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Rh UXLINGSTONE-DAYRELL. 595 LIMERICK. Button, and 9 N.E. of York. The township of West Lilling is of small extent, and situated near the Scar- borough railway. East Lilling contains but two farms and the Hall. Charles M. Ingram, Esq., is lord of the manor. LILLINGSTONE-DAYRELL, a par. in the hund. of Buckingham, co. Bucks, 4 J miles N. of Buckingham, its post town. The village is small and wholly agricul- tural. The surface, which is well wooded, is hilly in parts, commanding extensive prospects. The lower grounds are watered by a brook. The soil is clayey, and the land chiefly in meadow and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 278 8s. Gd. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 204. The Dayrell family have been lords of the manor from the time of the Conquest. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. LILLINGSTONE-LOVELL, a par. in the hund. of Ploughley, co. Bucks, formerly in Oxford, 4f miles N.E. of Buckingham, its post town. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly in meadow and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 177. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 193. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The charities consist of the interest of 100 distributed to the poor on St. Thomas's Day. There is a day school for both sexes. LILLINGTON, a. par. in the hund. of Sherborne, co. Dorset, 3 miles S. of Sherborne, its post town, and 6 S.E. of Yeovil. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Sarum. The church is dedicated to St. Martin. The parochial charities produce about 3 per annum. LILLINGTON, a par. in the Kenilworth div. of the hund. of Knightlow, co Warwick, 1 mile N.E. of Leamington, its post town and railway station, and 3 miles N.E. of "Warwick. The village, which is small, is situated near the river Avon and Napton canal, and is chiefly agricultural. There are some brickkilns. Sand- stone is quarried for building purposes. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 167. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 200. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is an ancient edifice with an embattled tower containing three bells. It was enlarged by the addition of an aisle in 1858, and has a fine E. window. The register dates from 1538. There is a parochial school for both sexes, supported by voluntary contributions. LILLISDON, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of North Curry, co. Somerset, 6 miles S.E. of Tauuton. LILLY, a bmlt. in the par. of Catmere, hund. of Compton, co. Berks, 6 miles S.W. of East Ilsley. LILLYHOO, a hmlt. in the par. of Wateringbury, hund. of Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 4 miles S.W. of Maidstone. LILSTOCK, or LITTLE-STOKE, a par. in the hund. of Williton, co. Somerset, 12 miles N.W. of Ilridgwatcr, its post town, and 8 N.E. of the Williton railway station. It is a small scattered village situated ral. The parish is bounded on the N. by Bridg- r Bay. Limestone for building is extensively ied. The tithes were commuted for land under an Act of Enclosure in 1803. The living is a cur.
 * io coast of the Bristol Channel, and is wholly agri-
 * ed to the vie.* of Stogursey, in the dioc. of

Bath and Wells. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a small structure with a square tower containing four bells. Sir F. Acland is lord of the manor and sole land- owner. LI LWALL, a tnshp. in the par. of Kington, hund. of Ilnntingtfin, co. Hereford, 2 miles S. of Kington. LI M HER-HILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Egton, North ng co. York, 7 miles S.W. of Whitby. I. I M HER MAGNA, a par. in the E. div. of the hund. irborough, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 6 miles S. "f I'li'tby railway station, its post town, 5 N.E. of
 * r, and 10 W. of Great Grimsby. The village,

i i- small, is situated on the Wolds. The inha- I bitunts an: chiefly engaged in agriculture. The substra- tum is principally chalk, which is extensively quarried for burning into lime. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents under an Act of Enclosure in 1812. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 623, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedi- cated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure with a tower containing three bells. The church was given in the reign of Henry II. to the Cistercian abbey of Aulnoy, in Normandy, by Richard de Humet, Constable of Normandy. At the suppression of alien priories it was sold to the Carthusian abbey of St. Anne, near Coven- try. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The charities pro- duce about 10 per annum. There is a commodious National school for both sexes at Brocklesby Park, in this parish. It was erected in 1849, at the expense of the Earl of Yarborough, and is open to the children of the pars, of Brocklesby, Habrough, Keelby, and Kir- mington. A good library is established here for the working classes. The Earl of Yarborough is lord of the manor. LIMBER PARVA, a hmlt. in the par. of Brocklesby, E. div. of the wap. of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 6 miles N. of Caistor. LIMBURY-CUM-BISCOTT, a hmlt. in the par. of Luton, hund. of Flitt, co. Bedford, 2 miles N.W. of Luton. It is situated on the ancient Icknield Way. LIMEBROOK, a tnshp. in the par. of Wigmore, co. Hereford, 4 miles N.E. of Presteign. It is situated near the river Lug. There was formerly an Austin nunnery founded in the reign of Richard II. by the Mortimers. LIMEFIELD, a vil. in the par. of Bathgate, co. Lin- lithgow, Scotland, 2 miles from Bathgate, and 19 from Edinburgh. LIMEHOUSE, a par. and suburb of London, in tho Tower div. of tho hund. of Ossulstone, co. Middlesex, 3 miles E. of St. Paul's, London. It is a station on tho London and Blackwall railway. The parish is situated on the Thames at Limehouse Reach, including part of Rat- cliff, and is comprised within tho metropolitan borough of the Tower Hamlets. It is approached from London by the Commercial-road, and is traversed by the Blackwall railway, the Regent's canal, and Lea Cut. In ancient records it is called Limehurit, or tho Lime-Grove, and formed part of Stepney till 1730, when it was constituted a distinct parish. Hero are the Limehouse, Regent's, and Lea Cut docks, also Huddart's patent rope factory, 1,200 feet long, and the Stepney union poorhouse. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of London, val. 714, in the patron, of Brasenose College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Anne, is a massive Grecian structure, after designs by Hawkesmoor, being one of the 50 churches built by Queen Anne. It was much damaged by fire in 1 850. There are also two district churches viz. St. John's, and one at Ratcliffe, the livings of both which are pcrpet. curs.,* val. 175 and 300. Several of the Dissenting bodies have places of worship. There is a foundation 'school with an income from endowment of 190 per annum, also National and other schools. Limehouse Reach extends for near 2 miles in the river Thames from N. to S., and has a depth of water from 10 to 16 feet. On the eastern shore are the West India docks, Mill wall, Seaward' s and other works ; and on the western the Commercial and East Country docks, Dept- ford, and numerous timber, lime, and other yards. LIMEKILNS, a vil. and small seaport in tho par. of Dunfermline, co. Fife, Scotland, 3 miles S. of Dunferm- line. It is a subport to Bo'ness, and has a small tidal harbour." LIMERICK, a maritime co. in the prov. of Munster, Ireland, bounded on the N. by tho estuary of tho Shan- non and the cos. Clare and Tipperary, on the E. by Tipperary, on the S. by Cork, and on tho W. by Kerry. Its greatest length N. and S. is 35 miles, and its greatest breadth E. and W. 54 miles, extending from 62 17' to 52 45' N. lat., and from 8" 6' to 9-15' W. long. It comprises 1,061 square miles, or 680,842 acres, of which 626,876 are arable and pasture, 121,101 uncultivated, 11,676 in plantations, 2,759 occupied by towns and roads, and 18,631 under water. Ifl circuit it measures 175