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LYMINSTER. 734 LYNAS POINT AND COVE. institute. The coast-guard service has a station here, and petty sessions are held in the town. The principal employments are shipbuilding, and the various branches connected with the shipping trade, much being done in coal and timber. The manufacture of salt, which formerly produced an extensive trade, has greatly declined ; but to the S. of the town are still works for the preparation of the common salt for domestic pur- poses, as well as the medicinal article known as Epsom salts. There are three commercial banks, one for savings, and a townhall. A steamboat plies between Lymington and Cowes and Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie.* of Bol- dre, in the dioc. of Winchester. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket, is a brick and stone structure with a square embattled tower, and built at different periods. The parochial charities, including a school endowment, produce about 70 per annum. There are two chapels belonging to Dissenters and a National school. In the middle of the last century a large number of Roman coins were brought to light, and within a mile from the town is Buckland Eings, supposed to have been a Roman camp. The neighbourhood abounds with well-built mansions and villa residences, among the principal of which may be named Lymington House, Fairfield-grove House, and Priestlands. On a neck of land or bank to the S.W. of Lymington is Hurst Castle, a circular tower, strengthened by semi-circular bastions, erected by Henry VIII., and for several days in 1648 the prison of Charles I. after his removal from Carisbrooke. It is now used as a coast-guard station, and two lighthouses and a beacon are placed here for the direction of vessels navigating the coast. Saturday is market-day. Fairs are held on 12th and 13th May, and 2nd and 3rd October, for the sale of cheese, horses, and general live stock. LYMINSTER. See LEOMINSTEE, co. Hereford. LYMM, a par. in the hund. of Bucklow, co. palatine of Chester, o miles S.E. of Warrington, its post town, and 7 N.W. of Knutsford. The Manchester, Lymm, and Warrington section of the London and North- Western railway has a station here. It is situated in the vicinity of the river Mersey. The Bridgwater canal passes through the par., which includes tie hmlts. of Cliffe Lane and Heathley Heath. Fustian is, manufac- tured here. The tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 500. The living of the first mediety is a rect., val. 349 ; that of the second mediety is also a rect.,* val. with the cur. of Warburton annexed, 249, in the dioc. of Chester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, is a modern structure. There are some remains of the old church. The various charities amount to nearly 100 per annum. The Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, and there is a free school for boys, also a National school for both sexes. Near the church is an old stone cross, the base of which is cut out of the solid rock. Lymm Hall, Statham Lodge, and Oughtring- tou Hall are the principal seats. At Heathley Heath are many good residences, chiefly occupied by merchants of Warrington. LYMPNE, a par. partly within the lib. of Romney Marsh, but chiefly in the hund. of Street, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 3 miles W. of Hythe, its post town, and 7 S.E. of Ashford. The Westenhanger station on the Dover line of railway is about 1J mile N.E. of the village. It is situated within a short distance of the soa-coast, on the Ashford road and Royal Military canal. The par. includes the hmlt. of Court-at-Street, situated in Romney Marsh. The soil is partly loamy and partly rocky. The great military road called Slane Street ran hither from the Roman station Durovernum. The village, which is very ancient, is .supposed to he the Aimin of Ptolemy, and the Portus Limanus of the Romans, from its situation at the mouth of the ancient . river Limene, now the Rother, a branch of which ran below it. A nunnery was founded here in 633 by Ethelburga, daughter of King Ethelbert, which subse- quently became an abbey, but was given after the Danish invasion to the archbishops of Canterbury. In Domesday survey it is set down as Limes. Here are the ruins of Stutfall Castle, a place .of prodigious strength, built by the Romans, with walls of brick and flint inclosing a space of from ten to twelve acres. It was here that Elizabeth Barton, called the " Holy Maid of Kent," carried on her pretended miracles. A court used formerly to be held at Shepway Cross, in this parish, for the purpose of swearing in the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, styled the Leminarcha. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 468, and the vicarial for one of 239. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. with that of West Hythe annexed, 273, in the patron, of the Archdeacon of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Stephen, is an ancient structure with a Norman tower, standing on an elevated spot, and commanding an extensive view over the sea. The register commences in 1618. There are charities for the poor, chiefly derived from property bequeathed by John Finch, Esq., producing about 120 per annum. There are National schools. Numerous Roman remains, consisting of coins, pottery, &c., have been found in the vicinity of the castle. LYMPSHAM, a par. in the hund. of Brent, co. Somerset, 6 miles W. of Axbridge, and 6 S.E. of Weston-super-Mare, its post town. It is intersected by the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western line of railway, and the river Axe. The par. includes the hmlts. of Batch and Eastertown. It lies in a marsh, and consists chiefly of dairy farms, supplying cheese of excellent quality. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 491 15s. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 503. The church, dedi- cated to St. Christopher, is an ancient stone edifice with a very elegant tower restored by Charles I., and V contains a richly canopied stall appropriated to the! mitred abbots of Glastonbury, to whom the manor 1 formerly belonged. The register commences in 1737. The charities amount to about 4 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a parochial school. The rectory house is a specimen of Tudor architecture, surrounded by beautiful grounds. Mrs. Popham is lady of the manor. LYMPSTON, a par. in the hund. of East Budleigh, co. Devon, 2| miles N.W. of Exmouth, its post town, and 3 S.E. of Topsham. It is a station on the Exeter and Exmouth section of the London and South- Western railway. It lies on the eastern bank of the river Exe, and being near to arid easy of access from Exmouth, is much frequented in the summer season by visitors, for whom the locality has every accommodation. The in- habitants for the most part are engaged in the oyster fishery. The tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 263. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 267. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure with an embattled tower, and E. window of stained glass, and contains an altar-piece, the gift of a Mrs. Wyatt. The charities produce about 32, of which 8 are for the girls' free school. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school for boys. The rector, in virtue of his office, is lord of the manor. There are many good residences, the principal of which are Nutwell Court and Harefield House. LYNALLY, a par. in the bar. of Ballycowan, King's County, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles S.W. of Tullamore, its post town. It is 3J miles long by broad. The surface is flat and boggy. The road from Tullamore to Birr and Roscrea crosses the parish, aud the Grand canal traces part of the northern boundary. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Heath, forming part of the benefice of Fircal, the value of which ia 2,U01. The church was built in 1831 by aid of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Killina and Kilpatrick. There are two day-schools. LYNAS POINT and COVE, in the par. of Llan- elian, co. Anglesea, 2 miles E. of Amlweh. It is a pilot