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■avoBl moi« ohorobai. The inerMacd ohuroh aeeommodntian pro- 

 Tidad in Lced* htm been obtainad mamly by tb« rObrte of the Tioar, 

 Pr. Hook. Tba architeotura of aoma of tha new diurchea ii worthjf of 

 Dotiea. 8L Pater'*, tha parbb eharob, li a ipacioui cruciform adifioa 

 in tha daooiatad ityla, areotcd in 1840 from a deaign by Mr. ChantreiL 

 8t John'a, Holbadc, U an alaboratoly exaoutad azample of the early 

 Englidi atvla^ with a good groined root SL Andrew*! ia in the aama 

 atyla : bow are br Mr. Scott St. Lawrence's ia a strilung and vetT 

 lofty enieifonn chiirch in the decorated ttyle, 6tted up with rich 

 atained glaaa and carred wood-work. Holy Trinity, Meanwood, is a 

 vary highly finiahad structure in the early English style, built, without 

 regard to expeDse, at the coat of a single family. A new cburcli, in 

 Si. Matthew a district, was conaecratad in Aui^ust 1851 ; it is in the 

 decorated s^la. There an also in the borough 60 places of worship 

 for 8 sections of Methodii^ IS for Baptists, 1 1 for Independents, 3 for 

 Unitarians, S for Plymoutli Brethren, and 8 for Jews. A chapel for 

 English Presbyterians has been opened within the last three years. 

 The total number of sittings prorided at the date of the Census was 

 70,488. Two of the Weeleyan chapels are lai^ and hnndsome buQd- 

 in^ each containing 3000 sittings. The Independent chapel in East 

 ftnide is an elegant building, and one or two of the other chapels 

 belonging to tha aame body are large in size and costly in their 

 aeoommodataonsL The Unitarian chapel ou Mill Hill is a chaste 

 example of the perpendicular style. The Boman Catholic church of 

 St Ann is a 6ne building of the decorated style, with a spire 150 feet 

 high. In 1835 the Leeds Cemetery, with a neat chapel, was opened 

 on Woodhonse Moor ; and more recently two public burial grounds 

 have been proTided by rates ; a portion of each being left unconse- 

 cratad and set apart for Dissenters. 



Tha Leeds Free Qrammar school, founded in 1S52 by the Rev. W. 

 Sheafield, but enriched by subaequant benefactors, has a large school- 

 house erected in 1823, and an income of about 2000A It is free to all 

 boya nativea of Leeds, or sous of residents in the town. In 1851 

 theM wen 189 acholars. There are in the borough of Leeds 371 

 day-achoola, of which 76 are public day-achools with 18,176 scholars, 

 and 295 are prirato schools with 8658 scholars ; the total number of 

 Bcholats being 21,834. Of Sunday schools the number ia 147, with 

 28,761 scholars, of which 60 schools belong to Methodists, 46 to the 

 Batshlished Church, 14 to Independents, and 11 to Baptists. The 

 Industrial school opened in 1848 is a largo and very complete estab- 

 lishment situated at Burmantofta. The buildings form a capacious 

 and ornamental Elizabethan pile. The grounds cover 6 acres. Leeds 

 poiaeaacB an excellent library founded by Dr. Priestley in 1768. The 

 Literary and Philosophical Society is a superior institution, chiefly 

 supported by the manufscturers and professional men of the town. 

 It has a good museum. The number of members in 1851 was 219, 

 and of volumes in the library 800. The mechanics institution is one 

 of the most flourishing in the kingdom. It numbers about 1 900 mem- 

 bers, of whom 550 are artisans. It has a library of 8000 volumes, and 

 well-attended news-rooms, lecture-rooms, &a. Leeds is the head- 

 quarters of the Yorkshire Union of 120 institutes existing in the 

 county. A school of deaign haa beeu in operation for aeveral years. 

 There is a medical school in the town. Leeds poaaesaea a savings bank. 



Ckaritable InitittUitM, TrutU, Ac — The Leeds Infirmary, established 

 in 1767, now poaBeaaes accommodation for more than 150 in-patienta. 

 The Houae of Recovery, for the reception of persona attacked by 

 infectious fevers, may be considered as an appendage to the infirmary. 

 The other medinl clurities in Leeds are — the Dispensary, the Eye and 

 Ear Infirmary, and the Lying-in HospitaL 



In the hands of ' the Committee of Pious Uses' there are trusts for 

 the repair of highways in and near Leeds, a trust for the poor, which 

 is laid out in clothing, and distributed at Christmas, the estates of the 

 Free Qrammar school, and the property of aeveral other charitiea. 

 Harriaon'a Hoapital waa endowed in 1653. Jenkiuson's almshouses, 

 founded with money bequeathed in 1643, provide a residence for eight 

 poor and aged persona. There are several other important charitiea. 



Public BwUaingi. — The largest buildings in Leeds are the cloth- 

 halls. The Coloured-Cloth Hall was built in 1768; the White-Cloth 

 Hall in 1775. Previous to 1711 the cloth-market was held in an open 

 ■traek In the cloth-halls wooUen-cloths in their rough state are sold 

 br the cotmtry manufacturen to the merchants. The Coloured-Cloth 

 Hall is a quadrangular building 127) yards long and 66 yards broad ; 

 divided into six departments which are called atreeta. An additional 

 atory erected on the north aide of the. Coloured-Cloth Hall is used 

 chiefly for tha sale of ladiaa' cloths in their undyad state. The White- 

 Cloth Hall is nearly aa Urge aa the Coloured-Cloth Hall, and is built 

 CO the aama plan. The marketa for mixed and white cloths are held 

 c« Tuaaday and Saturday. The Commercial BuUdinga are used aa a 

 oommatvial news-room, for tha Leads bankruptcy court, and for 

 oBeaa of companiaa, lie. It ia a Oreeian buildmg of aomo architec- 

 toral beauty. Tha entire edifice ia of stone. The varioua marketa of 

 Laeda are exceedingly oommodioua. The Free Market occupies an 

 area of 9758 rqnars yarda; the Central Market is a spacious covered 

 building and is one of the principal ornaments of the town. It has a 

 bandaoma Grecian elevation, and coat 85,000/. The area is divided 

 into tluM walks, with alalia. The South Market ia nscd chiefly for 

 the laathar fair*. The Com Exchange ia a very handsome struo- 

 tonu Tba alavation ia Ionic ; between the columns ia a niche with 



a statue of Quaaa Anna. Tha cocu-iuArktt ia held every Tuesday, 

 batWMo the houta of eleven and one. The Court-house, under which are 

 tha priaon and poUc»«ffloa, waa completed in 1 81 3. In it the quarter 

 sessions and the pe^ aeauona for the borough and the Michad- 

 maa s u a s ions for the West Riding are held. A new Town-hall, which 

 promiaaa to be a very fine building, ia in oourae of erection in Pork- 

 place, and in front of it ia to be pUoad the noble bronia atatua br 

 Behnea of the lat« Sir Robert Peel (now atanding near the court- 

 houae), and alao the atatue of the late Edward Balnea, Eaq., M.P. for 

 the b<Hx>ugh. The Stock Exchange, completed in 1847, b an architec- 

 tural ornament to the town. A new county court oocupiea a aite nearly 

 adjoining tha Stock Exchange. The Leeda Club, established in 1850, 

 ranks in the s^le and character of ita arrangemanta with the cluba 

 of the metropolis. A chamber of commerce waa eataolished in June 

 1851. The borough jail was erected in 1847 at an expenae of 4S,000<. 

 Cavalry barracks, which with the parade-ground occupy above 11 acrea 

 of land, are just withiu the northern boundary of the township. Tha 

 building in which nre the public baths, haa a neat Ionic elevation. 

 The places of public amusement ore the theatre (a plain building), 

 the assembly-roomi!, and the music-hall, the latter of which is used 

 for various public purposes. 



The geuuiitl market is held ou Tuesday and Saturday. Faira are 

 held fortnightly for cattle ; and in July and November for general 

 purposes. Leather fairs are held eight times a year. 



About two miles from Leeds am the noble ruins of Kirkstall Abbey. 

 In the villsges and open spots around the town are many neat villas. 

 At Bramley Fell, on the line of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, about 

 3 milea from Leeds, are extensive quarries. Quarries of aandatona 

 are at Woodhouae, about a mile from Leeda. 



(CommuniecUion from Lttdt.) 



LEEK, Stafibrdshire, a market-town and the aeat of a Poor-Law 

 Union, in the parish of Leek, is pleasantly aituated on au eminence 

 above the river Chumet, in 53° 6' N. lat, 2° 1' W. long., distant 

 24 miles N. by E. from Stafford, 154 miles N.W. by N. frum London 

 by road, and 151J miles by the North-Western and Nortb-Stafibrd- 

 ahire railways. 'I'he population of the town of Leek iu 1S51 waa 

 8877. The living is a vicarage iu the archdeaconry of Stafford and 

 dioceae of Lichfield. Leek Poor-Law Union contains 19 parishes and 

 townships, with an area of 68,247 acres, and a population iu 1851 of 

 21,827. 



I.ieek contains several well-built and spacious streets, which are well 

 paved and lighted with gas. The town haa a good water supply. 

 The town-hall is a neat building. The parish church was erected in 

 11 SO, but has been considerably altered by repairs. It occupies an 

 elevated site, and has a square tower with eight pinnacles. In the 

 churchyard is a dilapidated ancient cross. Iu the town ore alao 

 St. Luke's church, erected in 1846, and places of worship for Wee- 

 leyan, Piimitivo, and Reform Methodists, Independents, Quokera, and 

 Roman Catholics. The Free Qrammar school, founded in 1723, has 

 a small endowment; in 1853 it lud 31 scholars. There nre two 

 National schools, two Infant schools, and a Roman Catholic schooL 

 Leek possesses a mechanics institute, a subscription library, a savings 

 bank, a penny bank connected with the mechanics institute, a dispen- 

 sary, and numerous parochial charities. A county court and petty 

 sessions are held in the town. The market-days are Wednesday and 

 Saturday ; twelve fairs are held in the coune of the year, three of 

 which are cheese fairs ; the othera are chiefly for cattle. The principal 

 source of employment in the town is the silk manufacture in ita aeveral 

 branches — sewing silk, buttoux, ribands, broad silk, &c. The Caldon 

 Canal passes about 2 miles S. from Lock ; a cut from it cornea near 

 to the town. Remains of Roman and Britiah antiquities have bean 

 found in the vicinity. A short distance from the town ore some 

 remains of a Cistercian abbey. 



LEEK. [AUKicu.] 



LEEUWAKDEN, the chief town of the Dutch province of Fries- 

 land, is situated iu 53° 12' N. lat, 5° 474' ^ long., and has about 

 21,000 inhabitants. It is surrounded with on earthen rampart and a 

 wide moat ; the broad straight streets are intersected by canals, tiie 

 banks of which, aa well aa the ramparts, are planted with treea, and 

 afford very pleasant promenades. The town, which is well built, has 

 manufacturaa of linen and paper, and bos a considerable trade, which 

 is much facilitated by canals communicating with the sea, and with 

 Dokkum, Fraueker, Haarlingan, and Qroningcn. The principal 

 buildings ore the town-hall, the palace of the princes of Orange, a 

 synagogue, and twelve churchex, the largest and iuuidaomeat of which 

 contains several monuments of the princes of the house of Orange. 



LEEWARD ISLANDa The British Leeward Islands, in the 

 West Indies, form a distinct government, which iucludea the islanda 

 of Antigua, St Christopher's, AnguUla, Montaerrat, the Vii^gin lalonds, 

 Nevis, and Dominica. 



LEKKOSIA. I Cyprus.] 



LEtTWICII. [CiiMHiRE.] 



LEOHOHN. [l.ivonso.] 



LEQNAOO. [Veroka.] 



LEQUAN ISLAND. [QnTASA, BRirisn.] 



LEICESTER, the chief town of Leicestershire, a msrkct-town, 

 municipal and parliamentary borough, nnd the aeat of a I'oor-Law 

 Union, ia situated on the right bank of the river Soar, iu 52° 38' 



