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Rh LOUTH. 717 LOVEDEN WAPEXTAKE. tion of two rivulets. The soil is in general fertile and well cultivated, resting on a bed of clay or chalk-marl, et thick, with gravel below, which supplies abun- i: of water for the service of the town. It was Titly distinguished for its religious houses, particu- De Parco-lude Abbey, a cell to Fountains Abbey, iu Yorkshire, founded in 1139 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. In 1536 its inhabitants warmly espoused the of the regular clergy in opposition to Henry VIII., and joined Captain Cobler in his " pilgrimage of grace," for which the Vicar of Louth, with four other priests, was executed at Tyburn. In 1631 a destructive plague swept away in one year above 754 persons, and the town was almost deserted. In the reign of Edward VI. it n reived its first charter of incorporation, with the style of " warden and 6 assistants of the town of Louth, and free school of Edward VI. in Louth." The Muni- cipal Reform Act placed the borough under the govern- ment of a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors, leaving the grammar school in the patronage and control of the " warden and 6 assistants." It is divided into two wards, and in 1861 had a population of 10,568. Its income amounts to nearly 1,500, chiefly derived from the rents of the town lands. Its common seal, showing the connection between the school and old corporation, bears the strange device of a boy birched by his master, with the pithy motto, " Qui parcit virgso edit filium." The town, which is upwards of a mile in length, is neat and well built, the houses being chiefly of brick covered with tiles. The streets are paved and lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are abundantly supplied with water from springs. It contains many public buildings. The townhall is a spacious structure of brick and stucco, with lofty assembly-room, erected in 1^4 ; the sessions-house, with gaol and house of cor- rection attached, was erected in 1827, and has a Doric portico ; the corn exchange is a stone building erected in 1853, and situated in the Corn-market, as are also the public subscription news and billiard rooms ; the savings-bank, in Eastgato, is a Gothic edifice erected in 1860 ; the mechanics' institute, with a library of 5,000 volumes, is situated in Upgate ; also a theatre, dispensary, two branch banks, a penny bank, union workhouse, situated to the N. of the town, and erected in 1837 at a cost of 6,000, corn-market, wool-market, market for provisions, &c. There are manufactories for carpets, blankets, agricultural instruments, flour-mills, a paper-mill, tanneries, iron-foundries, and breweries, ".^durable trade is also carried on in woolstapling, ing, bone crushing, soap making, lime burning, and aid brick making. Steamboats and trading vessels from Hull and various parts of Yorkshire and Scotland up to the eastern side of the town by means of the h, navigation, which follows the valley of the Lud for 11 miles to Tetney Lock, on the Humber. Quarter ns for the eastern division of the parts of Lindsey held in this town alternately with Spilsby ; petty fins for the parts of Lindsey every alternate Wed- iy, and petty sessions for the borough every Friday. It is also a polling place for the parliamentary elections for rising 91 parishes and townships. It is also the Beat of a superintendent registry and new County Court districts, which latter is held monthly at the sessions Tin: i'loral and Horticultural societies hold Mbitions thrice in the season at the townhall. ith ( iencral Friendly Society has been in opera- siuco 1814, and has upwards of 125 members. An imural cemetery comprising 10'acres was formed in n the London road. The living is now a rect. in oln ; originally it was a vie.* vol. 330, lint in IS'JO tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners added to lands, and put the chancel under tho care of MI mill, i nt, thus raising it to a rcct., val. 630, in the bishop. The parish church, dedi- >t. James, is one of the lincst structures in unity. At the K cml is a window of seven lights and filled with stained glass 'i ii and Bell, and at tin: western extremity L. II. is a lofty tower containing a peal of eight bells, and surmounted by a rich crockcted spire of 141 feet, built in 1635 by T. Turner, in place of tho original one, which was 60 feet higher. The tower has four stories, and at its summit are four octagonal turrets with flying buttresses to the spire ; the whole height, from the base of the tower to the cross on the spire, being 300 feet. In 1846 the church, having been seriously injured by lightning, tho vestry voted a sum of 1,746 for its restoration, which has been admirably effected by tho lato L. N. Cottingham, of London. In the interior is a shrine of Caen stone, with a carved and crocketed canopy, erected by public subscription in memory of the Into William Allison, a banker and great benefactor of tho town. JThere are two district churches, St. Michael and All Angels, consecrated in 1863, and the Holy Trinity, built in 1865. The first is in the patron, of the rector, and the latter, now in the hands of the trustees of the Old Trinity Chapel, will shortly lapse to the bishop, as patron of the mother church. There are places of wor- ship for Independents, Baptists, Primitive, Association, and Wesleyan Methodists, and a Roman Catholic chapel. The free grammar school, founded and endowed by Ed- ward VI. with the revenues of two ancient guilds and a chantry of earlier date, has now a gross income of 1,150, chiefly arising from land. A portion of this sum is appropriated to the maintenance of twelve poor sisters, who reside in tho almshouses connected with this charity. There is also a commercial school insti- tuted by Dr. Mapletoft in 1676, and further endowed by the late Mr. Hardie, the gross income of which now amounts to 150, exclusive of boarders received into the master's house. Besides these there are two sets of National schools, British, infant, Wesleyan, Sunday, and adult evening schools, all well attended. The benefactions for the poor are numerous, producing altogether about 300 per annum, besides the interest of 600 bequeathed by Dr. Atkinson in 1762, to provide a salary for the organist. Market days are Wednesday and Saturday, the former princrpally for corn ; also a sheep market at Quarry Hill every Friday in the spring and autumn, and a fat stock market every alternate Friday throughout the year. Fairs are held on 30th April, middle Friday in September, last Friday in Octo- ber, and on the 23rd November. LOUTH ESKE, a hund. in the parts of Lindsey, CO. Lincoln. It is situated in the north-eastern part of tho county, and is bounded on tho N. by the wap. of Beadley Haverstoe, on the E. by the German Ocean, on the S. by the hund. of Calceworth, and on the W. by the wap. of Ludborough. There are two divs. called respectively Marsh and Wold. The former in- cludes the pars, of Alvingham, Castle-Carlton, Conis- holme, Grainthorpe, Grimoldby, Manby, Preston, Salt- fleetby, Skidbrooke, North and South Somercotes, and Yarborough ; the latter div. has the pars, of Authorpe, Burwell, Calcethorpe, North and South Cockerington, North and South Elkington, Farforth, Gayton-le-Wold, Hallington, Haugham, Keddington, Kelstern, Louth, Muckton, Raithby-cum-Maltby, Ruckland, Stewton, Tathwell, Welton-Ie-Wold, Withcull, and East Wyke- ham comprising an area of about 70,000 acres. LOUTH MILLS, a hmlt. in tho bar. of Louth, co. Louth, Ireland, H mile S.W. of Louth. LOUTH PARK, a tnshp. in the par. of Louth, hund. of Louth Esko, co. Lincoln, 1 mile from the town of Louth, and about half a mile E. of tho railway station. A monastery of the Cistercian order was founded here in the 12th century, of which there are some remains. LOVAT, a hmlt. in the par. of Kirkhill, co. Inverness, Scotland, 8 miles W. of Inverness. It is situated near Loch Beauly. LOVEDALE, a tnshp. in tho par. of Penkridge, hund. of Cuttlestone, co. Stafford, 6 miles R. of Stafford. It is situated near the river Pcnk. LUYKHKN VAPENTAKE, one of tho subdivisions of the parU of Kesteven, co. Lincoln. It is situated in the western part of the county, and is bounded on tho N. by the lib. of Lincoln and wap. of Boothby Gr 4 Y
 * -arts of Lindsey, and the head of a Poor-law Union