LECKONFIELD. 559 LEDBURY. church, consecrated in May, 1840, the living of which is a perpet. cur. This church, dedicated to SS. Philip and James, is situated near Cheltenham Park. There is a National school for both sexes. Leckhamptou Court, the principal residence, is an ancient mansion built in the xeign of Henry VII., but since modernised. The Kev. Charles Brandon Tryo, M.A., is lord of the manor. LECKONFIELD, a par. in the Hunslev-Beacon div. of the wap. of Harthill, East Hiding co. York, 3 miles N. of Beverjey, its post town, and 1 mile from the Arram Station on the North-Eastern railway. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the hmlt. of Arram. The stately castle of the Percy family, earls of Northumberland, which formerly stood hero, was taken down in 1600 to supply materials for repair of their castle at Wressel. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the vie.* of Scarborough, in the dioc. of York. The church, dedicated to St. Catherine, has a brick tower containing two bells. There is a school for both sexes, also a Sunday-school. Lord Leeoniield is lord of the manor and principal landowner. LECKPATRICK, a par. in the bar. of Lower Stra- bane, CO. Tyrone, prov. of .Ulster, Ireland, containing the vil. of Ballymagorry and part of its post town Strabane. It is 5 miles long by 2j broad. The river Foyle and the Strabane canal pass along the W. side of the parish. The surface is hilly, but the soil generally good. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Deny, val. 727, in the patron, of the bishop. The church was built in 1817 by aid of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are two Roman Catholic chapels, five Sunday, and several daily schools, also a Presby- terian meeting-house. Green Lodge, Farmhill, and Hollyhill, are tho principal residences. " LECKWTTH, or LLECHWYDD, a par. in the hund. of Dinas Powis, co. Glamorgan, 2 miles S.W. of Cardigan. Cardiff is its post town. It is a small village situated on the river Ely. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Tho living is a rect.* with Llandough and Cogan annexed, in the dioc. of Llandaff, joint val. 182. The church is a small ancient structure. LECEOFT, a par., partly in tho co. of Perth, and partly in the co. of Stirling, Scotland, 2 miles S.E. of Donne. It is situated on the river Forth, where the river Teith joins. It contains part of the parish of the Bridge of Allan. The par. is celebrated for the beauty of its scenery, and measures about 3 miles by 2. The surface, for the most part, consists of good carso land, and is well cultivated. The par. is in tho presb. of Dunblane, and synod of Perth and Stilling. Tho minister's stipend is 148. Tho church is a Gothic structure. In tho vicinity of the mansion of Kcir are a chain of forts or caers. Tho parish enjoys rc-idy access to the Scottish Central railway through the Bridge of Allan station. Stirling of Keir is the chief heritor. LEDAN, a river rising under Snowdon, co. Carnarvon, and joins tho Conway at Waterloo Bridge. LEDBURN, a hmlt. in the par. of Mentmore, hund. of Cottesloe, co. Bucks, 2 miles S.W. of Leighton-Buzzard. It is situated near tho North- Western railway and Grand Junction canal. The land is partly in common. LEDBUBY, a par., market town, and nominal ngh, in the hund. of Radio w, co. Hereford, 14 miles y S. of Hereford, and 120 W.N.W. of London by . It is a station on the West Midland railway. This place, which is situated in the eastern part of tho iy, at the southern extremity of the Malvern hills, name from the river Leadon, or Lcddon, which ..-.ects tho parish, which is of largo extent, contain- above 8,000 acres. It comprises the tnshps. of
- md Wellington Heath, as well as tho extinct
1 Lcdbury, which, in the reign of Edward I., members to parliament. Tho parish is further ito five parts, distinguished as tho Borough, -III .iffield, Mitchell and Netherton, Wall Hills,
- ^ton 1 Tenth; these four last divisions consti-
uf tho manor for which tho courts Icet and baron are held. The manor was given by Edwin tho Saxon to the bishops of Hereford, who had a palace here, and in the reign of Stephen, Bishop Bohun obtained a grant for holding fairs and a weekly market. The charter having becoma obsolete, was renewed by Queen Elizabeth in 1584, at which time Ledbury was cele- brated for its- silk and broadcloth manufactures, but these are now extinct. It is a polling-place for tho county elections, a petty sessions town, and nominal borough, the constables being elected annually at the courts leet and baron, held by the Earl Somers and others. The town stands on a declivity near the foot of Dog Hill, and on tho main road from Hereford to Tewkesbury. It is intersected by tho Gloucester and Hereford canal, and consists mainly of two streets running N. and S., crossed by several smaller streets. Many of the houses are very ancient, built of brick and timber, with projecting stories, but those which are of recent erection are constructed of red brick. It contains a timbered market-house, with projecting front, and built upon sixteen oaken pillars ; two banks ; savings- bank ; a literary institution ; St. Catherine's Hospital, founded in tho thirteenth century by Bishop Foliot, and rebuilt in 1822 from designs by Smirke ; tho union workhouse, a new building, capable of containing 150 persons ; police station, with magistrate's rooms at- tached, in New Street ; a dispensary, founded in 1824. The county conrt is held at the magistrates' office, and tho excise office at the Feathers Hotel. Tho streets arc lighted with gas and partially paved. In 1851 the town contained a population of 3,027, which had in- creased in 18(il to 3,203. The trade is chiefly connected with agriculture, consisting of malting, tanning, perry and cider making, and hop growing, which lasf is con- siderably on the increase. Some few persons are engaged in tho manufacture of ropes, lines, sacking, and gloves, but these sources of industry have recently much declined. There were formerly extensive lime- stone and grey marble quarries at Dog Hill, and in the vicinity extensive cider orchards. The living is a rect.* in tho dioc. of Hereford, val. 651, in tho patron, of tho bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, or, according to others, to St. Peter, is a commodious edifice, built in tho Norman, early English, and perpen- dicular styles of architecture, almost covered with ivy. It was made collegiate in 1401 by Bishop Trevenant, and has a detached bell tower, surmounted by a spire CO feet high, which has been twice struck by light- ning, but not injured. The tower contains a peal of eight bells, and a clock which chimes the 149th Psalm. Adjoining the N. side of the church is St. Catherine's chapel, in the decorated style, so named after Catherine Audley, tho hermit. The interior of tho church contains tho remnant of a carved screen, stalls, several brasses, an altar-piece after Reubens, four stained-glass windows, and numerous monuments, including effigies of a lady and E. Skynner, monuments of tho Biddulphs, and one to Anno Elter, who had seventeen children. There is also a district church at Wellington Heath, tho living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 100. The new church has a belfry and one bell. The Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans have each a place of worship. There are two endowed schools : Hall's school, with an endow- ment of 30, and King Edward VI.'s grammar school, which has an incomo from endowment of 3 11s. 3rf., with school-house attached, situated in Church Lane. The schoolhouso, with its income, has been transferred by an order of the Charity Commissioners to the educa- tion of an equal number of boys and girls at tho National schools. There are besides National and in- fant schools. The charities produce about 1,797 per annum, including tho school endowments, and 1,687, the magnificent endowment of St. Catherine's Hospital, mentioned above, which provides for 24 poor persons, nominated by the senior canon of Hereford, who is obliged to reside in a house adjoining the hospital for three months in tho year. Service is performed in tho chapel three times a week. The principal residences in tho vicinity are Eastnor Castle, tho seat of Bail
