heath par., S. Devon, 9 miles SE. of Holsworthy.
Hawkaller, hamlet, WestBucklandpar., AY. Somer- set, 34 miles NE. of Wellington sta.
Hawkchurch, par. and vil., W. Dorset, 3 miles NE. of Axminster, 4130 ac., pop. 590; P.O.
Hawkcraig, cliff, on E. side of Aberdour vil., Fife.
Hawke . See also Hawk .
Hawkedon, par., W. Suffolk, 54 miles NE. of Clare, 1461 ac., pop. 278; P.O.
Hawkenbury.—vil., Frant par., E. Kent, 2 miles SE. of Tunbridge Wells.—2. Hawkenbury, hamlet, Headcorn par., mid. Kent, 8 miles SE. of Maidstone.
Hawkerldge, vil., in par. and 1 mile NW. of West- bury, N. Wilts.
Hawkerland, hamlet, Colaton Raleigh par., E. Devon, 2 miles AY. of Sidmouth.
Hawkesborough, hundred, Hastings rape, E. Sussex, 22,622 ac., pop. 5621; contains 2 pars.
Hawkesbury.—par., S. Gloucestershire, 4m. NE. of Chipping Sodbury,9770ac.,pop.l948; P.O.—2. Hawkes- bury, hamlet with ry. sta. (Hawkesbury Lane), Foleshill par., N. Warwickshire, 5 miles N. of Coventry.
Hawkesdale, hamlet, Dalston par., E. Cumberland, 64 miles SW. of Carlisle; in vicinity is th seat of Hawkesdale Hall. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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