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the name and acceded to the barony of Paget : the fon 

 of this nobleman is now earl of Uxbridge, and has recently 

 been created marquis of Anglefey, in confequence of his 

 military achievements on the continent. 



At a (hort diftance from the town, on the eaftern fide of 

 the road leading towards London, is the feat of Richard 

 Henry Cox, efq. This manfion was erefted in 17 17 by 

 the laft duke of Schomberg, who had refided feveral years 

 in an ancient houfe on the eft ate. It was afterwards the 

 property and refidence of the Chetwynd family, and about 

 1 785 was purchafed by the late marchionefs of Rockingham, 

 who paffed the remainder of her life here. It was after- 

 wards purchafed by Jofiah Du Pre Porcher, efq. who fold 

 it to Mr. Cox, the prefent proprietor. 



On the border of Uxbridge Common, in the immediate 

 vicinity of the town, is the refidence of Thomas Harris, 

 efq. joint patentee of Covent Garden theatre. This is a 

 fpacious brick dwelling, with extenfive gardens, on which 

 the proprietor has been lavifli m embellifhments. One 

 portion of this domain requires particular notice — a mimic 

 hermitage, decked with fculpture, fpars, &c. opens to a 

 fpacious room, in which are preferved portraits of the prin- 

 cipal theatrical performers, from the date of Garrick to the 

 prefent period. 



About one mile N.E. from Uxbridge, in the parilhof Ick- 

 enham,is Swakeley or Swateley Houfe, the property and refi- 

 dence of Thomas Clarke, efq. It waserefted in 1638, by fir 

 Edmond Wright, who, in 1641, was appointed lord mayor 

 of London by the parliament, after the removal of fir William 

 Afton from that office. The manfion was afterwards fuc- 

 celTively the property of fir WiUiam Harrington, one of 

 tlie judges of king Cliarles I., and of fir Robert Vyner, the 

 facetious lord mayor of London, who entertained Charles II. 

 at Guildhall. It was fubfequently the feat of Benjamin 

 Lethieullier, efq. of whom it was purchafed in 1750, by the 

 father of th? prefent proprietor. The houfe, which is a 

 fquare fubftantial llrufture, with two flightly projefting 

 wings, is compofed of brick, with ftone coinges, wnidow- 

 cafes, and finifliings. The entrance is through a porch in a 

 fquare central turret, which opens into a hall paved with 

 black and white ftone. Here is a carved fcreen, furmounted 

 by a buft of Charles I. A ftaircafe of oak, with the fides 

 and cieling painted, leads to a fuite of apartments, in which 

 capacious and well-proportioned dimenfions are pleafingly 

 blended with an air of domeftic comfort. 



Within two miles of Uxbridge, on the fouth-weft, is 

 Delaford-Park, the feat of Charles Clowes, efq. The an- 

 cient manfion of Delaford, which ftood in a low and un- 

 favourable fpot, was taken down about the year 1790, and 

 the park attached to it was added to the adjacent grounds 

 belonging to Mr. Clowes, whofe dwelling occupies a more 

 elevated fcite, and was partly built by]|the late vifcount Kil- 

 kenny, but has been confiderably enlarged by the preient 

 owner. 



The village of Hillingdon, in which pari(h Uxbridge is 

 comprifed, is one mile diftant from the town, to the fouth- 

 eaft, and contains many fubftantial and commodious houfes. 

 The parifh church, which ftands on the fide of the high road, 

 is an ancient ftrufture, chiefly compofed of flint and ftone, 

 having a fquare tower at the weft end, with an embattled 

 parapet, and a bell-cafe of wooden frame-work : the interior 

 is divided into a nave, chancel, and two aifles, feparated by 

 oftangular pillars and pointed arches. Monuments and 

 ^ther fepulchral memorials are unufually numerous, both 

 in the church and cemetery, in confequence of the parochial 

 conneftion of this place with Uxbridge. In the church- 

 yard is the tomb of John Rich, efq. formerly a patentee of 



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Covent Garden theatre, well-known as the inventor of the 

 Enghlh harlequin, and for his excellent performance of 

 that charafter, under the affumed name of Lun. On the 

 north fide of the church is an ancient manfion, commonly 

 called the Cedar-houfe, from the celebrated cedar-tree 

 which grew in the garden. This tree was planted by 

 Samuel Reynardfon, efq., who appears to have refided in 

 this houfe from 1678 till his death in 172 i. The firft in- 

 troduftion of the cedar into England was in 1683 ; and it 

 is probable, as Mr. Reynardfon was a naturalift, and had a 

 curious garden of exotics, that this was one of the earlielt 

 planted. It was accurately meafured in 1779, when its 

 dimenfions were in perpendicular height fifty-three feet ; 

 diameter of the horizontal extent of the branches, from eaft: 

 to weft, ninety-fix feet ; from north to fouth, eighty-nine ; 

 girth of the trunk, clofe to the ground, fifteen feet fix 

 inches, and at the height of fourteen feet and a half, juft 

 under the divifion of the principal branches, fifteen feet 

 eight inches. The girth of the larger branch, at a foot 

 and a half from its divifion, was twelve feet ; it then divided 

 into two fecondary branches ; one of which was eight feet 

 fix inches in girth, the other feven feet ten inches ; the 

 other principal branch, at its divifion, meafured ten feet in 

 girth, and foon dividing, formed two fecondary branches, 

 each five feet fix inches in girth. In September 1789, one 

 of the largeft branches was broken off by a high wind, in 

 confequence of which the tree was cut down. Above 

 eighty years' growth were difcernible beyond the centre- 

 piece. The tree produced 450 feet of timber, fix loads 

 and three-quarters of ftack-wood, and one hundred and 

 a quarter of faggots. Mr. Lovett, a carpenter of Denham, 

 purchafed the tree for 10/., and retailed it for 22/. 1 7/. 

 After the death of Mr. Reynardfon, the Cedar-houfe was 

 the feat of general Rich RulTell, who died in 1735. It 

 is now the property of Richard Heming, efq., and in the 

 occupation of Laccy Primatt, efq. At a ftiort diftance from 

 the church, to the fouth, is the redfory-houfe, a fpacious 

 building, erefted in 1604. It appears that a manfion on 

 this fcite was formerly held by the bifliops of Worcefter as 

 an inn, or refting-place, in their journeys to London. 



On Hillingdon Heath, a confiderable tradt of land to the 

 fouth-eaft of the village, are feveral refpeftable villas, 

 chiefly of a modern date. One of thefe, an old manfion, 

 formerly occupied by the duke of Buccleuh, is now the 

 refidence of Thomas Bent, efq. by whom it has been greatly 

 improved, and who has been at a very confiderable expence 

 in ameliorating part of the heath. In this vicinity is Hil- 

 lingdon- Place, a feat eredfed by the late admiral Drake, and 

 now in the occupation of the Mifs Fullers. On the fouth 

 fide of the heath is a fpacious dwelling, built by the late 

 Peter de Salis, count of the Roman empire, who refided 

 here feveral years. This houfe Hands on an eftate called 

 Coomes, alias Little London, and fometimes termed Hil- 

 lingdon Park. The parilh of Hillingdon, exclufive of 

 Uxbridge, was, in the year 1811, ftated to contain 419 



houfes, and 2250 inhabitants Beauties of England and 



Wales, vol. x. Middlefex. By J. N. Brewer, 1 816. 

 Lyfons' Middlefex Parilhes, 410. 1800. 



UxBRiDOE, a town of the ftate of Maflachufetts, in the 

 county of Worcefter, containing 1404 inhabitants ; 35 miles 

 W. of Bofton. 



UXELA, or UxELLA, in Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Britain, belonging to the Damnonii, the ancient inhabitants 

 of Devonftiire and Cornwall ; fuppofed by Mr. Camden to 

 have been fituated atLoftwithiel ; by Mr. Baxter, at Saltafti ; 

 and by Mr. Horlley, at Exeter. Others have placed it on 

 the river Parret, near Bridgewater. See Damnonii. 



UXELLO- 



