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LONGSIGHT. 708 LONGTON WITH LANE END. synod of Aberdeen, in the patron, of the crown. The minister's stipend is 217. The parish church was erected in 1836, and is a commodious structure. There is an Episcopalian chapel, and also a Free church. Throughout the parish there arc three parochial schools, two girls' schools, partly endowed, and several unen- dowed schools. There are saw and meal mills in the neighbourhood; and at Millbank in this parish there was formerly a woollen factory. There is a savings- bank in the village. Fairs are held here on the Wed- nesday following the 12th May, and on the Tuesday after the 7th November. In the churchyard is a monu- ment to the memory of the Eev. John Skinner, the correspondent of Burns, and for many years minister of the Episcopalian chapel here. There are several tumuli at Cairn Catto. LONGSIGHT, an ecclesiastical district in the par. and borough of Manchester, co. palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles S.W. of Manchester. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Manchester, in the patron, of trustees. It is a station on the Manchester and Stockport section of the London and North- Western railway. LONGSLOW, a tnshp. in the par. of Market Dray ton, hund. of North Bradford, co. Salop, 1 mile N.W. of Drayton. LONGSTOCK, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Thorngate, co. Hants, 1 mile N. of Stockbridge, its post town, and 6 miles S. of Andover. It lies at the base of Longstock Hill, and is watered by the river Anton. The Andover canal passes through the parish. The land is chiefly arable. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 433, and the vica- rial for one of 315. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 285. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Mary. The charities amount to 15 per annum. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel, and there is a school, supported by resident families. The Rev. Sir J. B. Mill, Bart., is lord of the manor. LONGSTONE, a vil. in the par. of Colinton, co. Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 miles S.W. of Edinburgh. LONGSTONE ISLAND, one of the Staples or Fame Islands, co. Northumberland. It is about 1J mile in circumference, and has a lighthouse, erected in 1827, which may be seen for 13 miles. LONGSTONE MAGNA, a chplry. in the par. of Bakewcll, hund. of High Peak, co. Derby, 3 miles N.W. of Bakewell, its post town, and 12 W. of Chester- field. It is a station on the Buxtoii branch of the Mid- land railway. The tnshps. of Holme, Little Longstone, and a portion of Wardlow, are included in this chplry. Tho impropriation belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. The vicarial tithes of Great and Little Long- stone were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1810. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 180, in the gift of tho vicar of the parish. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Giles. It contains monuments of the Eyre family, carls of Newburgh. There is a school, with an endow- ment of 15. The other charities produce about 30 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor. Longstone Hall ia the principal residence. LONGSTONE PARVA, a tnshp. in the par. of Longstone Magna, as above, 3^ miles N.W. of Bake- well. It is situated in the vicinity of the river Wye, at tho base of some lofty hills. Divine service is per- formed in a room in which a Sunday-school is also held. LONGSTOW HUNDRED, one of the 19 subdivi- sions of co. Cambridge. It is situated in the western part of the co., and is bounded on the N. by tho hunds. of Chesterton and Papworth, on the E. and S. by the hund. of Wetherly, and on the W. by the co. of Huntingdon. It includes the pars, of Bourn, Caldecote, Caxton, Croxton, Eltisley, Great and Little Eversden, Gamlingay, Little Gransden, Hardwicke, St. George Hatlcy, Kingston, Longstow, and Toft, comprising an area of about 25,000 acres. H LONGSTOW, a par. in the hund. of the samo name, co. Cambridge. 2 miles S. of Caxton, its post town, and 12 S.W. of Cambridge. The village, which is small, is situated on the old North road. A hospital for poor sisters was founded here in the reign of Henry III. by AValter, then vicar of this parish. The tithes wore commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1798. Fossil remains abound in the neighbourhood, consisting of ammonites and bones of large extinct quadrupeds. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, valued in the king's books at 4 8s. id. The church is ancient. The register commences in 1558. The charities, arising partly from land and cot- tages, produce about 30 per annum, and are applied to repairs of the church and relief of the poor. Joseph Simpson, Esq. , is lord of the manor. LONGSTOW. See STOW, LONG, co. Hunts. LONG STREET, a tythg. in the par. of Enford, co. Wilts, 6 miles N. of Amesbury. The Avon flows through it. LONGTHORPE, a limit, and chplry. in the par. St. John the Baptist, lib. of Peterborough, co. North- ampton, 2 miles W. of Peterborough, its post town. It is situated on the river Nen, and the line of the North- ampton and Peterborough railway passes through it". The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Peterborough, vol. 80. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a very old stone edifice. LONG THORPE, a hmit, in the tnshp. of Ellerby and par. of Swine, in the East Riding of co. York, 6 miles N. of Hedon, and 7 N.E. of Hull. LONGTHWAITE, a tnshp. in the par. of Doncaster, N. div. of the wap. of Strafforth, West Riding co. York. LONGTON, a chplry. in the par. of Penwortham, huud. of Leyland, co. palatine of Lancaster, 4 miles S.W. of Preston, its post town. It is situated on the bank of the river Ribble. The village is a straggling place, about 2 miles in length, through -which the old road from Liverpool to Preston passes. The district for the most part is agricultural. There are malt-kilns and a brewery. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 148. The chapel is a brick structure of the last century. There is a free grammar school, open to all, having an endowment of 30. The other charities produce in all about 48 per annum. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. LONGTON WITH LANE END, a tnshp. and market town in the par. of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. div. of tho hund. of Pirehill, co. Stafford, 1 mile N.W. of Lane End, its post town, 4 miles S.E. of Newcastle-under- Lyme, and 14 N. of Stafford. It has stations on the Crew, Stoke, and Uttoxeter, and on the Silverdate, Stoke, and Longton branches of the North Staffordshire line. The tnshp. comprises an area of about 4 square miles, above half of which is pasture, and the remainder arable, or built over. It includes the hmlt. of Lane End, which is the postal name for the whole district. It is situated in the most southern part of the pottery district, and during the last century has risen from an obscure village to be one of the most nourishing places engaged in this branch of trade. Tho town contains a large number of exci'llent shops and private dwellings. It is well paved, has gi water supply, and is lighted with gas. There is a gi townhall, market, and court-house, situated at the upper end of Market-street, in which petty sc.-- held weekly on Wednesday, and the commissi"! paving, lighting, &c., meet on the first Monday in c'aoh month. It is a well-built structure. The police-offini is in the lower part of the building. The staple manu- factures of the place are china and earthenware, with malting and brewing establishments ; and in the m igh- bourhood are ironstone mines and collieries. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield. The church, dedi- cated to St. James the Less, was built in 1833, and is a stone edifice in the pointed style, with a tower. There are also two district churches, viz. St. John's an Edensor, both perpet. curs.* the former, val. 1 in the patron, of trustees, and the latter, val. 130, in