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Lainbarts Castle, Roman camp, Dorset, in W. of co., 4 miles NE. of Lyme Regis; is triple-trenched, and occupies 12 ac.
Lamhay Island (1¼ mile by 1 mile), in Irish Sea, Portraine par., co. Dublin, 3 miles SE. of Rush, 617 ac., pop. 61. The surface is hilly, the cliffs on the E. side rising to an alt. of 418 ft.; the rocks are chiefly of trap and porphyry. The island is the property of Lord Talbot de Malahide.
Lambclose House, seat, on W. border of Notts, 1¼ mile SE. of Langley Mill sta.
Lainhcote, hamlet, Eatington par., Warwickshire, 5¼ miles SW. of Kineton.
Lamhcroft, hamlet, Kelstern par., Lincolnshire, 5f miles NW. of Louth.
Lambden (or Laiuden), seat, in par. and 3¼ miles SE. of Greenlaw, Berwickshire, on Lambden Burn.
Lamheg, vil. with ry. sta., S. co. Antrim, and par., partly also in co. Down—par., 1571 ac., pop. 3332; vil., 2 miles NE. of Lisburn ; P.O.
Lainherhead Green, vil., in par. and 2¼ miles AV. of Wigan, SW. Lancashire.
Lamherhurst, par. and vil., partly in Kent but chiefly in Sussex—par., 5479 ac., pop. 1866; vil., 4 miles E. of Frant sta. and 6¼ miles SE. of Tunbridge Wells; P.O., T.O.; some brewing and brickmaking are carried on.
Lambert, seat, 2 miles S. of Craughwell, S. co. Galway.
Lainherton (or Lainerton), ancient par., now in Mordington par., SE. Berwickshire ; Lamberton Kirk, the remains of which stand near the coast, 3¼ miles NW. of Berwick upon Tweed, figured in the marriage- treaty of Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. of Eng- land, with James IV. of Scotland ; Lamberton toll-bar, near the church, was long, like Gretna Green, a place of runaway marriages.
Lamherton.—seat, 4 miles SE. of Maryborough, E. Queens co.—2. Lamherton, seat, near Arklow, S. co. Wicklow.
Lamheson, seat, near Truro, Cornwall.
Lamheth, pari. bor. and par., Surrey, on r. Thames, in SW. of London, 3942 ac., pop. 253,699. Lamheth Palace (1197) has for centuries been the official resi- dence of the Archbishops of Canterbury; the library contains records of the see dating from the 13th cen- tury. St Thomas Hospital is situated on the Thames, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Lambeth Bridge is 1040 ft. long, with 3 spans of 280 ft. each. The bor. returns 4 members to Parliament (4 divisions—viz., North, Kennington, Brixton, and Norwood, 1 member for each division); the old pari. bor. of Lamheth (which included parts of Camberwell and Lambeth pars, and the whole of Newington par.) returned 2 members until 1885.
Lamhhlll, vil., on Forth and Clyde Canal, N. Lan- arkshire, 2 miles N. of Glasgow.
Lamhholm, island, in Holm Sound, Holm par., Orkney, pop. 8.
Lauihley.—par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles NE. of Nottingham, 2170 ac., pop. 803; P.O.—2. Lamhley, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Northumberland, on river South Tyne, 4¼ miles S. of Haltwhistle, 3060 ac. (59 water), pop. 712 ; P.O., called Lamhley Station.
Lamhorn Hall, seat, 3 m. NE. of Rochford, Essex.
Lamhonrn.—town and par., Berks, on river Lam- bourn, 8 miles NW. of Hungerford par., 14,873 ac., pop. 2165; town, pop. 1576; P.O., T.O.; has a market cross 500 years old; in the neighbourhood are several cele- brated antiquities, notably, the White Horse, Wayland Smiths Cave, Uffington and Alfreds Camps, &c.; Lamhonrne Place is a seat.—2. Lamhonrn, hundred, in W. of Berks, 19,282 ac., pop. 2624; contains 2 pars.—
3. Lamhonrn, river, Berks; rises on SAV. border of co., and flows 16 miles SE. to the Kennet 1¼ mile below Newbury.
Lamhonrn Woodlands, 3 miles S. of Lambourn, Berks; P.O.
Lamhourne, par. and vil., Essex, 4 miles SE. of Epping, 2470 ac., pop. 856; in S. vicinity of vil. is the hamh>t of Lamhonrne End.
Lamhrigg, township, in par. and 5 miles NE. of Kendal, Westmorland, 1803 ac., pop. 168.
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