Kegworth, town, Lei. charter, school, church, 405. KESTEVEN Division,Lin. 751-808. Kidworth, village, Lei. encampment,
barrow, school, church, 439, 440. Kirkby-Hall, seat, Lei. 487. Kirkby, De Bp. memoirs of, 492. Kirby, Muxloe, chapelry, do. old mansion, ib.
KIRKHAM, small town, Lan. 117,118. Kirkland Hall, seat, 115. Kirkstead, village, Lin. abbey, me- moirs of Hugh Kirkstead, 708. Kirton, wapentake, Lin. 732-736. Kirton, village, Lin. 735; church, font, 736.
Knaith, village, Lin. 661; memoirs of Thomas Sutton, 662. Knaptoft, village, Lei. encampment,
Knowsley, seat, Lan. park, mansion, 228; singular inscription, 229; portraits and anecdotes of the first eight Earls of Derby, Margaret Countess of Richmond, and Char- lotte Countess of Derby, 229-234; pictures, 235.
Kyme, priory, Lin. anecdote of Sir Gilbert Talbois, 760.
LANCASHIRE, general deserip- tion, history, topography, and lo- cal beauties of, 5 to 312; ancient inhabitants, 5: conquest by the Romans, 7; Roman stations and roads, 7-9; divisions and subdivi- sions, 10; ecclesiastical history, 11; forests, 12; honour, 14; duchy, county palatine, 15, 16; soil, surface, 17; mineralogy, 18; rivers, 20-22; canals, 23-38; mosses, 38-42; agriculture, 42; horned cattle, 43; population, 45- 47; representation in parliament, castles, religions houses, 48; bridges, roads, 49, 50; bounda ries and dimensions, 51. Lancaster canal, description of, 30- 33.
LANCASTER, county town of Lan-
cashire, Roman History of, sta- tions, antiquities, coins, 51-54; Saxon history, 55, 56; castle, his- tory, description and dimensions of, $7-63; parish church, monuments,
65, 64; situation, public buildings, shambles, bridge, theatre, alms- houses, schools, 64-66; manufac- tures, trade, custom house, town- hall, 66; parliamentary represen- tation, corporation, 67; salt-marsh, ib,; inland navigation, aqueduct bridge. 68.
Lancaster, duchy of, grant, descent, &c. of, 15, 57, 130, 131. Langley Hall, seat, Lei. an ancient priory, 406.
Langoe wapentake, Lin. 755-757. Langton,district, Lei.440-448;compre- hending Church Langton, Memoirs of the Rev. Wm. Hanbury, 440- 446; West Langton, church, cha pels, 446, 447; memoirs of Walter de Langton, a native, 447, 448; East Langton, memoirs of Thomas Staveley, a native, 448. Langton, Walter de, memoirs of, 447, 448.
Langton, village, Lin. barrows, 714. family, anecdotes of, ib, Lathom-House, seat, Lau. 220; he- roic defence of by Charlotte coun- tess of Derby, 221; description of the house, 221, 222. Lathom, township, Lan. 223. Laund, priory, Lei. memoirs of Tho- mas Cromwell, 414; mansion, cha- pel, monument, 416.
Lawress wapentake, Lin. 656-660. LEICESTER, its Roman history,
names, 330; Roman antiquities, 332, 333; milliary, 333, 354; Jew- ry-wall, 335, 336; ancient bishop's see, 837, 338; history of the town, 338-342; Domesday records re- specting it, 339, castle, 340-342; Newark, buildings of, 342, 343; abbey, death of Cardinal Wolsey, 344; mint, series of coinage, 345; charters, 346, 347; parliamentary history, 347, 348; churches, St. Nicholas, 348; St. Mary, 349, 350; ancient hall, 351; All Saints church, 351, 352; St. Martin's, 352-358; curious parochial entries, 335; royal touching for the evil, 336; St. Margaret's, 358; chapels, gaols, 359; schools, 359, 360; hospitals, exchange, hotel, theatre, 360; New-walk, King Richard's bedstead, 361; stocking manufac- ture, origin, and extent of, 362- 364; Dr. Farmer, a native, 364. LEICESTERSHIRE, general de scription,
seription, history, topography, and local beauties of, 313 to 522; situ- ation, boundaries, 313; Roman roads and stations, 313-316; anci- ent lordships, townships, and cas- tles, with their founders, 317; ab- bies, priories, nunneries, with their respective founders, 318; hun- dreds, ecclesiastical divisions, 319; population, 320; rivers, 321, 322; canals, 322, 323; soil and natural characteristics, 323, 324; sheep and cattle, high prices of, 325; manufactures and produce, 326; Stilton cheese, process of making, 327; Charnwood forest and bills, 328, 329; extent of the county, 520.
Leeds and Liverpool canal, descrip-
LEIGH, town, Lan. vicarage, dairies, 240; manufactories, 241. Leven Sands, description of, 76, 77. Lever, Sir Ashton, anecdotes of, 286. Leverian Muscum, commencement, exhibition, and disposal of, 286. Leyland, hundred, Lan. 172-178. township, Lan. population, church, 178. LINCOLN, city, situation, suburbs,
etymology, 593; description of a Roman station, 594; Roman roads, and stations connected with it, 595, n.; Roman antiquities, 596- 602; historical account of themy, 602-613; diocess, 613, 614; bish- ops, 615-627; cathedral, 627- 641; its situation and beauty, 627; history, 628-630; dimensions, 630, 631; architecture, 631-635; mo- numents, 635-639; cloisters, chap- ter house, 639; library, officers, 640. Churches; St. Bennet's, 642; St. Mary de Wigford, St. Peter's at Gowts, 643, 644; St. Martin's, 644; parishes, population, trade, 644; privileges, representation, 645; corporation, 645, 646; cas- tle, 647, 648; mint wall, 648; Chequer gate, ib.; Lucy tower, St. Giles's hole, Priory, 649; Grey Friars, Deanry, vicar's college, 650; bishop's palace, 651; Johu of Gaunt's palace, Jew's house, 652; Stonebow gateway, High bridge, market-house, grammar schools, Blue-coat school, 653; county hospital, house of industry, county gaol, 654; city gaol, as-
sembly room, theatre, 655; Dr. Willis, a native, 655, 656. Lincoin cathedral, its situation and beauty, 627; history and succes- sive improvements, 628-630 ; parts and dimensions, 630, 631; archi tecture, 631-635; western front, 631; transept and choir, 632; nave and central tower, 633; win- dows, chapels, 634; riches, 635; monuments, 635-639; cloisters, chapter-house, 639; library, Ro- man urn, officers, 640.
diocess of, 613, 614.
-, bishops of, chronological account of, 615-627. LINCOLNSHIRE, general descrip-
tion, history, topography, and lo- cal beauties of, 523 to 808; an- cient inhabitants and limits, 524; Roman roads and stations, 524, 525; Car-dyke, Roman canal, 526; Anglo-Saxon history, 527,532; Danish incursions and barbari- ties, 529-531; improvements un- der Alfred, 531; lords and manors, 532; encampments and castles, 533; diocess and see, 533, 534, 613-627; archdeaconries, deane- ries, and parishes, 535; monaste- ries and hospitals, 536-538; eccle- siastical architecture, 539-542; seats, 542-545; geographical fea- tures, natural characteristics, and agricultural practices, 545-556; horses, neat cattle, 549; sheep, 550; rabbits, 551, 552; geese. 553; feus, rivers, draining, &c, 556-588; political charaéter, 588; wapentakes, hundreds, population, 589, 590; maintenance of the poor,
Lindley-hall, seat, Lei. 482; William and Robert Burton, natives, 482- 484.
LINDSEY, a division of Lincoln- shire, 592-724.
Lilly, William, anecdotes of, 402-404. LIVERPOOL, town, Lan. rapid ad-
vance of, 179, 180; observations on etymology, 180; ancient his- tory, 181, 183; charters, 182, 184; acts of parliament, 185, 186; cor- porate government, 187; causes of the present prosperity of the town, 188; docks, 189; dimen- sions, 190; comparison with those of London, ib.; officers, regula, tions, &c. 190-192; dock duties, 3G4 progressive
progressive increase of, 192; cur- rent expenditure, 193; table of the quantity and qualities of mer- chandize imported, 194; list of ships entered inwards and cleared outwards, 195; commerce of Bris- tor and Liverpool compared, and the peculiar local advantages of each port, 196: observation on the slave trade, 197, 198; table of the progressive increase of the slave trade in the last century, 199; public structures, 199-208; Liverpool exchange, 200; town- hall, 201; corn-exchange, custom- house, 202; churches-St. Nicho- las, St. Peter, 202; St. George, St. Thomas, 203; St. Paul, St. Ann, St. John, Trinity, 204; Christ, St. Mark, Welsh and Scotsh, 205; Blue-coat hospital, infirmary, 206; poor-house, la- dies charity, theatre, 206; Athe- næum, Lyceum, news-rooms, mu- sic-hall, assembly-rooms, botanic- garden, 207, 208; boundaries and extent of borough, streets, build- ings, 208; population, 209; in- come and debts of the corporation, parliamentary representation, 210; military history, ib.; town besieg- ed in civil war, 211; situation of Liverpool, extent and boundaries of the town and suburbs, 212; eminent natives, ib. Lockington Hall, seat, Lei. 405. Lodington, village, Lei. 416. Lodington Hall, seat, ditto, 416;
wells, Roman remains, 417. Lonsdale, hundred, Lan, 51- 105.
Lose-Coat Field, battle of, 611. Lostock Hall, ancient seat, Lan. 298.
LOUGHBOROUGH, large town, Lei. 371; court-chamber, manufactures, canal,372; peculiar disease, schools, church, chapels, 373; Dr. Richard Pulteney, a native, 520, 521. LOUTH, town, Lin, situation, scenery, 695; religious houses, free-schools, 696; churches, St. James's, archi- tecture, date of building, costs, dimensions, 696-698; vicarage- house, hermitage, St. Mary's church, 698; meetings, charters, town-hall, assembly-room, theatre, manufactories, 699; canal, remark- able springs, 709.
Louth Park Abbey, its foundation, &c. 701.
Louth Eske wapentake, Lin. 695- 703.
Lovedou wapentake, Lin. 761-763. Loyne, or Lune, river, Lan. 20. Lubbenham, village, encampment, 448, 449.
Ludborough wapentake, Lin. 692. Ludford, village, Lin. 703. LUTTERWORTH, town, Lei. peculiar ancient vassalage, 466; cotton- manufacture, 467; hospital, church, John Wickliffe, 468.
Makerel, Dr. or Captain Cobler, anecdots of, 657, 695. Malkin Tower, Lan. 134. MANCHESTER, town, Lan. proofs of a Roman station at, 251; view of the present state of the town, ib.; ancient history, and antiquities, 252; inscriptions, and observation on, 253, 254; Roman roads, ib.; Roman summer camp, described- by Mr. Whitaker, 254-256; histo- ry of the town under the Saxous and Normans, charters, 256; suc-- cessive barons, 256, 257; college founded, its establishment and en- dowments, 257, 258; wardens who obtained the episcopal honour, 259, n.; Bishop Oldham's gram- mar-school, its endowment, &c.260; college buildings, 260; books, 261; Humphrey Chetham, school found- ed by him, 261-263, n.; collegiate church described, its monuments and ornaments, 262-264; military history of the town, pestilences, acts of parliament for building churches, and for other improve- ments, 265, 266; public buildings: infirmary, dispensary, lunatic hos- pital, asylum, poor-house, sunday- schools, 266; public baths, lying- in hospital, house of recovery, strangers' friend society, borough- reeve's charity, 267; literary and philosophical society, philological society, circulating libraries, por- tico, 268; agricultural society, re- pository, theatre, assembly rooms, 269; concert-rooms, new bailey prison, barracks, 270; civil go- vernment, sessions, courts, 270, 271; manufactures, 272, 273; rise
and progress of cotton manufac- tures, 274; machines for spining, 275; persons employed, 276; in- vention of, and successive improve- ments in, spining engines, 277, 278; Sir Richard Arkwright's ma- chines, their great effect, and ex- tensive adoption, 278; his patent contested, the trade laid open, 279; beneficial consequences, 280; mode of carding and roaving cot- ton, 281; abridgement of labour in, and the magnitude of, cotton manufactures, 282; Manchester commercial building, population, 283; eminent natives, 284. Mancunium, a Roman station,
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury canal, description of, 35.
Manley, wapentake, Lin. 675-680. Markland, Jeremiah, anecdotes of, 239.
Marlborough, Sarah, duchess of, 702. Martin-Meer, Lan. mode of draining, &c. 224, 225.
Meadows, seat, Lan. 238.
Medbourn, village, Lei. Roman sta- tion, pavement, 450.
Melton, De, Abp. memoirs of, 494. MELTON MOWBRAY, town, Leí. 490;
ancient and recent possessors of the lordship, 491; battle at, trades- men's tokens, manor oven, 492; church, 492, 493; schools, 494; eminent natives, viz. Bp. de Kirk- by, Abp. De Melton, 494; Orator Henley, 494-498.
Milliary, or Roman mile-stone, in- scriptions on, 333-335.
Mint, at Leicester,
coinage at, 345.
Misterton Hall, seat, Lei. 469. MIDDLETON, town, Lan. church, school, 290, 291.
Mitton, Little, hamlet, Lan. manor- house, sculptures, 164. Mitton, Great, village, Lan. church, monuments, singular inscription, 165, 166.
Monasteries, &c. in Lincolnshire:
name, order, date of foundatioon, grantees, and situation of, 536- 538.
MONUMENTS and TOMBS: of Bi-
shop Remigius, Bishop Bloet, 636; Catherine Duchess of Lancaster, Joan Countess of Westmoreland,
Elinor, Queen of Edward I. 637; Batholomew Lord Burghersh, 638; John Lord Welles, 639; Sir Tho mas Grantham, 644; Lady Mar- garet Wylughby, 722; Sir John Lockton, 754; Carr family, 759; Chief Baron Bury, Chief Justice Ryder, William Cust, 769; of the Bertie family, 781; Richard Cecil; Earl and Countess of Exeter, 806; of the Huntingdon family, 376; Henry Lord Grey, 396; Sir William Skipwith, 417; Kenelme Digby, Esq. and lady, 438, 439; Sir Ar- thur Hesilrige and two wives, Sir Thomas Hesilrige and wife, 453; Sir Richard Halford, 458; first Earl of Harborough, 499; William' Lord Sherrard, 500; first eight Earls of Rutland, 501-534. Monson family, anecdotes of, 657, 658. Morecambe-bay, 71.
Morleyes Hall, ancient seat, Lau. remains of, 242, n.
Moor Tower, Lin. 708. MOUNTSORELL, town, Lei. 365; castle, ancient history of, 365, 366; Charley-forest stones, 367; cross, chapels, ib.
Mule, a machine so called, 282. Muslins, first made in England in 1781, 280.
Myerscough, forest, Lan. 13. Myerscough House, seat, Lan. 115.
Naseby, battle of, 428-431. Ness Wapentake, Lin. 791-808. Newark, in Leicester, buildings of, 342, 343.
NEWTON, Small town, Lan. situation of, 242; ancient lords of, parlia- mentary representation, subterra- neous passages, battle at, 243. Nocton Park, seat, Lin. priory, 756. Norton, village, Lei. church, 451. Norton Disney, village, Lin. church, inscriptions, 754.
Norton Place, seat, Lin. 670. Noseley, village, Lei. hall, portraits, pictures, 452; church and monu- ments, 452, 453.
NUNNERY, Grace-dieu, Lei. 377. NUNNERIES, at Torksey, 661; at Heynings, 675.
Oadby, village, Lei. 469. OLDHAM, small town, Lan. 289. Ormerod House, seat, Lan. 148. ORMSKIRK,town,Lan. manufactures, church, monuments, 218, 219. Osbaston Hall, seat, Lei. 488. Oswald, king of Northumberland, place of the death of, 244; opinion of Camden and others refuted, ib. Quston, village, Lei. abbey, 454. Overborough, village, Lan. the Ro- man Bremetonacae, proofs of its having been a Roman station, en- ; campments, pavements, altar,
roads, 101, 102. Oxford Hall, seat, Lan. anecdotes of John Blackburne, Esq. 248.
Papillon Hall, seat, Lei. 449, 450. Pendle Hill, Lan. peculiar soils of, 133, 134.
Penwortham, priory, Lan. 113. Percival, Dr. anecdotes of, 249. Pickwell, village, Lei. Rev. William
Cave, a native, 454. PICTURES: at Staunton Harold, 382; at Donnington Park, 400, 401 ; at Skeffington Hall, 420; at Nose- ley, 452; at Gopsal Hall, 485, 486; at Belvoir Castle, 515, 518; at Holker Hall, 75, 76; at Ashton Hall, 104; at Adlington Hall, 176; at Knowsley, 229-255; at Ince Blundel, 312.
Pilling-moss, Lan. phenomenon at,
Pinchbeck, village, Lin. mansion, coin, 744.
Plate glass, manufactory of, 227. Ponton, Great and Little, villages, Lin. church, 778.
POOR of Leicestershire, number of, maintenance of, and expenditure on account of, 518-520. PORTRAITS: Duchess of Cleveland, Admiral Penn, Sir Jaines Lowther, Thomas Wriothesly Earl of South- ampton, 75; Vandyck, Lord Rich- ard Cavendish, Sir Thomas Riston, 76; Duke of Hamilton and family, 104; Lord Widdrington, 145;
Jean de Paresa, Edward Parker, Esq. 170; Archbishop Laud, Nell Gwyn 176; Margaret Countess of Richmond, 230; Charlotte Countess of Derby, 234; first eight Earls of Derby, 229-234; Sir Robert Shirley, King Charles II. King Charles's beauties, Mr. Burdett, 882; James I. and his Queen, 395; King Edward IV. Duke of Clarence, 399; Cardinal Pole, Duke of Suffolk, Earl of Leicester, Jane Shore, Duchess of Hainault, nine Earls of Hunting- don, Henry Lord Loughborough, Dr. Harvey, Sir Daniel Hinsius, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir John Char- din, Sir Godfrey Kneller, W. Prynne, Alexander Pope, Edmund Waller, Samuel Butler, Duke of Berwick, Robert Boyle, Dean Swift, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Der- by, Earl of Warwick, Earl of Leicester, 400; Jane Shore, Sir Christopher Packe, Sir Gervas Clifton, Sir James Houblon, 417; Earl of Holland, Pope Paul III. Charles II. General Monck, Charles I. Henry VIII. James I. William III. Queen Anne, 420; Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 434; Peter the Great, Sir Arthur Hesilrige, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Holland, King Charles I. and his Queen, Oliver Cromwell, 452; Charles I. and II. 457; Handel, 485; John Marquis of Granby, 516; Earl of Mansfield, Lord Ro- bert Manners, Sir Josua Rey- nolds, General Oglethorpe, Earls of Chatham, Kitty Fisher, Dukes of Rutland, Henry VIII. Lord Chaworth, Sir Isaac Newton. Duke of Monmouth, Charles I. Lord George Cavendish, 517; Sir Thomas Heneage, 704; Sir Ro- bert Cecil, Sir C. Turner, 705. POULTON, Small town, Lan. 116. PRESCOT, town, Lan. situation of, collieries, manufactories, 226. PRESTON, borough town, Lan, situa- tion, 106; representation, corpora- tion, 107; church, chapels, mili- tary history, rebellion, 108; cere- monial of the guild-merchant, 109- 111; buildings, markets, town. hall, 112.
Prestwich, parish, Lan. 288.
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