A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX 



formed solely on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, wherein it is stated that 

 this year a body of those pirates camped at Fulham. 



HANWORTH (xxv, 2): HANWORTH CASTLE MOAT. Why the 

 moat should be known by this name is not apparent. It is situated in 

 the grounds attached to the ruins of the Tudor building in which some 

 of the youthful days of Queen Elizabeth were spent. A large square 

 area, perfectly flat, and at a slightly lower level than the exterior banks, 

 is surrounded by a moat averaging 45 ft. in width ; each angle being 

 broadened by the rounding of the angles of the interior site. At the 

 south-eastern corner is a culvert, at which point the moat is supplied by 

 water through a cutting locally called the * Queen's River,' from its 

 associations with Elizabeth, and the c Cardinal's River,' from the belief 

 that it was made by the order of Wolsey. 



HAREFIELD (ix, 1 2) . At BRACKENBURY FARM, i mile north-west 

 from Ickenham, near the western bank of the River Finn and fed by its 

 waters, is a quadrangular moat inclosing a considerable area. The 

 widest and deepest part is on the south, where it is 24 ft. broad, but it 

 narrows to 9 ft. in width around the western side. The outer bank 

 rises above the general level on the north side. The eastern side has 

 been filled in within the last fifty years to enlarge the surface of the 

 garden. 



HAREFIELD (ix, 12). A quarter of a mile south-west of the last 

 mentioned a small but perfect moat lies within a bend of the River Finn, 

 by which it is supplied. By being thus situated the eastern side and its 

 two angles of the interior area are protected by two widths of water. 

 The moat, which is walled on the inner side to a height of 6 ft., is 18 ft. 

 wide, broadening to 28 ft. at the south-eastern corner. Access to the 

 interior is gained on the western side. 



HARMONDSWORTH (xix, 3). On the site of an Alien Priory a 

 cell to Rouen and west of the ancient Tithe Barn, the course of a large 

 rectangular moat may yet be traced, although all but a small portion at 

 the north-east has been filled in. The remaining fragment is nearly 24 ft. 

 wide. Although situated close to the River Colne the moat was 

 supplied with water from the ' Duke's River,' on the west, and a spring 

 rising on the southern side flows into the former, by which the interior 

 site was doubly protected on the south-west. 



HARROW ON THE HILL (x, 1 1). On the west side of the hill, on the 

 lower ground of the slope and west of the Northolt Road, a small moat 

 remains in a perfect state in the grounds of The Grange. It is square 

 with slightly rounded angles, 20 ft. wide between the sloping banks, 

 which gently rise to 4ft. 6 in. above the water. 



HAYES (xv, 13). One mile south-east of Hayes Station, and on 

 the eastern side of the River Crane, a small moat surrounds the remains 

 of the old house which was formerly the property of the archbishop of 

 Canterbury. Rectangular at its two southern angles where the 

 entrance is situated the moat narrows on the northern side, where 

 it assumes an almost semicircular course. 



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