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Rh LYNCH. 735 LYNF011D. station for Liverpool ships, and has a lighthouse 123 feet high, put up in 1835, which may be seen for 10 miles at LYNCH, several small places of this name ; one near Tenbury in co. Ilereford, another near Pembridge, in the same county, and a third near Minohead, in co. Somerset. LYNCHAT, a vil. in the par. of Alvie, co. Inverness, Scotland, 1 3 miles N.E. of Pitmain. It is situated under the Monadlia mountains, near the river Spey. LYXCOMBE-WITH-WIDCOMBE, a par. in the huud. of Bath Forum, co. Somerset, in the vicinity of the city of Bath. It is situated on the river Avon, close 1" the Great Western railway, and is intersected by the Kennet and Avon canal. The workhouse of the Bath Poor-law Union is situated in this parish. Many of the '.a are employed in the manufacture of fine woollen cloth. Freestone is extensively quarried in the hills, and is largely used for the buildings in B&th, Windsor, and London. The surface is diversified with hill and dale. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Bath and AVclls, val. 235, in the patron, of Simeon's trustees. The church, dedicated to St. Hark, has a tower. The living of Widcombo is a vie., val. with the cur. of St. Matthew's, 300, in the same patron. The church is a modern structure. The charities produce about 8 per annum. There is an hospital for idiots, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, with a chapel annexed. A Roman Catholic college was established here by the Roman Catholic bishop of the western district for the education of secular clergymen. LYNDHURST, a town and par. in the hund. of Ecdbridge, Romsey div. of co. Hants, 8 miles N. of Lymington, and 10 S.W. of Southampton. It is situated in the centre of the New Forest, 1J mile S.W. by W. of Lyndhurst Road station on the London and South-Western railway. The courts of attachment and the swainmote courts for the New Forest are held in the Verdorer's Hall, Queen's House, the forinur every forty days, and the latter on 14th September. Tho courts leet and courts baron for the manor of Lynd- hurst, of which the Queen is lady, are also held hero. The house, which is the official residence of the warden, is of no interest, although it occupies a beautiful site. A stirrup, which is said to have belonged to William II., is exhibited there. Northwood House, which was frequently visited by George III., is about half a mile to the N.W., surrounded by wood and commanding a view of the Solent and the Isle of Wight. Other seats in the neighbourhood are Park Hill, New Park, Vernalls, IT, Gascoigiies, Shrubs Hill, and Cuffnalls, the scat i>i' .Sir Edw. Poore. The New Forest hounds have their kennels hero. Lyndhurst gives the title of baron to the Copleys of Turville Park. It is included in the ity court district of Southampton, in the dioc. and archdeac. of Winchester and the deanery of Fawley. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect.* of Minstead, the joint val. being 355. The church, St. Michael's, is a modern structure, built on the site of a more ancient which was rebuilt by George II. The parochial i-.vmunts realise about 80, of which 26 aro for l 'urpoees. There is a Baptist chapel, and a 1 school for both sexes. The petty sessions are . on the first Wednesday in every month. The in 1851, 1,627. It contains 3,560 acres. LYNDON, a par. in the hund. of Martiuslcy, co. .Rutland, 2 miles N.W. of North Luffenham, its post !, 4 .S.E. of Oakham, and 2 from the Manton station on the Midland Counties railway. It is bounded on tho ^ by the small river Chater, and formerly was included i tli'- parUh, of Hambleton. The hills run from !y fertile, while the slopes ot are a whitish clay of inferior quality. The hard limestone. The appropriate tithes lumutod for 24, and the rectorial for 175.
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100. Tin; ihurch is a small cdilu i to St. Martin. The charitii i amount to : l.uiit ,tt prr uiiiium. Lyndon Hall is tin; principal ix-su 1 LY'NDON, a quarter in the par. of Bickenhill, co. Warwick, 4 miles S. of Coleshill. LYNE and MEGGET, two pars, ecclesiastically united, though not adjacent to each other, in the co. Peebles, Scotland. The Peebles branch of the Caledonian line has a station at Lyno, which lies on the left bank of the stream of that name, while Megget is situated within the southern part of the county, and is distant geogra- phically 8 miles from the Lyne portion, and near tho head of the Elbick and Yarrow. The whole parish, with a few exceptions, may be described as a bleak, hilly, and pastoral district. The united par. is in the presb. of Peebles and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. The minister's stipend is 153. The church, built previous to the Reformation, was repaired in 1831. There is a small building at Megget used both as a church and school-room. The ancient church of Mt-;'-get, situated at Heuderland, is now in ruins. There are two parochial schools. About 1 mile E. of the parish church of Lyne is an intrenchment 6 acres in extent called Randal's Wall, supposed to have been a Roman camp from the coins and other antiquities found there. In the Megget district are rums of two ancient towers supposed to have been erected for the accommodation of the kings of Scot- land when hunting in the forest. LYNE, or LYNE WATER, several streams of this name ; one, in co. Northumberland, falls into tho sea at Newbiggin Point ; another, in co. Devon, falls into the Bristol Channel at Lynmouth ; a third, in co. Stafford, joins the Trent at Trentham ; while a fourth rises in co. Fife, Scotland, and joins tho Forth at Charlestown. LYNEAL, a tnshp. in tho par. of Ellesmere, co. Salop, 3 miles S.E. of the town of Ellesmere. LYNEHAM, a par. in the hund. of Kingsbridge, co. Wilts, 4 miles S.W. of Wootton Bassett, and 7 N.E. of Chippenhain, its post town. The Wilts and Berks canal and Great Western railway pass to the N. of the parish. A priory of Augustine monks was founded near the village of Clack in this parish about the middle of tho 12th century. The site is now occupied by a farmhouse called Bradenstoke Abbey. There aro still traces of the old conventual buildings. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. .270. Tho church is an ancient structure dedicated to St. Michael, and has some monuments. Brorne's free school is endowed with land producing i'40. The other charities amount to about A'60 per annum. Tho Baptists and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, and there is a National school. G. H. W. Heneage, Esq., is lord of the manor. Lyneham Court is tho principal residence. LYNEHAM, a hrnlt. in the par. of Shipton-under- Wychwood, hund. of Chadlington, co. Oxford, 1 milo N. of Shipton, and 4 miles S.W. of Chipping-Nbrtou. The river Evenlode flows through this place. The living is a perpet. cur. in the gift of the vicar of tho parish. The church is a small modern edifice. Tho tithes have been commuted for land and corn-rents under an Enclo- sure Act in 1787. LYNEHILL, a lib. in the tnshp. of Penkridge, co. Stafford, in the vicinity of the town of Penkridge. LYNESACK-WITH-SOFTLY, a tnshp. in the pur. of St. Andrew-Auckland, north-western div. of the ward of Darlington, co. palatine of Durham, 7 miles N.E. of Barnard Castle, and 7 S.E. of Walsingham. It is bounded on the S. by the river Gaunless, and on tho N. by the Lin-Burn. The people aro chiefly employed in the coal mines. The township comprises a hilly and barren tract of great extent commonly called South Side. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Durham, val. 300, in tho pution. of the bishop. Tho church is modern. LYNESIDE, a tnshp. in tho par. of Arthuret, ward of Eskdale, co. Cumberland, in tho vicinity of Longtown. LYNFORD, a par. in the hund. of Urim.shoo, co. Norfolk, 6 miles N. of Brandon, and 7 N.W. of Thetford. Norwich is its post t" u is tho m railway station on tlu inline. Itissiti on tho river Wissey. Thcro is, "nly a few 1'iiinihouses. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in