a village of Middlesex, on the north side of London, to which it is almost contiguous. It appears to be of Saxon origin; and in the Conqueror's time was written Iledond, or Ifendon. The church is one of the prebends of St Paul's; to the dean and chapter of which a certain precinct here belongs, for the probate of wills, and granting administrations. The church was a Gothic structure, erected in 1503, and stood till 1751, when the inhabitants applied to parliament for leave to rebuild it, and soon after erected the present structure, which is a very substantial brick edifice, though it does not want an air of lightness. The number of houses in Islington exceeds 2000; and the total amount of the population, as it was estimated in 1801, was more than 10,000. The White-conduit house in this place, so called from a white stone conduit that stands before the entrance, has handsome gardens with good walks, and two large rooms, one above the other, for the entertainment of company at tea, &c. In the south-west part of this village is that noble reservoir, improperly called New River Head; though they are only two basins, which receive that river from Hertfordshire, and from whence the water is thrown by an engine into the company's pipes for the supply of London. In the red moat on the north side of these basins, called Six-Acre Field, from the contents of it, which is the third field beyond the White Conduit, there appears to have been a fortification in former days, enclosed with a rampart and ditch, which is supposed to have been a Roman camp, made use of by Suetonius Paulinus after his retreat, which Tacitus mentions, from London, before he fell thence, and routed the Britons under their queen Boudicca; and that which is vulgarly, but erroneously, called Jack Straw's castle, is a square place in the south-west angle of the field, supposed to have been the seat of the praetorium or Roman general's tent. In this parish are two charity-schools; one founded in 1613, by Dame Alice Owen, for educating 30 children. This foundation, together with that of a row of almshouses, are under the care of the brewers company. Here is an hospital with its chapel, and a workhouse for the poor. There is a spring of chalybeate water in a very pleasant garden, which for some years was honoured by the constant attendance of the princess Amelia, and many persons of quality, who drank the waters. To this place, which is called New Tunbridge Wells, many people resort, especially during the summer, the price of drinking the waters being 10s. 6d. for the season. Near this place is a house of entertainment, called Saddler's Wells, where, during the summer season, people are amused with balance-masters, walking on the wire, rope-dancing, tumbling, and pantomime entertainments.