HAM 
Pa London; This place is diftinguifhed by a magnificent 
se, called Hampton-court, which, though not originally 
iit, was greatly enlarged by cardinal Wolfey, who gave 
it to a king in the year 1526. After this period, the 
monarch again extended the buildings, and added much to 
their Ges ensbellsticn ent. The prefent edifice einer - various 
dwellings and offices, with a chapel anda hall; of which 
fersved three quadrangular courts, and ccc. an area of 
ee meting mont 700 feet from ealt to w 
feet from north t 
fir Chriflopher Wren. 
at, or occupied this palace for many years. 
an are now occupied by various perfons, who ar 
iefiy prefented with thefe refidences by the lord achat: 
o i rown, ‘The prince of 
Orange, with his family and fuite, have a fuit of apartments 
here, Several of the ic rooms are decorated. with 
- paintings, fome of which are the works of eminent matters. 
Among thefe are the feven celebrated cartoons by Raphael. 
They ” Seg fo many paffages from fcripture hiltory, and 
med among the moft admirable produtions of that 
The ro oyal family have not refided 
Its yc ne 
Holloway. pa 
of arts, and ck notice the chapel, the noble hall, cas 
$, graperies, &c. would render this article longer than 
confittent with the nature of the publication. The reader 
is, therefore, referred, for fuch information, to Lyfons’s 
Eon of pation, wal. «aud the lated guide to Hanee 
is was occupied by king Henry VIII 
pci the latter idk of his se st n Pe was Sala a 
feene of great pomp and fplendour, and it is faid that 280 
filk beds were referved for vifitors. ward VI. was born 
here, and queen Jane Seymour died at this place in the fame 
the monarch intr ced 
rant was married to 
’ Mar Shae the Chriftmas of 1558 at Hampton-court, 
stwhich fic the palace was illuminated with 1000 lamps 5 
us feats, ee and ans were held; and ima jufty 
match on the 29th of Dec. = 
oo {pears were broken. Queen 
3 I. held pele: aoeoiests sxe ors Sees: 
ithin thefe After 
R. a yd 
ee ices ialletltone creating the 
ta henor; which comp rehends 16 manors, 
ea ali Chafe. ‘he latter was made in 1538, 
» atown a, in Winn. 
+S Nek of Windham} cong 
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HAM 
Hampton, Ea/?, a townthip:in Hampshire county, Maffa- 
chutetts, S. of Northampton ; incorporaie ed in 178 
containing 586 inhabitants—Alfo, a half-thire town of Suf- 
folk county, on the E. end of Long ifland, New York ; con- 
taining 1549 inhabitants, and an ned i ‘which, in 1791 had 
g2 ftudents. 
Hampton, the Winicowett of the Indians, a townfhip on 
the fea-coaft of New Hampfhire, on the eaftern fide of 
Rockingham county, incorporated in 1638). and in 1800 
containing $75 inhabitants ; 8 miles S.E. of Exeter. In 
1791 a canal was cut through the marfhes in this town, which 
opens an inland navigation for loaded boats, from Hampto 
tong Salifbury, into Merrimack river, for about eight 
Hamerton Falls, a {mall town taken from that laft men- 
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AMPTON, atownfhip in the northern part o 
ton county, New . 
£ Wafhing- 
ork, containing AOD ger pe im 
yeas It contains 
about 30 houfes, an epifcopal church, a court-houfe and 
gee . It was anciently called « Kecoughton’’ by the In- 
ians ; 18 miles N. of Norfolk. It exports grain, lumber, 
ftaves, &c. 
HAMRA, a {mall ifland in the Red-fea; near the coat 
of aT: N. lat. 25° 30". 
AMR RACH, a town of Perfia, in Segeftan; 180 
wsles S.E. of Zareng. 
HAMRAH, Mat Hamra, Cape, on the coaft of Al- 
gietts anciently called « Promoatoriimm Hippi.’’ N. lat. 37°. 
ong. 7 
HAMRANGE, a town of Sweden, in Gefiricia, 
tag in a bay ¢ of the gulf of ropes ; ip miles N. of 
N. 55. Li. long. 
ers eit EAD, a town ot Feecca, in Rockland 
SONY per York, W. of Hudifon river ; containing 1981 
inha 
pea or Hemffead, North and Sauth, are tasted 
in Queen’s county, Long ifland, New York ; 23 miles E. of 
New York city. 
HAMST ED Porn, a cape on ihe UY, coat of the Ifle 
N. lat. 50°.43'... W. long. es 
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