sold to a carpenter, and let out in lodgings, this fine old house was destroyed by fire in 1796. See Kempton

Green.

HAREFIELD, a village in Middlesex, between Rickmansworth and Uxbridge, 20 miles from London. Here Sir Edward Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had a seat; which coming into the possession of the late George Cooke, Esq. that gentleman rebuilt it; and it is now the property of his grandson, and in the joint occupation of three daughters of the Earl of Winchelsea, Lady Essex, Lady Hatton, and Lady Augusta Finch. The old house was famous for the residence of the Countess of Derby, before whom Milton's Arcades was there presented. "I viewed this house," says Mr. Warton, in his edition of Milton's Juvenile Poems, " a few years ago, when it was, for the most part, remaining in its original state. Milton, when he wrote Arcades, was still living with his father, at Horton, near Colubrook." This Lady Derby, Dowager of Ferdinando the fifth Earl, married Lord Chancellor Egerton, for whose son, John Earl of Bridgewater, Milton wrote his Comus. Harefield Place, in this parish, is the seat of William Baynes, Esq. Near this is a villa, which Count Bruhl purchased of the Treusdale family. His Excellency has made many capital improvements in it; having built, in particular, a fine observatory, and furnished it with the best mathematical instruments.

HARE HALL, the elegant seat of T. A. Wallinger, Esq. 13 miles from London, on the right hand of the road to Chelmsford. It consists of a centre and two wings, built of stone, by Mr. Paine,

HARLOW, a neat village in Essex, 23 miles from London, on the road to Stratford. It had once a market, now discontinued: but, on a common, two miles from the town, is an annual fair, on the 9th of September, for horses, cattle, &c. which is much resorted to by the neighbouring gentry. It is called Harlow Bush Fair. See Pishiobury.

HARMONDSWORTH, a village in Middlesex, two miles from Colnbrook. It has one of the largest barns in England, whose supporting pillars are of stone, and sup posed to be of great antiquity. See Langford.

HARROW ON THE HILL, in Middlesex, 10 miles from London, on the highest hill in the county. This hill,

insulated as it were, and rising out of a rich vale, affords a variety of beautiful prospects. The view toward the east is terminated by the metropolis, to the south by the Surry hills. Toward the north it is the least extensive, being intercepted by the high ground about Stanmore and Harrow-weald: on this side, the village of Stanmore, and Bentley Priory (the Marquis of Abercorn's seat,) are the most conspicuous objects. The view toward the west and south-west, which is very extensive and beautiful, may be seen to the greatest advantage from the church-yard, whence the ground declines precipitately to Roxeth Common, where the scenery is very pleasing: the distant prospect takes in Windsor Castle, and a considerable part of Berks and Buckinghamshire. On the brow of the hill, descending to Sudbury Common, is a small villa belonging to Sir William Green, Bart. with a beautiful garden and shrubbery, which commands nearly the same prospect. On the brow of Sudbury Hill, is a villa called the Hermitage, now in the occupation of Mrs. Roberts.

The manor-house of Harrow is the seat of Sir John Rushout, Bart. Another manor-house, called Headstone, is the property of John Asgill Bucknall, Esq.; and a third, called Wembley, is the property of Richard Page, Esq. whose family have held it ever since the year 1544; almost the only instance in Middlesex, says Mr. Lysons, of a family now existing, who have been resident proprietors for two centuries and a half!

The parish church with its lofty spire, forms a very conspicuous object. But Harrow is chiefly celebrated for its free-school, which now ranks among the first public seminaries in the kingdom. Hence Sir William Jones, Dr. Samuel Parr, and other luminaries have issued forth to enlighten and improve the world. It was founded, in the reign of Elizabeth, by John Lyon, a wealthy yeoman of Preston in this parish. See Bentley Priory.

HATCHLANDS, the seat of George Sumner, Esq. five miles from Guildford, on the Epsom road, is a handsome modern house, with a small park.

HATFIELD, a market-town in Herts, 19 miles from London, was part of the revenue of the Saxon princes, till it was bestowed, by Edgar, on the monastery of Ely, in which it continued till that abbey was converted into a bishopric in the reign of Henry I. It then became one of the residences of the prelates, who had no fewer than ten

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palaces belonging to the see; and hence it was called Bishop's Hatfield. It was alienated to the crown in the reign of Elizabeth. It had before been an occasional royal residence, notwithstanding it was the property of the church. William of Hatfield, second son of Edward III. was born here. Queen Elizabeth resided here many years before she came to the crown; here, in 1587, she was visited by Queen Mary; and hence, on the death of Mary, she was conducted to ascend the throne. James 1. exchanged this royal demesne for Theobalds, with Sir Robert Cecil, afterward Earl of Salisbury.

HATFIELD HOUSE, the magnificent seat of the Marquis of Salisbury, built on the site of the ancient episcopal palace at Hatfield by Robert first Earl of Salisbury. The house is built of brick, in the form of a half H. In the centre is a portico of nine arches, and a lofty tower, on the front of which is the date 1611. The structure has the appearance of venerable antiquity.

The noble founder inclosed two parks; one for red, and the other for fallow deer; and, in the first he planted a fine vineyard, which was in existence when Charles I. was conveyed here a prisoner to the army.

James, the fifth Earl, suffered this palace to fall into decay; but the late Earl restored it to its pristine magnificence, after the designs by Mr. Donowell. The park and plantations too, which are watered by the Lea, now exhibit all the beautiful scenery of modern gardening.

In this house are several fine paintings; among which are a portrait of Queen Elizabeth, having in one hand this flattering motto, "Non sine sole iris;" and a portrait of Petrarch's Laura, on which is this inscription, "Laura fui: viridem, Raphael fecit, atque Petrarcha."

HAVERING BOWER, a village in Essex, three miles from Rumford, in the parish of Hornchurch, and liberty of Havering, was a seat of some of our Saxon Kings; particu Jarly of that simple saint, Edward the Confessor, who took great delight in it, as being woody, solitary, and fit for devotion. "It so abounded," says the old legend, "with warbling nightingales, that they disturbed him in his devotions. He therefore earnestly prayed for their absence; since which time never nightingale was heard to sing in the park, but many without the pales, as in other places!" It was named Bower, from some fine bower, or shady walk, like Rosamond's Bower, at Woodstock. It is a charming

Hatfield House the Seat of the Marques of Salisbury.

Published June 4 1806, by Scatcherd & Letterman, Ave Maria Lane.