SW. of Tuxford ; P.O.—3. Laxton, township and vil.,
Howden par., East-Riding Yorkshire—township, 1119
ac?, pop, 238; vil., 3| miles SE. of Howden; P.O.
lay . See also Ley .

laycock, par. and vil., AVilts, on river Avon, 3 miles
SW. of Chippenham, 3639 ac., pop. 1171; P.O., T.o.
The seat called laycock Abbey was the residence of
AA^r. H. Fox Talbot (1800-1877), inventor of the “Talbo-
type;” the abbey was founded as an Angustinian nunnery
in 1232, and still retains many of its monastic features.

Layd, par., N. co. Antrim, on Red Bay, 20,066 ac.,
pop. 3310; contains Cushendall.

layd, Grange of, par., N. co. Antrim, adjacent to
Layd par., 5 m. W. of Cushendall, 7733 ac., pop. 221.
layer Breton, par. and vil., Essex, in NE. of co.,

6 miles SW. of Colchester, 962 ac., pop. 293; P.O.
layer Blarney, par. and vil., Essex, in NE. of co.,

7 miles SAY. of Colchester, 1995 ac., pop. 258.
layer de la Hay, par. and vil., Essex, in NE. of co.,

5 miles SW. of Colchester, 2594 ac., pop. 687; P.O.;
the par. contains layer Cross, hamlet.

lay ham, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Brett, 2
miles SE. of Hadleigh, 2488 ac., pop. 537 ; P.O.

Laymore, hamlet, in par. and 5 miles SW. of Crew-
kerne, Somerset.

laysters (or leysters), par. and vil., Herefordshire,
in W. of co., 5 m. NE. of Leominster, 1989 ac., pop. 238.
Laysthorp. See Newton, East, and Laysthorp.
layston, par., Herts, in NE. of co., mostly in town
of Buntingford, 2242 ac., pop. 1071.

Laytham, township, in par. and 2| miles E. of
Aughton, East-Riding Yorkshire, 1434 ac., pop. 68.
lay ton, Lancashire. See Layton with AVarbreck.
Layton, East, township, Stanwick and Melsonby
pars., North-Riding Yorkshire, 5v> miles N. of Rich-
mond, 1072 ac., pop. 156.

Layton, West, township, Gilling near Richmond
par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4J miles SE. of Greta
Bridge, 746 ac., pop. 76.

Layton (or Leyton) with Warbreck, coast township,
Bispham par., N. Lancashire, wholly within the bor. of
Blackpool, 2359 ac. and 761 foreshore, pop. 12,711.

Lay town, coast hamlet with ry. sta., 5 miles SE. of
Drogheda, E. co. Meath ; P.O.

Lazenby.—hamlet, AVilton par., North-Riding York-
shire, 5 miles SW. of Redcar.—2. Lazenby, township,
Northallerton par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river
Wiske, 3 miles N. of Northallerton, 829 ac., pop. 44.

Lazonby, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
Cumberland—par., 11,430 ac., pop. 995 ; township,
8378 ac., pop. 650; vil., on river Eden, 6 miles NAY.
of Langwathby sta. and 14 miles SE. of Carlisle ; P.O.

Le Hocq, ry. sta., 2 miles SE. of St Helier, Jersey,
Channel Islands.

Lea. See also Lee, and Leigh.

Lea.—river, Bedford, Herts, Essex, and Middlesex ;
rises near Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, flows SE.
through Herts, then S. along the boundary between
Essex and Middlesex to the Thames near Blackwall,
and is 46 miles long.—2. Lea, township, Backford par.,
Cheshire, on Ellesmere Canal, 3| miles NW. of Chester,
697 ac., pop. 68.-3. Lea, township, AVybunbury par.,
Cheshire, 5 miles SE. of Nantwich, 427 ac., pop. 70.—
4, Lea, vil., Ash over par., Derbyshire, 2J miles SE. of
Matlock; P.O.; in vicinity is Lea Hnrst, residence of
the Nightingale family. See Dethick and Lea.—5.
lea, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in S. of co., 4 miles
SE. of Ross, 702 ac., pop. 183; P.O.; the par. consists of
2 townships—Lower Lea, 170 ac., pop. 80 ; and Upper
Lea, 532 ac., pop. 103.—6. Lea, par. and ry. sta., Lin-
colnshire, 2£ miles SE. of Gainsborough, 2149 ac., pop.
186 ; P.O. ; contains the seat of Lea Hall.—7. Lea, par.
and vil., AYilts, 1?,- mile SE. of Malmesbury, 1845 ac.,
pop. 461; p.o.—8. Lea. See Lea, Ashton, &c.

Lea (or Ley), par., N. Queen’s co., on Grand Canal
and river Barrow, 18,488 ac., pop. 4838; contains
Portarlington and ruins of a castle built in 1260 and
destroyed by Cromwell’s army.

lea, Lower, and Lea, Upper, 2 townships, Lea par.,
Herefordshire, in S. of co.—Lower Lea, 170 ac., pop. 80;
Upper Lea, 532 ac., pop. 103.

Lea Bailey, township and vil., Newland par., Glou-
cestershire, 4 miles SE. of Monmouth, 54 ac., pop. 279.