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years. The great eastern and soutliem frouts were erected by Sir 

 Christopher Wren. The palace contains a number of historical portraits, 

 the Beantiea of the Court of Charles II., painted by Lely, and many 

 pictures by the old masters, but the Cai'toons of Rafaelle constitute its 

 chief treasure. The gardens are laid out in tlie formal taste of the 

 reign of William III. Bushey Park and lotlge form an appendage of 

 Hampton Court Palace. Hampton races are held on Moulsey Hurst, 

 on the opposite side of the Thames. In the village of Hampton 

 are the parish church and a chapel for Independents. The Free 

 Grammar school, which has an endowment of 367/. a year, consists 

 of an upper and lower school at Hampton, and a branch school 

 St Hampton Wick. At Hampton are a Charity school, a school of 

 Industry, and an Infant school ; and at Hampton Wick is a Free 

 school for Rirls. HantceU, about 12 miles W. from the Post-Office, 

 population 1547, is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the river 

 Brent The pariah church, erected in 1841, is in the early English 

 style. The Independents have a chapel, and there is a National school. 

 The County Limatic Asylum, opened in 1841, affords accommodation 

 for about 1000 patients. The cost of erection was upwards of 180,0002. 

 Harefield, on the border of the county, and on the left bank of the 

 river Colne, 5 miles N. from Uibridge : population, 1498. Besides 

 the pariah church there is a National school The extenshre works of 

 the Mines Royal Copper Company are in the vicinity. Bj the Qrand 

 Junction Canal there is water communication with Uxbridge and West 

 Drayton. At Harefield was the residence of the Lord Keeper Egerton, 

 where Shakspero's Uthello was. played for the first time before Queen 

 Elizabeth, and where about thirty years later Milton's Arcadee formed 

 the poetic part of an entertainment presented before the Countess 

 Dowager of Derby, the then proprietor of Harefield. The mansion 

 was burnt down in 1660. ffarrow-on-the-Htll, about 12 miles N.W. 

 from the Post-Office, population 4951, derives its celebrity and chief 

 support from its Grammar school, which was founded, under letters 

 patent of Queen Elizabeth, by John Lyon, a wealthy yeoman of this 

 parish, in 1571. The school-buildings are situated near the parish 

 church. Hari'ow school is free to M boys of the parish of Harrow, 

 bat the scholars are chiefly the sons of the nobility and gentry. 

 Among persons who have been educated at Harrow may be named 

 Sir Wiiliiun Jones, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Lord Byron, and the 

 late Sir Robert PeeL The number of scholars in 1853 was about 

 890. There are several exhibitions for Oxford and Cambridge. The 

 village is irregularly laid out. The parish church is a spacious struc- 

 ture on the summit of the hill ; at the west end is n lofty tower, with 

 a spire, llie church was thoroughly repaired a few yean back. The 

 Baptists have a place of worship. There are a savings bonk and a 

 literary institute. A fair is held annually on the first Monday of 

 August, ilighgalt is situated on an eminence on the great north road, 

 6\ miles N.N'.W. from the Post-Office : popuhttion of the ecclesiastical 

 district, 4502. The village comprises many good houses. The church, 

 recently built in the gotbic style, is a handsome edifice, with a fine 

 spire. The Baptists and Independents have places of worship. The 

 Endowed Grammar school, founded by Chief Justice Cliolmeley in the 

 reign of Elizabeth, has an income from endowment of 777/. a year. 

 It is free to 40 boys, nominated by the governors from the neighbour- 

 hood. The number of scholars in 1853 was 112. There are National 

 and Infant schools, a literary and scientific institution, a dispensary, 

 and a savings bank. Park House, on the north road, is occupied as 

 the Asylum for Idiots, established in 1847. A road crosses the north 

 road at Uighgate over an arehway of brick and stone. The North 

 London Cemetery is on the slope of the hill just below Highgate 

 church. Jlonuey, about 7 miles N. by W. from the Post-Offico : 

 population of the parish 7135, of whom 3260 are in the chapelry of 

 Highgate. The church, which \a of stone, has been rebuilt all but the 

 tower, which is ancient. There are National and Infmt schools at 

 Homsey. The bishops of London had formerly a palace here. Itle- 

 worth is on the bank of the Thames, 11 miles W.S.W. from the Post- 

 Office, population 7007, of whom 1864 toe in the chapelry of Hounslow. 

 At Sion, or Syon, in this parish, was formerly a monastery of Bridge- 

 tine priests and nuns, founded in 1414 by Heury V., and originally 

 settled at Twickenham. The site was granted by Edward VI. to the 

 Protector Somerset, who commenced the present mansion of Sion 

 House, which has received great additions and alterations from the 

 dukes of Northumberland, the subsequent proprietors. The village of 

 IsleKorth contains sevsrol substantial vUlas and residences. The 

 church, on the bank of the Thames, is of brick, and was rebuilt in 

 1706 ; the tower, more ancient, is of stone. The Wesleyan Methodists, 

 Independents, Quakers, and Roman Catholics, have places of worship. 

 Than aie Blue Coot, Green Coot, BritiU^ and Infant schools, and 

 three ranges of almshouses. The chief occupation is gardening ; great 

 quantities of raspberries and strawberries are grown for the London 

 market. There are extensive flour-mills and a brewery. Idington, 

 about 2 miles N. from the Post-Office, popuhttion 66,690 in 1841 and 

 96,329 in 1861, forms part of the metropolis. The principal street, 

 under the designation of High-street, Upper-street, and Holloway, runs 

 for some miles along the north road to the foot of Highgate HiU. 

 The lUgent's Canal is carried by a tunnel imder the New River 

 and osdar the High-street, which is on an eminence. Many of 

 the inhabitants are cow-keepers, who supply the metropolis with 

 milk. Thai* are some narserygronnds, and a few mano&ctorios 



together with lime and coal wharfs, adjacent to the Regent's C^ual. 

 The parish church (St. Mary's, Islington), situated between Upper 

 and Lower streets, is of brick, with a tower of the same material, 

 surmounted by a stone spire of good design. There is a chapel of 

 ease at Lower Holloway, a plain and rather heavy brick building 

 erected in 1814; and there are numerous district churches in the 

 parish. Wesleyan Methodists, Independents, English Presbyterians, 

 Baptists, Irvingites, Roman Catholics, and others have chapels. 

 There are also National, British, and Infant schools; two literary 

 institutions ; a savings bank ; and a proprietary school, established in 

 1830, in connection with King's College, which had 113 scholars in 

 1853. At Islington is a college founded in 1827, by the Church 

 Missionary Society, for the education of young men designed for 

 foreign missions, which had 31 students in 1863 ; and at Highbury 

 Park is the Church of England Metropolitan Institution, for training 

 masters for National, Parochial, and other juvenile schools ; it had 

 43 students in July, 1852. The Caledoniiw Asylum, a handsome 

 building in the Caledonian Road, is for the education and clothing of 

 children of Scotch parentage. "The Model Prison, Pentonville, is in 

 Caledonian Road. The new City Prison, at Holloway, is a castellated 

 structure of great extent. At Upper Holloway are the Sinall-Pox 

 Hospital, and Whittington College, an asylum for 28 females, supported 

 by the Mercers' Company. The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum 

 at Ball's Pond, built in 1836, accommodates 50 inmates. Canonbury 

 Tower, a heavy squure brick building, is a relic of Canonbury House, 

 the former mansion of the priors of St Bartholomew's Monastery in 

 Smithfield. KentUh Town, a suburban village in the north-west of 

 London, contains two district churches, two chapels for Imlependents, 

 chapels for Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, Roman Catholics, and 

 Unitarians ; National, British, and Infant schools ; and the Asylum 

 for Decayed Governesses. Kilburn, aucieutly Cttnebum, on the 

 Edgware Road, about 6 miles N.W. from the Post-Office. There is 

 here a chapel of ease to Willesden parish. Keiisall Green Cemetery 

 is a short distance east of Kilburn. South Mimms is pleasantly 

 situated about 4 miles N. by W. from B.-imet : population, 2825. 

 Besidee the parish church there are National schools. The popnUition 

 is agricultural SovthoUl^ population of the chapelry 325, about 

 13 miles W. from the Post-Uffice, has a largo cattle-market, held 

 weekly on Wednesday, for which facilities are aff'ordml by the Great 

 Western railway. There are a chapel of ease and a National school, 

 both built by Mr. Henry Dobbe. Southjate, about 10 miles N. from 

 the Post-Office, has a district church, a chapel for Independents, and 

 National and Infant schools. The vicinity is attractive in its scenery. 

 Oreat Situunore, 14 miles N.W. from the Post-Office, population 1180, 

 situated on rising ground, consists chiefly of one long street. There 

 are a new church, opened in 1850, and National and Infant schools. 

 The old church was erected in 1 632. Bentley Priory, the seat of the 

 Marquis of Abercom, occupies the site of a priory formerly existing 

 here. Teddington, about 14 miles S.W. from the Post-Office, popu- 

 lation 1146, is on the left bank of the Thames; the first lock on the 

 river is at this place. The church is of brick, with a low square 

 tower, and contains several interesting tablets and monuments. In 

 this church John Walter, Esq., the late chief proprietor of the 'Times' 

 newspaper was interred. There are are at Teddington a Free school 

 and an Infant school Tottenham, 6 miles N. by E. from the Post- 

 Office, population 9120, is a favourite place of residence for London 

 merchants and persons of independent means. The main street is 

 formed of good houses irregularly ranged along the road. In this 

 street is a cross, erected in 1600 in place of a former wooden one. 

 The church is an ancient building, with a square embattled tower 

 covered with ivy. There are also a district church ; chapels for 

 Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Plymouth Brethren, and 

 Roman Catholics ; a Free Grammar school, which had 80 scholars in 

 1863; a Blue-Coat school for girls; National, British, and Infant 

 schools, and a school of Industry for girls ; a Proprietary school ; a 

 literary and scientific institution ; and a savings bank. The Fishmon- 

 gers' and Poulterers' Company have an asylum, and there are Printers' 

 Almshouses. The Roman Catholics have a convent Bruce Castle, now 

 occupied as a school, is a brick mansion, rebuilt in the latter part of the 

 17th century. The edifice takes its name from a castellated mansion 

 the residence of Robert Bruce the elder, father of the king of Scotland 

 of that name, which formerly occupied the site. Twickmham, on the 

 left bank of the Thames, about 1 2 miles S. W. from the Post-Office, 

 population 6264, has derived celebrity from its being the residence of 

 Alexander Pope, and several other eminent persons. The village is 

 irregularly laid out, but contains a number of genteel residences. The 

 church is near the river, and is n plain brick structure, built in the 

 early part of the last century, with an ancient embattled tower. It 

 contains monuments erected by Pope to the memory of his parents, 

 and by Bishop Warburton to Pope himself. Besides the pariah church 

 there are Trinity church and schools, chapels for Wesleyan Methodists 

 and Independents, Archdeacon Cambridge's National school, and Lady 

 Shaw's Infant school. Among the private residences are Strawberry 

 Hill, and a strange-looking modem house termed ' Pope's Villa,' 

 because it occupies the site of the poet's residence. Strawberry Hill 

 was in great part erected by Horace Walpole, and is a medley of 

 castellated and ecclesiastical gothic architecture. There are powder- 

 and oil-mills in the parish. Twickenham Ait is a small island in the 



