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HARWOOD

Volume 10 · 74 words · 1823 Edition

a small town in the north riding of Yorkshire. Near it are the ruins of an ancient castle, and also Harwood-House, one of the first in the county for elegance. In the church are some ancient monuments, particularly that of lord chief-justice Gascoigne, who committed the prince of Wales to prison for striking him on the bench.

Great and Little, the name of two villages in Lancashire, and of a small village in Northumberland.