Lartington, township and vil. with ry. sta., Romald
Kirk par., North-Riding Yorkshire—township, 5436 ac.,
pop. 206; vil., 2 miles NW. of Barnard Castle; P.O.;
in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Lartington Hall.

Larton.—hamlet, West Kirby par., W. Cheshire, 6
miles W. of Birkenhead. See Newton cum Larton.—

2. Larton, Cheshire. See Larkton

Lasborough Park, seat, Weston Birt par., Glou-
cestershire, 5 miles W. of Tetbury. See Weston Birt
with Lasborough.

Lasham, par. and vil., Hants, 4 miles NW. of Alton,
1797 ac., pop. 201.

Lashiuere Pond, lakelet, Isle of Wight, at foot of
Bleak Down, 6 miles S. of Newport.

Lashy Sound, between Sanday island and Calf of
Eday island, Orkney ; has a rapid tidal current.

Laskill Pasture, township, in par. and 6 miles NW.
of Helmsley, North-Riding Yorkshire, 1589 ac., pop. 93.

Lassinghaiu, Norfolk. See Lessingham.

Lassington, par., in co. and 2 miles NW. of Glou-
cester, 535 ac., pop. 62.

Lassintullich, seat, 21? miles SE. of Kinloch-
Rannoch, NW. Perthshire.

Lassodie, mining vil., Beath par., Fife, 4 miles NE.
of Dunfermline, pop. 808; P.O.

Lasswade, small town and par. with ry. sta., Edin-
burghshire—par. (containing Loanhead and parts of
Bonnyrigg and Penicuik), 10,678 ac., pop. 8872; town,
on riverNorthEsk, 6 miles SE. of Edinburgh by road and
9| miles by rail, pop. 1232; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; the town
is connected by a stone bridge with Westmill, a suburb
in Cockpen par. Lasswade is picturesquely situated,
and is one of the summer resorts of the people of Edin-
burgh. It has paper mills, flour mills, and a carpet
factory. In front of the parish church is a Runic cross
to Dr Smith, of Lasswade, and his son, Colonel Smith,
the chief engineer officer at the siege of Delhi. In the
ruins of the old parish church, adjacent, are the bury-
ing-places of the Melville family and of the Drummonds
of Hawthornden. Sir Walter Scott lived at Lasswade
Cottage from 1798 to 1804. De Quincey resided many
years in the neighbourhood.

Last Sand, sandbank, off N. coast of Kent, 2£ miles
NE. of Reculver ; is 1£ mile long.

Lastingham, par., township, and vil., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 7 miles NW. of Pickering—par., 11,355 ac.,
pop. 1526; township, 417 ac., pop. 184; P.O.

Latchford.—township and ry. sta., Grappenhall
par., Cheshire, in SE. of bor. of Warrington, 790 ac.,
pop. 4282; P.O., T.O.—2. Latchford, hamlet, Great
Haseley par., Oxfordshire, 4 miles SW. of Thame.

Latchingdon with Snorcham, par., Essex, in NE.
of co., 4007 ac. and 209 tidal water and foreshore, pop.
549; contains Latchingdon, vil., 6 miles SE. of
Maldon; P.O., T.O.

Lathallan House, seat, Kilconquhar par., Fife, 2
miles NW. of Colinsburgh.

Latham, hamlet, Birstal par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 7k miles NE. of Huddersfield.

Latlibury, par. and vil., Bucks, in N. of co., on river
Ouse and Linford Canal, 5 miles NE. of Wolverton,
1394 ac. (25 water), pop. 121.

Latliel, hill-ridge, Westmorland, in NW. of co., on
W. side of Hawes Water.

Latheron, par. and fishing vil., S. Caithness—par.,
119,539 ac., pop. 6675; vil. (called also Latheronwheel
and Janetstown), at mouth of Latheronwheel Burn,
18 miles SW. of Wick and 19 miles NE. of Helmsdale;
P.O.; in vicinity is Latheronwheel House, Seat.

Lathkil Dale, picturesque place, Derbyshire, 2J
miles SW. of Bakewell; is traversed by the river
Lathkil, affluent of the Wye.

Lathockar, seat, Cameron par., Fife, 4| miles S. of
St Andrews.

Lathom, township and local government district,
Ormskirk par., N. Lancashire, on river Douglas and
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 4 miles NE. of Ormskirk,
8694 ac., pop. 4161. Lathom House, seat of Lord
Skelmersdale, occupies the site of the ancient house of
Lathom, defended by the Countess of Derby against
the Parliamentary forces.

Lathones, vil., Cameron par., Fife, 5J miles S. by W.
of St Andrews.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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