Linkhiil, hamlet, Hever par., Kent, 7k miles W. of
Tunbridge.

Linking Dale Head, eminence, Cumberland, at head
of Glencoin.

Linkinhorne, par. and vil., Cornwall, 4 miles NW.
of Callington and 8 miles S. of Launceston, 7894 ac.,
pop. 2300; P.O.

Linklet Bay, E. side of North Ronaldshay isl., Orkney.

Links Ness, headland, NVY. of Stronsay isl., Orkney.

Links Tor, Great and Little, 2 summits of Amicombe
Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, 3 miles N. of Lidford.

Links of Forth, the alluvial lands on the windings
of the river Forth from Stirling to Alloa. See Forth.

Linktown, burgh of regality, Abbotshall par., Fife;
forms part of Kirkcaldy : which see.

Linkwood Distillery, in co. and vicinity of Elgin.

Linlathen, seat, Monifieth par., Forfarshire, on
Dighty AYater, 2 miles N. of Broughty Ferry.

Linley, par. and ry. sta., Shropshire—par. (within
the municipal limits of Wenlock), 663 ac., pop. 83; the
sta. is 4 miles NW. of Bridgnorth; near the sta. is
Linley Hall, seat.

Linley Wood, seat, Staffordshire, on border of co., 1
mile AY. of Kidsgrove sta.

Linlithgow, pari, and royal burgh, par., and co.
town of Linlithgowshire, on S. side of Linlithgow Loch,
3 miles S. of Firth of Forth, 17k W. of Edinburgh,
and 396 NW. of London by rail — par., 11,450 ac.,
pop. 5619; royal burgh, pop. 3729; pari, burgh, police
burgh, and town, pop. 3913; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks.
Market-day, Friday. Linlithgow was a royal burgh,
with a royal castle and an endowed church, in the
reign of David I. Its chief antiquity is Linlithgow
Palace, the birthplace of James Y. and of Mary Queen
of Scots, and the finest ruin of its kind in Scotland. A
little S. of the palace is St Michael’s Church, a Gothic
building mainly of the 15th century. In 1570 the
Regent Murray was assassinated in the High Street by
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. The staple industries
are tanning and shoemaking, with some papermaking;
k mile SW. of town is Linlithgow Distillery; at NW.
corner of Linlithgow Loch is a trout hatchery. Lin-
lithgow is one of the Falkirk District of Parliamentary
Burghs, which returns 1 member.

Linlithgowshire (or West Lothian), maritime co.
in SE. of Scotland ; is bounded N. by Firth of Forth,
SE. by Edinburghshire, and AY. by Lanarkshire and
Stirlingshire ; greatest length, NE. and SW., 19 miles;
greatest breadth, E. and W., 14 miles ; area, 76,806
ac., pop. 43,510. The coast is low; the surface is
varied, but there are few hills of any height; the
chief rivers are the Avon on the AA⁷. and the Almond
on the E. border. Much of the soil is fertile, and
agriculture is in an advanced condition. (For agri-
cultural statistics, see Appendix.) Linlithgowshire is
one of the richest mineral counties in Scotland, coal,
shales, ironstone, freestone, limestone, &c., being very
abundant. Paraffin oil is largely manufactured at
Bathgate, Broxburn, and Uphall. The co. contains 12
pars, and 2 parts, the pari, and royal burghs of Lin-
lithgow (Falkirk Burghs) and Queensferry (Stirling
Burghs), and the police burghs of Armadale, Bathgate,
Borrowstounness, and Whitburn. It returns 1 member.

Linlithgow Bridge, vil., partly in Muiravonside
par., Stirlingshire, but chiefly in Linlithgow par., Lin-
lithgowshire, on river Avon, 1 mile AY. of Linlithgow,
pop. 479 ; P.O. The Avon is here crossed by a bridge
built about 1650. A little farther up the river is a
railway viaduct of 23 arches and 90 ft. high. Some of
the inhabitants find employment in the Loch Mill
paperworks. The battle of Linlithgow Bridge was
fought 1526, during the minority of James V.

Linmiil Burn, on border of Dalmeny and Abercorn
pars., Linlithgowshire; flows N. to the Firth of Forth
1 mile W. of Queensferry, and makes near Springfield
a cascade 75 ft. in leap.

Lmmon&h, coast township, Woodhorn par., North-
umberland, at mouth of river Line, 7 miles NE. of Mor-
peth, 342 ac. and 31 foreshore, pop. 12.

Linn . See Lin .

Linn Honse.—seat, in par. and SW. vicinity of
Cathcart, Renfrewshire, near the AYhite Cart.—2. Linn
House, Dairy, Ayrshire. See Lynn House.

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