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Rh LYNN, KING'S. 737 LYONS. charters granted to the borough previously to that date. The parliamentary and municipal boroughs are co-exten- sive. Two members have been returned to the House of Commons since the 23rd year of Edward I. The popu- lation of the borough in 1851 was 19,149, and in 1861, 16,170. Its area is 2,620 acres. A local board of health provides i'nr the lighting, cleansing, &c., of the town, and there are forces of police and coast-guards for its protec- tion. The excise. district, of which Lynn is the head, includes Lynn, Brandon, Thetford, Harling, Diss, Buck- euhain, Wymondham, Hingham, Walton, Swaffham, ham, Reepham, Holt, Fakenham, Buruham, Snet- tisham, and Dowuham. The Poor-law Union and supe- rior registry contains the borough (which consists of the two parishes of St. Margaret's and South Lynn, or All Saints), and the parishes of North and West Lynn. The new county court district includes the registry, Free- bridge Lynn, and the parishes of Anmer, Clinchwardine, Dersingham, Heacham, Holme, Ingoldthorpe, Sedgeford, Shernborne, Snettisham, Terrington, Tilney, Tilney- cum-Islington, Tottenhill, Watlington, Wiggenhall, and Wormegay. Petty sessions are held at the Guildhall on Mondays and Thursdays, as well as quarter sessions, a borough court for civil actions, a court of conscience, and a court leet, the manor being the property of the corpo- ration. Lynn gives the title of baron to the Marquis of Townshend. Lynn is a deanery in the archdeanery of Norfolk, and the diocese of Norwich. The livings in the town are as follows : All Saints, a vie.,* val. 180, in the patron, of the Bishop of Norwich, is the parish church of South Lynn. The building is cruciform, with a bell turret. A tower, which formerly stood at the west end, i'ell in the last century. St. Margaret's is a perpet. cur., annexed to the rect. of North Lynn, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church was founded by Bishop Herbert de Lozinga, in connection with a priory, as a cell to Norwich. The present size is 240 feet by 132. The W. end possesses two large towers of different designs, one of which was originally the base of a spire. This fell in 1741, destroy- ing the lantern, or large portion of the nave, which has been rebuilt. The columns of the nave, which are Saxon, were, however, uninjured. There are chapels dedicated to St. Stephen and the Holy Trinity, connected, with the chancel, and there were originally two others. The architecture is principally in the pointed style. The register of the church dates from 1559. St. Nicholas Chapel in Ann-street is a chapel-of-ease to St. Margaret's. It consists of a nave, with aisles in the decorated and perpendicular style, but has neither transept nor choir. It was built in the reign of Edward III. The tower was blown down at the same time as that of St. Margaret's church. St. John the Evangelist, in the Blackfriars- road, a cur. in the patron, of the bishop, val. 300, was built by subscription in 1846, on land given by the cor- poration. It will seat 1,000 persons. The Roman Ca- tholic chapel in the London-road was built in 1844, from a design by Pugin. The Independents have a chapel in X'-w Conduit-street, the Baptists have two in Black - -road, the Wesleyans one in Tower-street, and the Methodist New Connection one in the Railway-road. Primitive Methodists, the United Methodist Free < 'Inirch, the Unitarians, and the Society of Friends, also have places of worship at Lynn. The grammar school Has founded by Thomas Thoresby in 1510, with an en- dowment of 63, and six exhibitions at the University of < '.-tmbridgo. The school was built in 1825. It is managed by the charity trustees for the borough. The murderer ne Aram was an usher hero when apprehended. re are also National and British schools. The Athcnti.'iim in liaxtcr's Plain was built in 1854, and con- of the following institutions : a public library, to !i the subscription is one guinea ; the Stanley library ami Ill-ailing Koom, founded by Lord Stanley, t'i which the working classes can belong by subscribing r; the museum, presented chiefly by ,1. 1 1. ( 1 in in Y. I - [. ; the conversazione ; the musical union, and the news-room. It contains a hall 84 feet used for concerts and public meetings. There is also a library called St. Margaret's, which was founded in 1617, and contains about 1,700 volumes, and a mechanics' institute. Tho cemetery is on the London- road, occupying about 8 acres. There are several aln s- houses and hospitals in the town. St. James's Hospital, or rather workhouse, was founded in tho 14th century, but rebuilt in 1682. Its income is about 200, and it accommodates 50 inmates. Gaywood's almshouses were founded in the reign of Stephen. The present income is about 350. Framiugham's hospital in the London-road was founded 1676 by Alderman Framingham, with an endowment of 205. . It consists of rooms for 12 inmates and a chapel. Tho grounds belonging to it are divided into gardens for the occupants of the rooms. Vallenger's almshouses in South Lynn Plain receive 4 women from South Lynn parish. They were founded in 1811 with an endowment of 84. The Wesleyan almshouses in St. James's-road were founded in 1822 by Benjamin Smith, Esq., with an income of about 30, for the sup- port of 8 women above 60 years of age. Other charita- ble institutions are, St. Margaret's infirmary, tho West Norfolk hospital, near the London-road, tho dispensary, and the union poorhouso in Exton-road. Among the antiquities of the town, the principal are tho remains of the South Gate and the fortifications, the walk along which is called tho Mall, and tho Lantern of the Grey Friars church, founded in 1264 by Thomas do Feltsham, which is a very interesting object. Its height is 90 feet, and it is now used as a landmark by sailors. There are also remains of the Austin Friars and the Blackfriars, both of which houses were founded in tho 13th century. At the Red Mount on the E. side of the town there is an ancient chapel to the Virgin, octagonal externally, but internally cruciform. Its size is 17j feet by 14, and 13 in height. Besides the above monasteries, there were houses of tho Whitefriars, the Friars do Penitentia, St. John' s, and four leprous hospitals. William Sautre, who was burnt at Smithfield in 1401 for holding the doctrines of Wycliffe, Sir Benjamin Keene the diploma- tist, and Whittingham the editor of the County History, were natives of Lynn. Lynn is a terminus of the East Anglian railway, by which there is communication with Peterborough, Norwich, Birmingham, London, and other places. The Yare navigation joins the Ouso a short dis- tance from Lynn. There is a lino of steamers hence to Hull. The newspapers published are, the Lynn Adver- tiser and West Norfolk Herald, the Lynn News, the Lynn Record, and the lyim Gazette, all of which are weekly, and published on Saturday. Tho market days are Tuesday and Saturday, tho former being for corn, tho latter for cattle, sheep, and general produce. Fairs are held from the 14th to the 28th February, on tho 17th October for cheese, and on the second Monday in April and November for cattle. LYNN, NORTH, a par. in the hund. of Frcebridge Marshland, co. Norfolk. It is situated on the river Ouse, opposite King's Lynn. Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Norwich, with the perpet. cur. of St. Margaret and St. Nicholas annexed. There is no church. There is also the district church of St. John the Evangelist, a perpet. cur., value 300, in the patron, of the bishop. LYNN, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Freebridgo Marshland, co. Norfolk, half a mile from North Lynn. It is situated on the W. bank of the Ouse, opposite King's Lynn. The living is a rect. * in Norwich dioc., val. 338. Tho church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, is a struc- ture of tho 1 3th century, of the later perpendicular order, with a square tower. The interior contains a carved octagonal font, a stained glass window representing the Maries at the Sepulchre, and a brass of 1603. Tho re- gister commences in 1695. Here are charities of about 5 per annum. Tho Baptists and Wesleyans have places of worship. LYNT FARM, a tythg. in tho hund. of Highworth, co. Wilts, 1J mile N.E. of Highworth. LYON, a river of co. Perth, Scotland, flows through (ili nlyon, to which it gives name, and joins the river Tay tit Taymouth Castle. LYONS, a par. in the bar. of South Salt, co. 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