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Liverpool Street Station, London terminus of Great
Eastern Ry., £ mile NE. of St Paul’s.
Liversedge, township with ry. sta., Birstal par., E.
div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 6% miles SE. of Bradford,
2130 ac., pop. 12,757; P.O., T.O.; iron founding, machine-
making, wiremaking, and the mfrs. of cotton, woollen,
and worsted goods are largely carried on. Many fine
residences are in the township, which is a local govern-
ment district.
Hvcrton.—township and vil., Easington par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 6% miles E. of Guisbrough, 2454 ac.,
pop. 669 ; P.O., called Uverton Mines.—2. Llverton,
hamlet, Ilsington par., Devon, 7 miles NW. of Newton
Abbot.
Livesey, township, Blackburn par., NE. Lancashire,
mostly within the pari, limits of Blackburn, 2036 ac.,
pop. 6065; pop. of borough part, 4449; the seat of
Livesey Hall is 2 miles SAV. of Blackburn.
Livesome Bridge, bridge across the river Mole,
Surrey, 2% miles N. of Dorking sta.
/ Livet Water, Inveravon par., Banffshire; is formed
by the confluence of the Suie and Kymah, and flows 8
miles NW. through Glen Livet to the Avon at Drumin
5 miles SE. of Ballindalloch sta.
Livingstone, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Linlithgow-
shire—par., 5362 ac., pop. 1434 ; vil., on river Almond,
1% mile SE. of its ry. sta., which is 3 miles E. of Bath-
gate ; P.O.; has oilworks; to the E. of the vil. stood
an old peel-tower which was garrisoned by Edward I.;
the district gave the title of baron to the Livingstones,
Earls of Linlithgow.
Livisliy Honse, seat, in Glen Moriston, Inverness-
shire, 7 miles N. of Fort Augustus.
Llxnaw, hamlet with ry. sta., 7 miles SW. of Lis-
towel, N. co. Kerry, on river Brick ; P.O.
Lixton, hamlet, Aveton Gifford par., Devon, 3% miles
NAA7. of Kingsbridge.
Liza (or Lizza), The, river, Cumberland; rises be-
tween Hay Stacks and Great Gable mountains, and
flows 6 m. NAV. through Ennerdale to Ennerdale Water.
Lizard Point, or Tlie Lizard, headland, in SAV. of
Cornwall, 12 miles S. of Helston, forming the most
southerly promontory in England, alt. 186 ft. It is the
Promontorium Damnonium of Ptolemy; the modern
name is said to be a corruption of tbe Cornish Liazherd,
“a projecting headland.” The coast scenery here is
striking and romantic. On the cliff are 2 lighthouses,
each 61 ft. high, and with fixed light (Lizard) 230 ft.
above high water and seen 21 miles.
Lizard Town, vil., Cornwall, in S. of co., 1 mile NE.
of Lizard Head ; P.O., T.O., called The Lizard.
Llaingoch, 1 mile from Holyhead, Anglesey; P.O.
Llanaber,1 par., Merioneth, in AV. of co., on river
Maw, 12,679 ac. (760 water), pop. 2155; contains Bar-
mouth town.
Llanaelhaiarn, par. and vil., Carnarvonshire, in
SAV. of co.—par., 6698 ac. (220 water), pop. 1422; vil.,
6 miles N. of Pwllheli; P.O.
Llanafan (or Lianavan-y-Trawsgoed), par. and
vil., Cardiganshire, in N. of co., on river Ystwith, 9
miles SE. of Aberystwith, 2588 ac., pop. 628; P.O.,
called Llanavon; has extensive lead mines.
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Llan is a Welsh word signifying “an enclosure,” “a
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