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Rh WEST. 655 LEAMINGTON PRIORS. WB, and! S.E. of the Kegworth railway station. It is a >lling-place for the southern division of the county. It a large and thriving village, situated on a branch of the 3r Soar. A portion of the inhabitants are employed j frame-work knitting, and in the manufacture of ' m stockings. Limestone is quarried for burning lime. The tithes were commuted for land and oney payments under an Enclosure Act in 1798. The jiving is a vect.* with that of West Leake annexed, in the dioc. of Lincoln, joint val. 719. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a ipired tower containing four bells. The parochial s produce about 80 per annum, of which 49 go to Blay's free school, founded in 1731. The Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists have each a chapel with Sunday-schools attached. There are also a girl's school and several Sunday-schools. Statute fairs are held for the hiring of servants at Candlemas and Martinmas. LEAKE, WEST, a par. in the hund. of RushcliOe, co. Nottingham, G miles N.W. of Loughborough, its post town, and 2 S.E. of the Kogwoiih railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on a brook falling into the river Soar. The land ia nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The soil consists of light earth alternated with stiff clay. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 130. The living is a roet. united to that of East Leake, in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, is a very ancient edifice, with an open composite turret containing two bells. The interior of the church contains several effigies. There are two Sunday-schools for both sexes, also a dame school. The Methodists and Baptists have each ii place of worship. There are remains of an old scat. LEA LANE, a vil. in the par. of Colton, co. Stafford, 2 miles N. of Rugcley. LEALHOLME BRIDGE, a hmlt. in the par. of Glaisdale, North Riding co. York, 9 miles W. of Whitby. It is situated on the river Eske. LEA MARSTON, a par. in the Atherstono div. of the hund. of Hernlingford, co. Warwick, 4 miles N. of behill, its post town, and 10 from Birmingham. It is a small agricultural parish, situated on the river Tame, and near the Fazeley canal, and Birmingham and Derby railway. It contains the hmlt. of Marston, and has a good light soil. A portion of the land is in meadow. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1775. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 110. The church, dedi- cated to St. John the Baptist, has a square tower. The interior contains several monuments of the Adderlcy family. The church, which is situated in the park, is partly hidden from view by the trees that surround it. Hams Hall is a stone mansion, situated in a park ; it is tlio scat of the Right Hon. Charles B. Adderlcy, M.P., who is lord of the manor, and principal landowner. There are National schools for both sexes. LEAMINGTON. See LAMMINGTOCNE, co. Lanark. LEAMINGTON-HASTINGS, a par. in the southern uiv. of the hund. of Knightlow, co. Warwick, 6 miles hi.W. of Rugby, 4 N.E. of Southam, its post town, and U mile from the Budingbury station on the Rugby and Leamington branch of the London and North-Western The parish, which is wholly agricultural, is situated on the W. bank of the river Learn, which, ar Nethercote, takes a circuitous course of 24 tlio W., past Maston and Leamington Priors, us the river Avon near Warwick. The par. . the hmlts. of Broadwell Hill, and Kytes Hard- 1 1 was held by the Hastaings family for several S and came through the Trevors to Sir T. . lint., of Leamington-Hastings Home. The is within the jurisdiction of the Rugby county The Warwick and Napton canal passes to the 8. of tho parish. The soil is fertile on a substratum of Tim living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Worces- ter, val. 695. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is I five bells. There was anciently a chapel-of-ease at Bradwell ia this parish. The parochial charities produce about 293 per annum, of which 168 go to Davis's alms- houses, 25 to Lady Wheler's, and 30 to the National school. The Rev. H. W. Sitwell is lord of the manor. LEAMINGTON PEIORS, or ROYAL LEAMING- TON SPA, a par., market town, and inland watering- place, in the Kenilworth div. of the hund. of Knightlow, co. Warwick, 2 miles S.E. of Warwick, and 91 N.W. of London by road, or 97| by the London and North- Western railway, and 105 by the Great Western rail- way. The goods station of the North- Western railway is situated in tho adjoining parish of Milverton, where is also a station on the Leamington and Coventry line. Previous to tho commencement of the present century it was a small agricultural village, but is now a flourishing town. In the Saxon times it formed part of tho demesnes of tho powerful Danish Earl, Thurkil, or Turchil, of Warwick, and after the Norman Conquest cume to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury. In 1160 it was given to Kenilworth Priory, from which circumstance it derives the adjunct Priors, which distinguishes it from Leamington-Hastings. At the dissolution of monasteries, in 1539, it was seized by Henry VIII., and retained by tho crown till tho reign of Elizabeth, who conferred it on Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick ; but ho dying without issue in 1567, it again became crown property, and was given with Warwick Castle, by James I., to Sir Fulke Gre- ville, afterwards created Lord Brooke ; since which time the estates have been possessed by various proprietors. Its mineral waters were noticed by Sir William Dugdale, in his history of the county, and were analysed, but very imperfectly, as early as 1688. Towards the close of tho 18th century Drs. Ken' arid Lainbe called atten- tion to the valuable medicinal qualities of this spa. But it was not till long after this time that tho place rose into importance. In 1811 the parish contained only 60 houses, and 543 inhabitants. Its growth has since been very rapid, as is shown by tho following census returns in 1821, 2,183 persons ; in 1831, 7,209 ; in 1841, 12,864 ; in 1851, 15,692; and in 1861, 17,968, exclusive of that part of the town situated in the parish of Mil- verton, which contains nearly 2,000 more.- Tho town, which consists of spacious well-paved streets, terraces, squares, crescents, and parades, stands in a fine country, in an open vale sheltered by wooded hills. It is sepa- rated into two parts, called the Old and New Town, by the river Learn, which joins the Avon about a milo below the town, and is here crossed by a stono bridge. The soil on which it is built is dry and ab- sorbent, with New Red sandstone subsoil, through which the waters of the twelve springs percolate. These springs are saline, sulphureous, and chalybeate, con- taining nearly the same ingredients, but varying in proportion. The analysis, as made by Dr. London, shows tho proportion of salts in an imperial pint of each : Sulphureous Chalybeate and saliue siring. Old spring. 025 025 -075 425 565 587 Carbonic acid ... 3-168 ' 2-162 2-103 Sulphuretted hydrogen Sulphate of soda. . Cloride of sodium. . 1-144 28-065 25-605 30-610 42-922 40-398 20-561 Chloride of calcium. 15-777 17-987 20-561 Chloride of magnesium 9-695 10-813 3-266 Silica 0-972 Peroxide of iron. . a trace 0-262 Total of salt in grains 79-142 103-575 105-095 And in some instances traces of iodine and bromine. The ordinary season for using the waters is from May to October, when the town is thronged with visitors of all classes, including many of the aristocracy and gentry, and persons from the Continent and America,
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