HAM FARM, is the seat of the Earl of Portmore at Weybridge in Surry. It is situated between the Earl of Lincoln’s and the late Mr. Southcote’s. The house is a large handsome structure built regularly of brick, with a fine lawn before the garden front. The grounds about it consist of about 500 acres, 130 of which are laid out for pleasure, besides a paddock of about 60 acres. Here is a fine command of water, there being two navigable rivers, the Thames, which comes with a fine bending course by the side of the terrace, and the Wye, which runs direct]y through the grounds, and joins the Thames at the terrace. There is a swing bridge over the Wye, which may be turned aside at pleasure to let boats and other vessels pass. The Wye is navigable up to Guildford and other places. What is called the Virginia Water, runs from Windsor great park, and flows through Mr. Southcote’s grounds hither. The terrace next the Thames is beautiful; and though it lies upon a flat, there are some good views from it, and from other parts of the gardens. This place was first beautified by the Countess of Dorchester, in the reign of James II. HAM HOUSE. See PETERSHAM. HAMILTON _street_, Hyde Park road.† HAMILTON’S _yard_, Upper Shadwell.† HAMMER AND CROWN _court_, Broad street, Ratcliff.* HAMMER _court_, In the Minories.* HAMMERSMITH, a village in Middlesex, four miles west from London. There are a number of pretty seats about it, especially towards the Thames, among which the most remarkable is Mr. Doddington’s. It has a church, a Presbyterian meeting house, two charity schools, a work house, and a kind of nunnery. HAMMOND’S _Almshouse_, in Almshouse yard, Snow hill, consists of six neat rooms, and was founded by Edmund Hammond, Esq; in the year 1651, for as many poor batchelors or widowers, with an allowance 10_l._ a year each: but the estate appropriated for its support being reduced by the fire of London, the Haberdashers company, to which the care of this charitable foundation was intrusted, at present only pay the pensioners the annual sum of 7_l._ 10_s._ each. HAMMOND’S _court_, Haymarket.† HAMMOND’S _key_, Thames street.† HAMMOND’S _lane_, Thames street.† HAMPSHIRE _court_, Whitechapel. HAMPSHIRE HOG _yard_, Broad St. Giles’s.* HAMPSHIRE _yard_, Whitechapel.