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LUTON. 730 LYDBUEY, NOETH. Hyde,* and Stopsley, all perpet. ovirs., and a wooden church as chapel-of-ease to the parish church. The paro- chial endowments produce over 120 per annum. The Congregationalists, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each chapels, and the Society of Friends a meeting-house. There are National, British, and in- fant schools for boys and girls. Luton Hoo, once the seat of the Marquis of Bute, was destroyed by fire in 1844, but was rebuilt in a style of great magnificence by the present owner, J. Shaw Leigh, Esq., and is sur- rounded by an extensive park and pleasure-grounds. Here are remains of a tower, partly built by one of the Wenlocks in the reign of Edward IV. The Hyde and Stockwood are other residences. Monday is market day for corn and straw plait, and Saturday for provisions. Fail's for the sale of cattle are held on the third Mondays in April and October, and a statute fair for hiring servants on the Friday succeeding the third Monday in September. LUTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Broadhembury, co. Devon, 4 miles N.W. of Honiton. LUTTERWOKTH, a par. and market town in the hund. of Guthlaxton, co. Leicester, 8 miles N.E. of Eugby, 13 S. of Leicester, and 89 from London. The UUesthorpe station, on the Midland Counties railway, is about 3 miles N. W. from the town. It is situated in the vicinity of the old Eoman highway, "Watling Street, close upon the borders of Warwickshire. The parish is watered by the river Swift, a short distance from its confluence with the Avon. The Verdun, Sackville, Astley, and other families have successively held pos- session of the manor. Earl Denbigh, of Newnham Paddox, is the present owner. The town is for the most part paved and lighted with gas. About the middle of the High-street is situated the townhall, a modern brick edifice with stuccoed front supported with Ionic columns. In it petty sessions are held once a fortnight, on Thursday. The basement of the building is used as a market-place, and the hall for public meet- ings, concerts, &c. The town contains a branch bank, savings-bank, a mechanics' institute, and the workhouse for Lutterworth Poor-law Union ; also a police station. Polling for the southern division of the county takes place here. The local management is in the hands of town officers, termed masters, and of the magistrates for the county. A few manufactures are carried on, as ribbons and stockings ; but the district is chiefly agri- cultural. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peter- borough, val. 585, in the patron, of the crown. Tho church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a commodious edifice with a tower. It has been recently restored, and is chiefly remarkable as the scene of the labours of Wy- cliffe, who was for many years incumbent of this parish. His portrait, gown, and dining-table are preserved and exhibited to the curious ; also the communion-cloth which he used, and the beautifully carved oak pulpit in which he preached, and which still occupies its place in the church, where are also monuments of the Fielding family, one of whom is said to have painted Wycliffe's portrait. The Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. Bishop Eyder, formerly rector, founded a school for girls, and established a parochial library. Sherrier's school and almshouses have a revenue of about 260, and Poole's free school for boys, 79. Tho total amount of the parochial charities is about 640 per annum. The Hill was the site of a hospital founded in the early part of the 13th century, by Eoiso de Verdon, for a master and brethren, which afterwards became a seat of the Shuck- burgh family. Thursday is market day. Fairs are held on the Thursday after 19th February, 2nd April, Holy Thursday, 16th September, for live stock, cheese, &c., and on the Friday following the latter a statute fair for hiring servants ; also a fair for the sale of sheep and hiring on the Thursday succeeding Old Michaelmas Day. LUTTON, or LUDDINGTON-IN-THE-WOLD, a par. partly in the hund. of Willybrook, co. Northamp- ton, and partly in that of Normancross, co. Hunts, 5 miles E. of Oundle, its post town, and 6 S.W. of Yaxley It is a small agricultural place. The living is a reet. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. with that of Washingle annexed, 220. The church is dedicated to St. Peter Tho parochial charities produce about 11 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Earl Fitzwilliam is loi of the manor. LUTTON-BOUENE, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par of Long Button, co. Lincoln, 5 miles E. of Holbeach. It is situated on Lutton Sluice, which falls into the Wash. The village is a small agricultural place. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, in the patron, of the Vicar of Long Sutton. The church is an ancient edifice dedicated to St. Nicholas. Dr. Busby, the pedagogue, was born here in 1606. LUTTON, EAST and WEST, tnshps. in the par. < Weaverthorpe, East Hiding co. York, 9 miles N.W. i Great Driffield. LUXBOEOUGH, a par. in the hund. of Carhamp co. Somerset, 4 miles S.W. of Dunster, its post tofl and 8 W. of Williton, the nearest railway station on t West Somerset line. Here are iron mines and furnai for smelting the ore, which abounds near Brendou Hill. Limestone is quarried and converted into lime. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 141, and the vicarial for 115. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie.* of Cutcombe, in the dioc. of Bath and Wells. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small edifice with a tower. There are charities of abuut 2 per annum. The Dissenters have a chapel, and there is a parochial school for both sexes. On the neighbour- ing hills are several barrows. This is a meet for the Devon and Somerset hounds. LUXBOEOUGH, a hmlt. in the hund. of Waltham, co. Essex, 6 miles S.E. of Waltham Abbey. It is situ- ated on the river Eoding, near the borders of Epping Forest. LUXULION, or LUXULLIAN, a par. in the eastern div. of the hund. of Powder, co. Cornwall, 5 miles N.E. of St. Austell, its post town, and 6 S. of Bodrnin. Tin is obtained in small quantities. The neighbourhood abounds with granite and slate, which are extensively quarried. The higher grounds command views of the Channel and St. Blazey Bay. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of ,!. and the vicarial for 230. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 230. Tho church, dedicated to SS. Cyricus and Julieta, is an ancient stone edilice standing on. a lofty granite foundation, from which there is an extensive prospect. Tho records of the duchy were for some time preserved in the tower of the church, previous to the civil war of the reign of Charles I. The Wesleyaus and Bible Christians have places of worship, and there is a National school. Pri- deaux is the site of a castle said to have been built previous to the Norman conquest, and near the same spot are remains of an ancient camp. Fairs are held on 2nd July and 7th October. LYBSTEK, a quoad sacra par. in the par. of Latheron, co. Caithness, Scotland, 25 miles S. of Thurso. It is situated in a wild and hilly district watered by the rivers Berriedale and Langwell, and several small lakes which abound in salmon and trout. The prevailing stratum is limestone, which is broken into rocky cUffil along the coast. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture and fishing. The par. is in the prcsb. of Caithness, and in the patron, of the male communicants. The minister has a stipend of 100. The church is a modern edifice. The principal residence is Ly: House, the seat of Sinclair, who is chief heritor, in vicinity are remains of a liruidical circle and 1< of several ancient castles. LYD, a river of co. Devon, rises in Dartmoor Fo; and, after a course of 12 miles, joins the Tamar L' Lifton Park. LYDBUEY, NOETH, a par. in the hund. of Pars- low, co. Salop, 3 miles S.E. of Bishop's Castle, its ; town, and 8 S.W. of Church Stretton. Tho Craven Arms station, on the Shrewsbury and Hereford line of