London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
HARROLD’S _court_, Coal yard.†
HARROW _alley_, 1. St. Catharine’s.* 2. Holborn.* 3. Mint street.* 4.
Old Gravel lane.* 5. Old street.* 6. Petticoat lane.* 7. Whitechapel.*
HARROW _corner_, 1. Bennet’s hill.* 2. Deadman’s place.* 3. Fleet lane.*
4. Long lane.*
HARROW _dunghil_, Mint street.*
HARROW _dunghil yard_, Old Horselydown.*
HARROW _yard_, Ropemakers fields.*
HARROW ON THE HILL, is situated in Middlesex, fifteen miles N. W. from
London, on the highest hill in the county, on the summit of which
stands the church, which has a very high spire. This parish is famous
for a free school founded by Mr. John Lyons in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth; and every 4th of August a select number of the scholars,
dressed in the habit of archers, come with their bows, and shoot at a
mark for a silver arrow.
HARTFORD, or HERTFORD, the county town of Hartfordshire, is situated on
the river Lea, twenty-three miles from London, and is a place of great
antiquity. It is said to have been of some note even in the time of
the ancient Britons; here the Saxon Kings frequently kept their
courts, and here King Alfred built a castle, by which he destroyed the
Danish vessels that passed from the Thames up the river Lea. The town
had its first charter granted by Queen Mary, by which it was made a
corporation, and King James I. granted it a new one. The town is
pleasantly situated in a dry and healthful vale, and built in the form
of a Y with a castle in the middle of the two horns. It is governed by
a High Steward, who is generally a nobleman, and by a Mayor, nine
Aldermen, a Recorder, a Town Clerk, a Chamberlain, ten capital
Burgesses, with sixteen Assistants, and two serjeants at mace. Here
were five churches, which are reduced to two. In that of St. Andrew’s
there is not only a seat for the Mayor and Aldermen, but another for
the Governors of Christ Church hospital in London, and a gallery, in
which 200 of the children of that hospital may be accommodated; for
the Governors have erected an handsome house in the town for such
children, as either wanted health, or are too young for that hospital.
Here is also a handsome free school, and three charity schools; but
tho’ the splendor of the town is much diminished, since the north road
from London was turned through Ware, yet the county jail is still kept
here, and the jail delivery in the castle. This town has the honour of
giving the title of Earl to the Duke of Somerset, and of sending two
members to parliament. The chief commodities of its market are wool,
wheat, and malt, and it is said to send 5000 quarters of malt weekly
to London by the river Lea.
Near this town is a seat of the late Governor Harrison, pleasantly
situated on a hill that commands a fine prospect of the country all
around; and its neighbourhood is a seat of the Clarks, which also
enjoys a delightful situation.
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