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Harrison. British steamship 

 line. It was founded in 1830, being 

 then known as the Charente Steam- 

 ship Co., tak- 

 ing later the 

 name of its 

 owners, T. & 

 J. H a r rison. 

 Its chief ser- 

 vices are be- 

 tween Liver- 

 Harrison Line pool and ports 

 Flag, red and in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, the 

 W. Indies, and Brazil ; also to 

 Calcutta, S. Africa, and E. Africa. 

 From Calcutta its steamers go to 

 the River Plate and S. Brazil. The 

 London offices are Dock House, 

 Billiter Street, B.C. 



Harris Tweed. Textile fabric 

 defined as tweed, hand-spun, 

 hand-woven and dyed, and finished 

 by hand in the islands of Lewis, 

 which includes Harris, Uist, Barra, 

 and their several purtenances. See 

 Tweed. 



Harrogate. Municipal borough 

 and watering-place of Yorkshire 

 (W.R.). It is 203 m. from London 

 on the N.E., G.N., 

 and M. Rlys. Har- 

 rogate is noted for 

 ita springs, of 

 which there are 

 87. There are 

 several baths and 

 pump-rooms, a 



number of hospi- 

 Harrogate arms ta , g and hyd ^ 



pathics, as well as the Royal Hall, 

 concert room, opera house, cinema 

 halls, and other attractions. The 

 buildings, which include . fine 

 churches and hotels, are all modern. 

 The Stray is a large open space, as is 

 Harlow Moor, and there are public 

 gardens. The earliest spring was 

 discovered in the 16th century. At 

 Harlow is an observatory. Near the 

 town are Ripon, Fountains Abbey, 

 and Ripley Castle. The district 

 around is known as Knaresborough 

 Forest. Harrogate was originally 

 two villages, Low and High Harro- 

 gate. It was made a borough in 



1884. The waters are chalybeate, 

 sulphurous, and limestone, and are 

 the property of the corporation. 

 During the Great War over 100,000 

 injured soldiers were treated here. 

 Pop. 38,938. See Baths ; Spa. 



Harrow. Raking machine for 

 shallow cultivation of the soil, 

 differing from the cultivator in the 

 absence of wheels. Drag-harrows, 

 some of which require three horses, 

 may have curved tines. Light 

 harrows possess tines arranged 

 on the zigzag principle, so as to 

 cover the ground fully between 

 them. The term seed harrow is 

 applied to a light kind by which 

 a coating of soil is drawn over the 

 seeds. Chain harrows, from their 

 flexible nature, are well suited for 

 dealing with grass land, removing 

 weeds, and distributing the drop- 

 pings of stock. See Agriculture ; 

 Ploughing. 



Harrow OR HARROW-ON-THE- 

 HILL. Parish, urban district, and 

 parl. div. of Middlesex, England. 



dating from 1553. The modern 

 buildings include district council 

 offices, public hall, assembly rooms, 

 fire station, and cottage hos- 

 pital. The parish church of S. 

 Mary, founded by Lanfranc and 

 consecrated by Anselm. 1094. 

 was largely rebuilt in the 14th 

 century, and restored by Sir Gilbert 

 Scott 'in 1840. It contains old 

 brasses, among them that of John 

 Lyon, founder of Harrow School, 

 monuments and coloured glass. Its 

 lead-encased wooden spire is a 

 landmark for miles around, and the 

 view from the terrace is famous. 

 In addition to its great public 

 school, Harrow has several other 

 educational establishments, includ- 

 ing the John Lyon school. 



The manor belonged to the 

 archbishops of Canterbury as 

 early as the 9th century, when it 

 was known as Herges, a name re- 



S laced in the 14th century by 

 arewe-at-Hill, whence its present 

 name. Cranmer in 1543 exchanged 

 it for other lands 

 j with Henry VIII, 

 j who in 1546 

 granted it to Sir 

 Edward, after- 

 wards Lord, 

 North, in whose 

 family it re- 

 m a i n e d until 

 1630. Pop. town, 

 in 1851, 4,950; 

 in 1921 it was 

 19,468. -See Mid- 

 dlesex. 



Harrowby, 



EARL OF. British 



Harrogate, Yorkshire. Looking up Parliament Street. title borne by the 

 Part of the Royal Baths is seen on the right family of Ryder 



It is 10 m. by road N.W. from since 1809. Nathaniel Ryder, M.P., 

 Hyde Park Corner, and is served a son of the lord chief justice, Sir 

 by the L. & N.W., G.C., Met., Dudley Ryder, was made Baron 



District, and Bakerloo (Tube) 

 Rls. Situated on the summit and 



Harrowby in 1776, and his son 

 Dudley (1762-1847) was created 

 and earl of 

 This earl had 



slopes of a hill rising abruptly 200 Viscount Sandon 



ft. from the plain, it has grown Harrowby in 1809. 



rapidly since the increase of rly. been secretary of state for foreign 



facilities. Harrow High Street re- affairs under Pitt, and lord presi- 



tains much of its old character and dent of the council from 1812-27. 



contains an inn, the King's Head. He took an important part in 



Harrow Left. " Ducker," the bathing pond for ihe school. Right, the parish church, restored by Sir Gilbert Scott 



