Hucknall Torkard, town and par. (ry. sta. Huck-
nall), in co. and 8 miles NW. of Nottingham, 3270 ac.,
pop. 10,023; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; is a populous place
with extensive collieries. The church (rebuilt 1873)
contains the tomb of Lord Byron (1788-1824).

Hncknall under Huthwaite, town and township,
Sutton in Ashfield par., Notts, 5 miles SW. of Mans-
field, 1228 ac., pop. 2028; P.O., called Hucknall
Huthwaite ; has extensive collieries.

Huckworthy Bridge, over the river Walkham, S.
Devon, 14 mile NE. of Horrabridge sta.

Huddersfield, pari, and mun. bor., par., and town-
ship, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 164 miles SW. of
Leeds, 26 NE. of Manchester, and 189 NW. of London
—par., 16,230 ac., pop. 66,134; township, 4055 ac.. pop.
42,234; pari, bor., 10,998 ac., pop. 87,157; mun. bor.,
10,496 ac., pop. 81,841; 5 Banks, 6 newspapers. Mar-
ket-day, Tuesday. In so far as its rise to eminence in
mfrs. is concerned, Huddersfield is wholly a modern
town. It is the chief centre of the branch of mfr.
known as the fancy woollen trade, and its prosperity
may be dated from the beginning of the present cen-
tury. Every description of plain and fancy woollen
goods is here manufactured: broadcloths, doeskins,
beavers, trouserings, &c. Worsted, silk, and cotton are
also worked in an endless variety of dress stuffs. Iron-
founding is carried on, as well as mfrs. of steam-engines,
boilers, and machinery; the latter being in a large
measure composed of implements required in textile
mfrs. Collieries and quarries are in the neighbour-
hood. The town is situated on the slope of a hill in
the valley of the Colne, and the river is navigable for
barges. Huddersfield was enfranchised by the Reform
Act of 1832, and returns 1 member to Parliament.

Huddington, par., W. Worcestershire, 44 miles SE.
of Droitwich, 890 ac., pop. 86.

Huddlcsford, hamlet, in par. and 1 mile N. of AVhit-
tington, E. Staffordshire.

Huddleston and Lumby, township, Sherburn par.,
E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles NE. of Ponte-
fract, 1423 ac., pop. 238.

Huditali, hamlet, Edlesborough par., Bucks, 3
miles N. of Berkhampstead.

Hndshope Burn, affluent of river Tees, S. Durham;
flows SE. and S. to the Tees at Middleton-in-Teesdale.

HiulsweU, township, Catterick and Easby pars.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Swale, 24 miles SW.
of Richmond, 3028 ac., pop. 181.

Huel Friendship, copper mine, S. Devon, in Dart-
moor Forest, 54 miles E. of Tavistock.

Huggate, par. and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire, on
the AVolds, 7 miles NE. of Pocklington, 7004 ac., pop.
553; P.O.

Huggens College, Northfleet par., mid. Kent, near
Stone Bridge ; an institution for ladies and gentlemen
in reduced circumstances.

Hugginstown, vil., Aghaviller par., S. co. Kilkenny,
3 miles SAV. of Ballyhale ry. sta., pop. 100 ; P.O.

Hugglescote, vil. with ry. sta., Ibstock par., N.
Leicestershire, 1 mile NAV. of Heather sta. and 6 miles
SE. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; P.O.

Hugglescote and Donnington, township (ry. sta.
Hugglescote), Ibstock par., N. Leicestershire, 6 miles
SE. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 2589 ac., pop. 4750; has
collieries.

Hugh Town, capital of the Scilly Islands, situated
on the western side of an isthmus which connects the
main body of St Mary’s Island with the elevated pro-
montory at its NE. extremity; P.O., T.O., called
Scilly; consists chiefly of one long street, and has a
good harbour and pier, and a fine park and promenade.

Hughditcli, tithing, Froxfield par., S. Wilts, 2 miles
W. of Hungerford.

Hughenden (or Hltchendon), par. and vil., S.
Bucks, 1 mile N. of AA^rycombe, 5828 ac., pop. 1803;
Hnghendcn Manor was the seat of Benjamin Disraeli
(1805-1881), Earl of Beaconsfield, whose tomb is in the
church of St Michael and All Angels, which contains
many interesting memorials of his lordship, one of the
chief of these being a beautiful statue erected to his
memory by Queen Victoria.

Hnghley, par., S. Shropshire, 4 miles NAV. and in
municipal limits of AVenlock, 1225 ac., pop. 110.

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

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