|from its having suffered considerably by fire at different times: |it is paved and lighted, and the houses mostly slated. The parish |church stands about half a mile distant from the town on a bold |eminence, and appears to have been erected at different periods; |the tower, a square embattled building, 63 feet high, contains |five bells, and near the church are stables to accommodate those |who ride from the neighbouring villages to hear divine service. |Its principal manufacture is that of broad lace. Before the |entrance of the town is a hill which commands one of the finest |prospects in the kingdom. The market is on Saturday. | 176|Honiton’s Clyst, Devon, 116. | 39|Hook, Hants, 74. | 40|Hook Common, Hants, 74. | 26|Hookwood Common, Surrey, 48. | 16|Hooley, Surrey, 53. | 65|Hopgrass, Wilts, 181. | 27|Horley Church, Surrey, 48. | 61|Horn Dean, Hants, 31. | 17|Horn’s Cross, Kent, 3. | 39|Horny Common, Sussex, 58. | 123|Horrington, West, Somerset, 189. | |Horsea Island, Hants, 223. | 36|=Horsham=, Sussex, 65. A borough, market town, and parish, |situated on the river Arun, containing 638 houses, and 3839 |inhabitants. It is said to derive its name from Horsa, the brother |of Hengist the Saxon, by whom it is supposed to have been first |built. It is a borough by prescription, and returns two members to |parliament, which it has done ever since the reign of Edward the |First. The church is an ancient building, and it has a good county |gaol, and an established bank. The Assizes are frequently held |here, and its market on Saturday, is well supplied with poultry, |&c. | 45|Horstead, Sussex, 59. A parish containing 88 houses, and 591 |inhabitants. | 134|Horton, Somerset, 168. | 135|Horton, High, Somerset, 169. | 69|Hothampton, Sussex, 41, 42. | 80|Hounds Down Hill, Hants, 92. | 123|Houndston, Somerset, 141. | 9|=Hounslow=, Middlesex, 70, 174. A market town, situated on the |edge of the heath which bears its name, on a branch of the river |Coln, on which are some powder mills. On this heath are many |vestiges of ancient encampments, and also some newly erected |barracks for cavalry. Here, in 1686, James the Second encamped |after the suppression of the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion. | 10|Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, 70, 174. (_See Hounslow._) | |Hove, Sussex, 219. A parish containing 18 houses, and 101 |inhabitants. | 74|How Ford, Hants, 98. | 112|Huddox Hill, Somerset, 188. | 64|=Hungerford=, 181. A market town and parish, situated on the banks |of the Kennet, part in the county of Berks, and part in Wilts; |containing 383 houses, and 1987 inhabitants. The church is an