HAYES, a parish in the hundred of ELTHORNE, county of MIDDLESEX, 3 miles (S.E.) from Uxbridge, containing 1530 inhabitants. The living comprises a rectory, which is a sinecure, and a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Norwood, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop, rated jointly in the king's books at £60, and in the patronage of T. and J. Graham, Esqrs. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient edifice, with a low square tower, in the early style of English architecture, with some small Norman portions; the font is unique in form, and sculptured; the altar-piece is a painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds, and in the chancel windows are some armorial bearings in stained glass; the roof of the church is ornamented by carved representations in wood of the sponge and spear used at the Crucifixion. There is a place of worship for Independents. Near this place is the commencement of the Paddington canal.