Hanworth, Middlesex

Description
Hanworth, a village and a parish in Middlesex. The village stands 1 1/4 mile SE from Feltham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 5 miles W by N from Kingston-on-Thames, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office, under Feltham (S.O.) The parish comprises 1353 acres of land and 20 of water; population, 1309. The manor belonged to Ulf, the Saxon, came to the Crown, was the pleasure-seat of Queen Catherine Parr; is noted for Queen Elizabeth having lived in it in her youth, and for her having visited it after she ascended the throne; passed to the Rilligrews, the Cot-tingtons, and others, and belongs now to the Barnetts. An ancient castellated mansion which stood on it was burnt in 1797. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London, gross yearly value, £852 with residence. The church was enlarged and mainly rebuilt in 1865. There are a Wesleyan chapel and public reading-rooms. Hanworth Park is a chief residence. The dramatist Rilligrew and the first Lord Berkeley of Stratton were natives.