388 ; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Leighton Hall.—

6. Leighton, par. and vil., Shropshire, on river Severn,
3½ miles NW. of Much Wenlock, 2151 ac., pop. 298;
P.O!; in vicinity is the seat of Leighton Hall.

Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdon. See Leighton.

Leighton Buzzard, market town, par., and township
(ry. sta. Leighton), Bedfordshire, on river Ouse, 18 miles
SW. of Bedford and 41 miles NW. of London by rail—
par., 8911 ac., pop. 8278 ; town and township, 2426 ac.,
pop. 5991; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-
day, Tuesday. A bridge here stretches across the Ouse
to Bucks. The town is near the Grand Junction Canal
(navigable for vessels of 80 tons), and has an extensive
trade in timber, iron, corn, &c. Leighton House, seat
of the Baron de Rothschild, is in the neighbourhood.

Leighton Chapel, Cheshire. See Leighton.

Leighton Hall, seat, 3 miles NW. of Carnforth,
N. Lancashire.

Leighton cum Minshull Vernon, eccl. dist., Middle-
wich and Nantwich pars., Cheshire, pop. 591.

Lelghtonstone, hundred, Huntingdonshire, 53,598
ac., pop. 9215; contains 30 pars, and parts of 3 others.

Leinster, south-eastern province of Ireland; bounded
N. by Ulster, E. by the Irish Sea, SE. and S. by St
George’s Channel, and W. by Munster and Connaught;
greatest length, N. and S., 140 m. ; greatest breadth,
E. and W., 80 m.; area, 4,876,918 ac., or 23'4 per cent,
of the total area of Ireland; pop. 1,278,989 (or 4’5 per
cent, less than in 1871), of whom 85"6 per cent, are
Roman Catholics, 12‘3 Episcopalians, 0’9 Presbyterians,
and 0'6 Methodists. (For agricultural statistics, see Ap¬
pendix.) The province comprises 12 counties—Carlow,
Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, King’s co., Longford, Louth,
Meath, Queen’s co., Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow.
Leinster was anciently a kingdom, and was brought
within the English pale on the conquest of Ireland in
the reign of Henry II. It gives the title of Duke to
the family of Fitzgerald.

Leinster, Mount, highest summit of the Blackstairs
range, on border of cos. Carlow and Wexford, alt. 2610 ft.

Lcinthall Furls, eccl. dist., Aymestrey par., Here¬
fordshire, 6 miles SW. of Ludlow, pop. 129.

Leinthall Starkes, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in
N. of co., 6 miles SAY. of Ludlow, 990 ac., pop. 133.

Leintwardinc, vil., Herefordshire, in NE. of co.,
and par. and township, partly also in Shropshire—par.,
7855 ac., pop. 1609; township, 4252 ac., pop. 1218;
vil., at confluence of rivers Teme and Clun, 9 miles
AY. of Ludlow ; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank ; is much resorted to
by anglers.

Lelre, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 4 miles NW. of
Lutterworth, 828 ac., pop. 286 ; P.O.

Lelston, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 4 miles
E. of Saxmundham Junction, 4640 ac., pop. 2439 ; P.O.,
T.O. ; has extensive ironworks for the making of agri¬
cultural machinery and implements ; near the vil. are
the ruins of Leiston Abbey (13th century).

Leith, pari, burgh, seaport, and manufacturing town,
in Cramond, North Leith, St Cuthberts, and South
Leith pars., Edinburghshire, on S. side of Firth of
Forth, 4½ mile N. of centre of Edinburgh—pari, burgh,
pop. 58,196; town, pop. 59,485; 7 Banks, 3 news¬
papers. Market-day, Wednesday. Leith is divided by
the Water of Leith into two parts, called North Leith
and South Leith. It is connected with Edinburgh (of
which it is the port) by Leith AValk and other lines of
streets, and by railway and tramway. Leith is first
mentioned, in a charter of 1128, as Inverleith. It early
rose to commercial importance, but suffered repeatedly
by war. Leith is the chief seaport on the E. coast of
Scotland, and has a splendid roadstead and extensive
docks. (On the E. pier are two fixed lights, each seen
8 miles, and at the extremity of the W. pier is a fixed
light seen 10 miles.) It carries on a large foreign,
colonial, and coasting trade, and has regular steam
commnnication with London, Hull, Newcastle, Aber¬
deen, Orkney and Shetland, and the Baltic ports. In
1880 a line of cargo-carrying steamers began to run
to New York. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.)
The industrial establishments include shipbuilding-
yards, sawmills, flourmills, sugar refineries, engineering
works, breweries, distilleries, chemical works, &c. Leith
is the head of one of the 25 fishery districts of Scotland.