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Rh LAMMERMOOR HILLS. 524 LAMPTON. 211. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has a low embattled tower. The chancel contains monuments to the Marsh and Chandler families, and a 'sculptured lent. The church of Hautbois has long since been demolished. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Baptists have ;i place of worship, and there is a meeting-house for the Society of Friends, with a burial-ground ad- joining. LAMMERMOOR HILLS, a bare slaty ridge on the borders of the cos. Haddington and Berwick, Scotland, extending from St. Abb's Head to Soutra Hill. The highest summits are, Crib Law, 1,615 feet ; Glints Hill, 1,544 feet; and Lammerlaw, 1,500 feet. The slopes of these hills aro clothed with a stunted herbage and moss, affording good sheepwalks ; and on one of the spurs, not far from the coast, is Fast Castle, the " Ravenswood " of Sir Walter Scott's " Bride of Lammermoor." LAMONBY, a tnshp. in the par. of Skelton, Leath ward, co. Cumberland, 7 j miles N.W. of Penrith. There is a freestone quarry. The population of this township has greatly decreased. LAMONT POINT, a headland on the E. side of Loch Tyiie, co. Argyle, Scotland. Near it are the ruins of Lamont Castle, destroyed by the Duke of Argyll. ' LAMOKRAN, a par. in the W. div. of the hund. of Powder, co. Cornwall, 5 miles S.E. of Truro, its nearest money-order office, and 4 S.W. of Tregony. The village, which is small, is situated on Lamorran Creek, in Fal- mouth Harbour. It came through the Haleps, Moles- worths, c., to the Boscawens. The parish is bounded on the S. by the navigable river Fal. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 153. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, vnl. 193. The church, dedicated to St. Moran, is situated on the bank of the river. It is a small ancient cruciform structure, restored in 1854. The tower contains three bells, and is apart from the church. It is of greater antiquity than the church, and its form hardly discernable through the foliage that overhangs it. The parochial charities pro- duce about 5 per annum. LAMPETER-PONT-STEPHEN, or LLANBEDR, a par., municipal borough, post and market town, in the bund, of Moyddyn, co. Cardigan, 26 miles N.E. of Car- digan. It is a railway station on the Manchester and Milford and Vale of Towy and Aberystwith railways. The town is situated in a valley on the river Teifi, which is crossed at Stephen's Bridge, half a mile distant. It is a petty sessions town, polling place for the county elections, and fishing station, belonging to J. S. Harford, Esq., Blaire Castle, who is lord of the manor, and others. The principal attraction of Lampeter is St. David's College, founded by Bishop Burgess, in 1827, for 70 or more students. It is a quadrangular building, erected on the site of the ancient castle, of which no traces remain. It was designed by Cockerell, and cost 30,000. Lampcter is a contributory borough to Car- digan, with altered bounds under the Reform Act. It is nominally governed, under a charter of Edward II., by a portreeve, clerk, &c. Municipal meetings are held at Ihe beginning of October. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 240, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a modern structure situated on an eminence. The inte- rior contains monuments of Lloyds of Millfield. Arch- bishop Baldwin, attended by the historian Giraldus, preached the Crusade here in 1188. Situated on a hill called Alltgoch are the remains of a Druidical circle. There are other remains of great antiquity in the neigh- bourhood. Lampeter Poor-law Union includes 14 parishes. Population, including the college, 1,400. The college was incorporated by a charter in the reign of George IV., and in the year 1852 her Majesty granted an additional charter for conferring a B.D. degree on ordained members, and in 1863 an order in council was granted for an additional endowment, and in 18G.5 a supplemental charter was given by her Majesty for con- ferring B.A. degrees on resident students after a resi- dence of 3J- years, and an examination by a board of three university examiners .two appointed by the vice- chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, and one by the principal. Fairs are held on the 1 1th January, Whit- Wednesday, 10th July, 27th August, 20th Sep- tember, and 13th October. Market day is Saturday. LAMPETER VELFREY, a par. in the hund. of Nar- berth, co. Pembroke, 3 miles E. of Narberth, its post town. The parish, which extends 6 miles by 3, is very fertile. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the limestone quarries, which are extensively worked. In a quarry at Robeston many interesting fossils be- longing to the Silurian strata are found. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 409, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. David, and contains tombs of the Philippses of Lampeter House. At Blaengwyddno farm is the grange of a hospital, or yspythy, to Whitland Abbey. LAMPHA, a hmlt. in the pars, of St. Bride and Ewenuy, hund. of Ogmore, co. Glamorgan, 1 mile S.E. of Bridgend. It is situated on the Ewenny, a feeder of the river Ogmore, and near the line of the oil" Roman road Via Julia. LAMPHEY, or LLAN FYDD, a par. in the hund. ( Castlemartin, co. Pembroke, 2 miles S.E. of Pembrok its post town. It is a station on the Pembroke Tenby railway. The village, which is irregularly built, lias the ruins of Bishop Gower's palace, erected in 1335, It was given by Henry VIII. to Devereux, Viscounl Hereford. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 97, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, for- merly part of the palitce of the bishops of St. David's, is dedicated to St. Faith. The aforementioned ruins are enclosed within the garden of Lamphey Court, the modern mansion of C. Mathias, Esq., who holds the manor through the Owens. The ruins consist in part of a chapel, with an E. window, and a hall 76 feet by 20. There are also parapeted walls, gateway, tower, k<, all of which were formerly surrounded by defensive walls. The ruins are situated at the bottom of a valley. LAMPLUGH, a par. in the ward of Allerdale-above- Derwent, co. Cumberland, 8 miles S. of Cockermouth, its post town, and 9 E. of Whitekaven. The par. ex- tends 6 miles by 3, and comprises the tushps. of Koltou, Morton, and Winder. Iron ore is procured here in large quantities. There are extensive quarries of lime- stone and freestone. The parish is bounded on the E. by Loweswater and Crummockwater. Two branches of the river Marron have their source here. The village is small, but neatly built. The tithes have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 300. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 256. The church, dedi- cated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone structure, with a turret containing two bells. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum, chiefly the endowment of a school. The Rev. Walter Brooksbank is lord of the manor. Near the old hall is a mineral spring. LAMPORT, a par. in the hund. of Orlingbury, co. Northampton, 8 miles N. of Northampton, its post town, and 8 S. of Market Harborough. It is a station on the Stamford and Blisworth branch of the London and North Western railway. The village, which is small, is situated on a hill, near the high road leading from Northampton to Market Harborough. The par. contains the limits, of Hanging-Houghton, and Faxton. It is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. The greater portion of the surface is rich grazing land. Stone is quarried for buildi:: poses. The tithes were commuted for corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1794. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 900. The church, drdir.iU .1 to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, with a tower contain- ing a clock and a peal of bells. The parochial > rities produce about 123 per annum, of which 56 '. to Sir C. Isham's school and almshouscs. Sir Ch;: Isham, Bart., is lord.of the manor, and chief landowner. LAMPORT, a hmlt. in the par. of Stowo, co. Bucks, ; 2 miles N.W. of Buckingham. LAMPTON, a vil. in the par. of Heston, co. Mid- dlesex, 2 miles W. of Brentford. It is situated near | Lampton Hills.