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Rh LANDFORD. 631 LANE END. LANDFORD, a par. in the hund. of Frustfield, co. H, 10 miles S.E. of Salisbury, its post town, and 6 8.W. of the Dean railway station. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the river and on the road from Salisbury to Southampton. It is wholly agricultural. A third of the parish is unenclosed common, the remainder good arable, pasture, and meadow. A stream which has its rise in this parish flows into the Southampton Water. The substratum is rich in iron ore, but no mines have been opened. The -i have been commuted for a rent-charge of 220. The living is a rcct.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 139. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was recently erected. There is a parochial school. The manor- house once belonged to Bishop Davenant. LANDGUARD-FORT, in the par. of Felixstow, hund. of Colneis, co. Suffolk, 12 miles S.E. of Ipswich, and 1J mile from Harwich. There is a chapel for the garrison. Stt HARWICH. LANDICAN, a tnshp. in the par. of Woodchurch, hund. of Wirrall, co. Chester, 3 miles S.W. of Birkeu- head, and 6 N. of Great Neston. LANDKEY, a par. in the hund. of South Molton, 00. Devon, 2J miles S.E. of Barnstaple, its post town. The village, which is small, is situated near the river Taw. The par. includes the hmlt. of Hanaford, or >rd, where was formerly a chapel-of-ease. The inhabitants are chiefly agricultural. The soil is loamy, and subsoil limestone. The living is a perpet. cur. with that of Swimbridge annexed, in the dioc. of Exeter, Tal. 374, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient stone struc- ture, with a tower containing six bells. It contains a monument to one of the Acland family. Tho Wesleyans have a chapel. The parochial charities produce about 47 per annum, of which 5 goes to a school. The trustees of the late Lord llolle and the Duke of Bed- ford are lords of the manor. LANDMOTH-WITH-CATTO, a tnshp. in the par. of Leake, wap. of Allertonshire, North Riding co. York, 4J miles S.E. of Northallerton, its post town and rail- way station. It contains Cotcliffe Wood. LANDORE, a railway station on the South Wales Mctiou of the Great Western railway, 2 miles from Swansea. LANDPORT, a district in the par. of Portsea, co. Hants, adjoins Portsmouth, of which it is a populous suburb. Here is the terminus of the South-Western and South Coast railways. It includes the districts known as Halfway Houses and Mile End, at which latter place itands the church. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dk>c. of Winchester, val. 300, in the patron, of the Vicar of Portsea. The church, dedicated to All Saints, it a modern structure built in 1827, at the cost of 12,000. It has an E. window, 23 feet by 15. There are several tions of Protestant Dissenters, and schools for boys and girls. LANDRAKE, a par. in the 8. div. of the hund. of East, co. Cornwall, 3 miles N.E. of St. German's, its post town, and 4 N.W. of Saltash. The village is chiefly agricultural. The parish is bounded on the E. ''I river Lynher, here crossed by a bridge. The ,r, is a vie.* with that of St. Erney annexed, in the of Exeter, val. 282. The church, dedicated to . Peter, is an ancient structure with a lofty turreted I n the chancel is a monument to the Courtcnay There is a chapel-of-ease at Erney. The cha- ties produce about 100 per annum, including the nt of a school, founded in 1703 by Sir Robert <1 the income of the five almshouses. There -day-schools and a chapel for Wesleyans. The Mount Edgcnmbe is lord of the manor. Cattle Id on the first Wednesdays in February and or, and cattle and pleasure fairs on St. Peter's Ithe 29th June. LAND'S END, in co. Cornwall, the most western of England, situated in W. long. 6 11'. It was "'meilh of the Britons, and Selerium or Antiveilaum Promontorium of Ptolemy. The coast, which is broken and desolated, is visited by numbers of woodcocks in October and November. LANDULPH, or LANDILIP, a par. in the S. div. of the hund. of East, co. Cornwall, 6 miles N. of Saltash, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the western bank of the river Tamar, and is wholly agricultural. A considerable portion of marsh- land has recently been reclaimed. The Beer Alston lead and silver mines extend into this parish, which includes the small port of Cargreen. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 328. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 340. The church, dedicated to St. Dilpe, is situated by the side of the river. It is an ancient structure with a lofty embattled tower. The church contains a monument to Theodore Palseologus, a descendant of the last Christian emperors of Constantinople, who died in 1636, and was interred here. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The parochial charities produce about 24 per annum. There is a National school. Near the village is a mineral spring formerly in much repute. LANDWADE, a par.' in the hund. of Staploe, co. Cambridge, 3 miles N.W. of Newmarket, its post town. It is a small pariah adjoining that of Burwell. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. Here is an old moated seat of the Cottons of Madingley, who inherited it through the Hastings, in which family the manor has been since the reign of Edward III. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. * of Exning, in the dioc. of Ely. The church is a cruciform structure dedicated to St. Nicholas. It contains six marble monuments to the Cotton family. LANE AST, a par. in the hund. of East and Lesnewth, co. Cornwall, 7 miles W. of Launceston, its post town. It is situated on the river Inny. The parish is bounded on the N. by Trenegios and Tresmere, on tho E. by Egloskerry and Trowen, on tho S. by Altarnum, and on the W. by St. Clether. Laneast was formerly held by Launceston Priory. In the neighbourhood is a small lead mine called Wheal-Baron. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 113. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 85. The church, dedicated to St. Satiovla, St. Wilvola, or St. Galwell, is an ancient stone structure with a lofty tower containing five bells. The interior of the church contains a carved screen, open oak seats, and remains of an ancient painted window. There is a National school. In a meadow near the church is a well called tho " Wish- ing Well." The Wesleyans have a chapel at Tregeare. At Neptune, in this parish, John Couch Adams was born, the discoverer of the planet Neptune. LANE BRIDGE, a vil. in tho par. of Whalley, co. Lancaster, 2 miles from Burnley, and 21 N. of Man- chester. It is situated near the junction of tho rivers Barn and Calder, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire rail- way. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in tho neighbouring cotton-spinning and printing mills, and in tho collieries. The living is a perpot. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 150, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. The church is a modern edifice dedicated to St. Paul. There are several Dissenting places of worship and schools, LANE DELPH, a hmlt. in the par. and borough of Stoke-on-Trent, co. Stafford, 2 miles N.W. of Lane End, and 13 N. of Stafford. LANE END, a tnshp. and parochial chplry. in the par. of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. div. of the hund. of Pirehill, co. Stafford, 4 miles S.E. of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It includes its market and post town, Longton, which is a station on the Silverdale and Longton branch of the North Staffordshire railway. The Trent and Mersey canal passes about 2 miles to the westward. This town- ship is situated at the southern extremity of the district called "the Potteries," and on the road from Newcastle to Uttoxeter. It is a place of recent growth, having risen to opulence and importance in consequence of the flourishing state of tho earthenware and china manu- facture established here since the commencement of the
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