Hertfordshire (or Herts), an inland co. in SE. of
England, bounded N. by Cambridgeshire, E. by Essex,
S. by Middlesex, W. by Bucks, and NAY. by Bed-
fordshire; greatest length, NE. and SAY., 35 miles;
greatest breadth, E. and AV., 26 miles; 465,141 ac.,
pop. 203,069. In appearance the co. is hilly, but in-
terspersed with fine pasture lands, arable farms, and
picturesque parks and woods. The Lea, the Colne, and
the Ivel are the principal rivers ; the Grand Junction
Canal likewise passes through a part of the co. A large
number of the inhabitants are employed in husbandry,
and in addition to grain of choice quality, hay, veget-
ables, and numerous fruits and flowers are extensively
cultivated, especially for the London market. (For
agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) The greater
portion of the commerce of the co. is supported by the
trade in corn and malt. Mfrs. are few ; paper-making,
silk-weaving, and straw-plaiting being the principal
industries. Railways penetrate to all parts of the co.;
no place is at a greater distance than 5 miles from a
station. Geologically the greater part of Herts consists
of Lower, Middle, and Upper Chalk; in the S. is the
London clay. The minerals are of no commercial im-
portance. Herts comprises 8 hundreds, 138 pars., and
parts of 3 others, and the mun. bors. of Hertford and St
Albans. It is almost entirely in the diocese of St
Albans. For pari, purposes it is divided into 4
divisions, viz., Northern or Hitchin, Eastern or Hert-
ford, Mid or St Albans, and Western or Watford, 1
member for each. It sent 3 members till 1885.

Hertford Heath, hamlet, Great Amwell par., in co.
and 2 miles E. of Hertford ; P.O.

Hertingfordbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co.
and 14 mile AY. of Hertford, 2645 ac., pop. 823; P.O.

Herts. See Hertfordshire.

Hesket, High and Low, 2 hamlets, Hesket in the
Forest par., E. Cumberland, on river Petterill, 8 and
64 miles SE. of Carlisle; P.O. at Low Hesket.

Hesket Newmarket, vil., Caldbeck par., W. Cum-
berland, on river Caldew, 9 miles SE. of Wigton;
P.O.; copper and lead mines are in the neighbourhood.

Hesket In the Forest, par. and township, E. Cum-
berland, on rivers Petterill and Eden, 9 miles NW. of
Penrith—par., 18,491 ac. (including part of Carlisle St
Mary par.), pop. 2004 ; township, 16,399 ac., pop. 1965.

Hesketh Bank, ry. sta., on coast of N. Lancashire, 9
miles NE. of Southport; P.O.

Hesketh Park, ry. sta., SW. Lancashire, in N.
vicinity of Southport.

Hesketh wTth Becconsall, par. (ry. sta. Hesketh
Bank), N. Lancashire, on Ribble estuary, 9 miles NE.
of Southport by rail, 1975 ac. land and 2761 water,
pop. 863; land has been reclaimed here by deepening
the river’s bed.

Hcskin, township, Eccleston par., N. Lancashire, 44
miles SW. of Chorley, 1242 ac., pop. 382; coal mines
are in the vicinity.

Hesle, vil., Harworth par., N. Notts, on river Idle,
2 miles NW. of Bawtry.

Hesleden, hamlet, Arncliffe par., N. div. West-Rid-
ing Yorkshire, on Hesleden Beck, 4 m. NE. of Skipton.

Hcsledon, Cold, Durham. See Coldhesledon.

Hcslerton, par. and ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire,
8| miles NE. of Malton sta. and 30 miles NE. of York,
7120 ac., pop. 650; contains the townships of East
Heslerton, 3584 ac., pop. 304; and West Heslcrton
(partly in Yeddingham par.), 2954 ac., pop. 346; P.O.;
the seat of W est Heslerton House is here.

Hesley, hamlet, Ecelesfield par., S. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 4 miles NAY. of Rotherham.

Hesley Hurst, township, in par. and 34 miles SE. of
Rothbury, N. Northumberland, 656 ac., pop. 30.

Hesleyside, seat, in par. and If mile W. of Belling-
ham, S. Northumberland.

Hesllngton St Lawrence, township, St Lawrence
par., East-Riding Yorkshire, nr. York, 1244 ac., pop.254.

Hesllngton St Paul, par. and vil., East-Riding
Yorkshire, in Ouse valley, 2 miles SE. of York, 1401
ac., pop. 223; P.O., called Hesllngton; contains the
seat of Heslington Hall.

llespalyn, reach of the river Alyn, Flint, near Cilcen.

Hessay, township and ry. sta., Monkton Moor par.,
N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NW. of York,
1255 ac., pop. 91.

Ilessay Tor, in AY.' vicinity of Princes Town, S.
Devon; here are the Dartmoor granite quarries.

Uessenford, eccl. dist. and vil., St Germans par.,
E. Cornwall—dist., pop. 896; vil,, 3 miles W. of St-
German s ; P.O.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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