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LAMBETH. 522 LAMBRIGG. parish are the archbishop's palace, described above, the South- Western railway terminus, the Victoria Theatre, in the Waterloo Road, Astlcy's Amphitheatre, near Westminster Bridge, recently converted into a theatre, the Now County Court house, sessions house, and station of the L division of metropolitan police, union work- house, district post-office, two savings-banks, Bethlehem Hospital, Blind School, Female Orphan Asylum, rebuilt in 1804, Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Refuge for the Destitute, Davis's Infirmary for Children, besides gas and water works the latter supplied from Thames Ditton, 10 miles distant, with reservoirs at Brixton Hill and Streatham. Vauxhall Gardens continued to bo a place of fashionable amusement until recently, when it was sold by auction for 20,200, and a portion of the ground has been subsequently built over. Konnington Green, formerly the place of execution for the county of Surrey, and the scene of the great Chartist meeting on the 10th of April, 1848, has recently been converted into a public park. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 1,500, in the patron, of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The parish church, dedicated to St. Mary, adjoins the palace, and was rebuilt in the latter part of the 14th century. It is a spacious structure, having a square embattled tower of freestone, surmounted by an octagonal turret at one of the angles, and two mortuary chapels belonging to the Howard and Leigh families. It contains numerous interesting monuments. In addition to the parish church there are 18 district churches viz. St. Mary the Less, Prince's-road ; St. Paul's, Vauxhall ; St. Peter's ; Trinity ; St. John's, Waterloo-road ; All Saints ; St. Thomas ; St. Andrew's ; St. Mark's, Kennington ; Christ Church, Brixton-road ; St. Michael's, Stockwell ; St. Barnabas, Soutli Kenning- ton ; St. Matthew's, Denmark Hill ; St. Stephen's, South Lambeth ; St. Matthew's, Brixton ; St. John's, North Brixton ; St. Luke's, Lower Norwood, and Tulse Hill the livings of which are all pcrpet. curs. , varying in val. from 766 to 50. There are also four chapels-of-ease viz. Vcrulam chapel, Stockwell chapel, South Lambeth chapel, and St. James's chapel. Here, too, is St. George's Roman Catholic cathedral ; also places of worship for Baptists, Wcslcyans, Welsh Methodists, Independents, Swedenborgians, and several other Dissenting bodies. The public schools are numerous, including Archbishop Tenison's girls' school, which was rebuilt in 1817, and has an income from endowment of 369 ; St. Patrick's school ; Lawrence's school, in the York-road, with an income from endowment of 105; St. John's school, in the Waterloo-road, rebuilt in the reign of George IV., at an expense of 2,200 ; Beaufoy's ragged school, built at-a cost of 5,000 ; Eldon school, in the Wandsworth- road, instituted in 1S30, in commemoration of Lord Chancellor Eldon ; the Licensed Victuallers' school, and parochial schools for boys and girls, partly endowed ; besides numerous district, National, and denominational schools attached to the several places of worship. The charitable foundations are numerous, comprising those mentioned above ; also Caron's almshouses, with an income of 73 per annum, Coldharbour-lane alms- houses for eight widows, and numerous charitable be- quests for distribution among the poor. In the arrange- ments under the Poor-law Amendment Act, the parish of Lambeth forms a union of itself. It is also the head of a superintendent registry and new County Court districts. There were until recently traces of ancient trenches, supposed by Maitland, in his History of London, to have been formed by Canute on his invasion of London, in 1026, in order to convey his fleet to the W. of London Bridge ; but other antiquaries, with greater probability, refer these to an ancient canal formed for the temporary diversion of the course of the Thames during the erec- tion of London Bridge. Of La Place, better known as Carlisle House, originally founded as a monastery by Archbishop Baldwin, only some ruins now remain. In Lambeth Marsh, below Westminster, Inigo Jones is said to have buried his money during the Civil War ; and at Lambeth Walk was a mineral well, formerly celebrated for its medicinal qualities. On the site of the Nine Elms brewery formerly stood Turret House, where Trad' cants formed his "physic" (botanical) garden. LAMBHOLM, an island situated in the centre Holm Sound, and belonging to the Orkney Group, Scol land. Its form is almost that of a circle, rocasurin about 3 miles round. LAMBLEY, a par. in Tiudale ward, co. Northumber- land, 4J miles S.W. of Haltwhistle, and 83 from Alston. Hexham is its post town. It is a station on the Alston branch of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. The parish is a small agricultural place situated on the South Tyne, and contains the joint tnshps. of Lambley and Asholme. The village .consists of a few straggling farmhouses. The land is principally pasture and meadow, with a large tract of common. The surface rugged and the scenery wild. The river Tyne is h crossed by the viaduct of the Alston and Haltwhisl branch line of railway. There was formerly a small Benedictine nunnery, founded in the reign of King John, and burnt by the Scots in 1296, who plunders! and laid waste the neighbourhood. It was subsequently rebuilt, and was given to the Dudleys and 1'ealherstone- haughs at the Dissolution, when its revenues were re- turned at 5 los. 8d. The living is a don. cur. in the dioc. of Durham. The church is an ancient edifice situated on rising ground. It was repaired about twenty years since. Divine service is performed every alternate week. On Castle Hill, the site of an old fortress, are vestiges of a deep moat. LAMJ3LEY, a par. in the S. div. of the wap. of Thurgarton, co. Nottingham, 6 miles N.E. of Notting- ham, its post town, and 2 from the Burton- Joyce railway station. Tho village, which is irregularly built, situated in a deep vale, sheltered by ranges of hillj rising in the form of an amphitheatre. The inhabitant! arc employed in framework knitting and in agricul- ture. The surface is hilly and the surrounding sccnetf varied. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 600. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has been recently restored. There are a free school for both sexes and a place of worship for Wesleyans. Samuel Matthews, Esq., is lord of the manor. LAMBOURN, a hund. in co. Berks, contains the pars, of East Garston and Lambourn, comprising an area of 19,400 acres. LAMBOURN. Sec Cmprixo LAMIIOUKX, co. Berks. LAMBOURNE, a par. in the hund. of Ongar, co. Essex, 6 miles N.W. of Romford, its post town, and 4 S.E. of Epping. The village, though small, is of pleasing appearance, and is situated near the river Roding, and on the road to Ongar. The par. includes the limit, of Abridge. The land is chiefly in pasture, with about 300 acres of forest, and 24 of common. The soil is very rich but heavy. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 600. The living is a rect.* with the cur. of Abridge annexed, in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 476, in the patron, of Corpus Christi College, ( 'am- bridge. The church, dedicated to St. Mary and All Saints, has a tower crowned with a leaden spire. It is situated about the centre of the parish, and has a monu- ment to Wynnyffe, Bishop of Lincoln, once i this parish. A chapel-of-ease was erected in 18:>! in the village of Abridge. The Wesleyans have a i worship. The parochial charities produce al> per annum. There is a National school. The the manor has the privilege of sending twmtv this parish to the free school at Staplcford. Henry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, who fought in the Pope Adrian against the Duke of Milan, and who aided to Cjuell Wat Tyler's insurrection, once re-Med in this parish. LAMBOURN, UPPER, a tythg. in the ] hund. of Lambourn, co. Berks, IJmile N.W. of ( Lambourn. LAMBRIGG, a tnshp. in the par. and ward of Kendal, co. Westmoreland, C.j- miles N.E. of i It is situated on the Lancashire and Carlisle and under Lambrigg Fell. The manor wa* li< it l>y the Burnesheads, Bellinghams, and D uchetts, whose j . uiu