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Rochdale, of which town it is practically a suburb.
Littleborough is a local government district. — 2.
Llttleborough, par., Notts, on river Trent, 8-g miles
NE. of East Retford, 290 ac., pop. 64; was at one time
a place of some importance ; numerous coins and other
antiquities have been found.

Littlebonrn, par. and vil., Kent, 4 miles E. of Can-
terbury, 2152 ac., pop. 757;
P.O., t.o.

Littlebredy, par., Dorset, 6| miles SW. of Dor-
chester, 1636 ac., pop. 193 ; P.O., called Little Bredy.

Llttlebrldge, 2 m. from Coagh, N. co. Tyrone; P.O.

Llttlebury, par. and vil., Essex, in NW. of co., on
river Cam, 2 miles AV. of Saffron Walden, 3537 ac.,
pop. 795; P.O. ; AVilliam Winstanley (d. 1703), builder
of the first Eddystone Lighthouse, was a native; 1| mile
SAV. of vil. is the hamlet of Littlclmry Green.

Llttlecole, hamlet, Stewkley par., Bucks, 4 miles
SE. of Winslow.

Llttlecott, hamlet, Lyneham par., Wilts, 4| miles
SW. of Wootton Bassett.

Llttlecott House, seat, Enford par., Wilts, on river
Kennet, 3| miles NW. of Hungerford.

Llttledale, eccl. dist., Lancaster par., N. Lancashire,
6 miles NE. of Lancaster, pop. 87. See
Caton with
Littledale.

Littlcdean, Gloucestershire. See Dean, Little.

Lfttlcdean Tower, ruined fortalice, on the Tweed,
Roxburghshire, in par. and lg mile NE. of Maxton.

Littlefield, hundred, Aylesford lathe, Kent, 4621
ac., pop. 1195; contains 2 pars.

Littleham near Bideford, par. and vil., Devon, on
river Yeo, 2 miles S. of Bideford, 1250 ac., pop. 308.

Littleham near Exmonth, par. and vil., Devon—
par. (partly in Exmouth town), 3651 ac., pop. 4069 ; pop.
of town part, 3759 ; the vil. is 2 miles E. of Exmouth.

Littlchampton, coast town and par. with ry. sta.,
Sussex, 8 m. NE. of Bognor, 18 m. W. of Brighton,
and 63 m. SW. of London, 925 ac. and 129 fore-
shore, pop. 3926; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper.
Littlehampton is the port for Arundel, and has a
spacious harbour capable of accommodating vessels of
considerable size. (For shipping statistics, see Ap-
pendix.) The town has become much frequented as a
watering-place, its bathing ground being unsurpassed
for comfort and safety.

Littleheath, hamlet, Foleshill par., AVarwickshire,
2 miles NE. of Coventry.

Littlehempston, 2 miles NE. of Totnes, Devon; P.O.
See
Hempston, Little.    =

Llttlcmlll.—place with school, Coylton par., Ayr-
shire, 4| miles E. of Hollybush sta.—2. Llttlcmlll,
vil., Old Kilpatrick par., Dumbartonshire, on the
Clyde, adjacent to Bowling ; here is Llttlcmlll
Distillery.

Llttlcmoor, hamlet, Glossop par., Derbyshire, near
Glossop sta.

Llttlemore.—vil. with ry. sta., Iffley par., and town-
ship, partly also in Oxford St Mary par., Oxfordshire
—township, pop. 1253 ; vil., 2g m. SE. of Oxford; P.O.
—2. Llttlemore, hamlet, Broadway par., Dorset, 4 m.
NW. of Weymouth.

Littleovcr, township and vil., Mickleover par., Derby-
shire—township (partly in the mun. limits of Derby),
1463 ac., pop. 776; vil., 2 miles SW. of Derby ;
P.O.

Llttleport, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Cambridge-
shire, in E. of co.—par., 16,136 ac., pop. 3532 ; vil., on
river Old Croft, 5 miles NE. of Ely ; P.O., T.O.

Littlesampford, in N. of Essex, 10 miles NW. of
Braintree; P.O. See
Sampford, Little.

Llttlestone, ry. sta., Kent. See New Romney.

Littlethorpe.—hamlet, Cosby and Narborough pars.,
Leicestershire, on river Soar, 54 miles SW. of Leicester.
—2. Littlethorpe, vil., in par. and 14 mile SE. of
Ripon, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire; has brick and
tile making.

Littleton.—township and vil., Christleton par., in
co. and 2 miles E. of Chester, 274 ac., pop. 106; on
an eminence, overlooking Chester, stands the seat of
Littleton llall.—2. Littleton, par., Hants, 3g miles
NW. of AVinchester, 1302 ac., pop. 194.—3. Littleton,
par., Middlesex, in SW. of co., 3 miles SE. of Staines,
1038 ac., pop. 126 ; P.O. ; contains the seat of Littleton
House. — 4. Littleton, hamlet, Compton Dundon
par., Somerset, 14 mile N. of Somerton.—5. Littleton,
hamlet, Wellow par., Somerset, 34 miles E. of Bath.—



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