solemn still moonlight," he says, "I hope some began to think of working out their salvation with fear and trembling." Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire. -William Law, the author of the Serious Call, led here a life of seclusion yet of untiring benevolence. He was an earnest student of theology, an able, vigorous writer, a courteous controversialist, a striver after holiness, a sympathiser with all that is Christian everywhere, an enthusiast, and withal a wise and learned man. He died in 1761. King's Sutton, Northamptonshire. In the church here is a beautiful marble, by Bacon, representing the triumph of our Lord over death. It is a monument to the Freke family, and is distinguished by the excellence of the principal figure. Kingswood, near Bristol, GlouWhitefield began open-air preaching to the miners here on February 17th, 1739. cestershire. It was here that Richard Hill, sent by his father to stop young Rowland in his open-air preaching, found him addressing a crowd of colliers. He drew near and listened; the scene wrought upon his heart, and he wept as did those around him. Rowland perceived this, saw that his brother was gained, and at once gave out to his congregation that Richard Hill, Esquire, would preach to them on a day and place which he named. He persuaded his brother to obey this strange and sudden call. Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmore- land. Bickersteths. Edward Bickersteth, born here in 1786, was converted during his clerkship to a solicitor in London. He entered the ministry, and became secretary to the Church Missionary Society. By his incessant labours and writings he greatly promoted the spread of vital religion and piety throughout the kingdom. He died rector of Watton in 1850, leaving numerous relatives and successors who serve the Master in the same spirit. Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland. -The learned John Knewstubs, forty-five years minister at Cuckfield, in Suffolk, was born here. He endowed an exhibition in St. John's College, Cambridge, for scholars both of his native place and his Suffolk parish. He was one of the Puritan disputants at the Hampton Court conference, in 1603, and then knelt to the king, requesting that the use of the cross in baptism and of the surplice might not be compulsory in all cases. The king, however, was inexorable. Kirkhaugh, Northumberland. Castle Nook, in this parish, occupies the site of a Roman station, and two altars, one dedicated to Minerva and Hercules, have been found here. Kirkheaton, Yorkshire.-Good Mr. Richardson, the minister, ejected from this parish for nonconformity, was much beloved, and many flocked to attend his services. A neighbouring clergyman, whose parishioners used to go to hear Mr. Richardson, once complained to the latter that he drew away his flock. Richardson replied, "Feed them better, and they will not stray." Knightlow Cross, Warwick shire. At Martinmas, there are paid here quit rents of a penny each, called "wrath - penny," amounting to nine shillings. Formerly, payment was made by each person passing three times round the cross, and depositing the money in a hole in the same. L. applied himself to the revision of Tyndale's translation of the Bible, which he worked at diligently, until he edited the whole Bible in that Geneva version so dear to our Puritan forefathers. The Landulph, Cornwall. living of the Rev. Francis Vyvyan Iago Arundell, author of The Seven Churches of Asia Minor, which he was the first to rediscover and identify, while he was chaplain at Smyrna. was a good and learned man, given to the study of his Greek Testament, and content to rest quietly upon evangelical truth. He died about the year 1840. He Lanercost Abbey, Cumberland. Lakenheath, Suffolk.-Wesley says, "How surprising a providence has been over this little village. Forty years ago, a poor-This parish is crossed by the man lived here who walked with God, and was the means of awakening a few others. When these were nearly extinct, another came and awakened a few more." Madan then came and preached. This was in 1758. Roman Wall, and was an important station. Altars have been found dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Here also are the ruins of an Augustine priory, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, founded in 1169. Langham, Essex.-John Went, of this parish, was one of the seven faithful and godly martyrs burnt together at Smithfield under Bonner, in 1556. Langley Marsh, Buckinghamshire. The church here has an ancient library, given by Sir John Kidderminster for the use of the ministers of the parish and neighbourhood. It is contained in a curiously - decorated room, and contains about three hundred volumes, chiefly the Fathers and early divines. which runs the eastern approach to the town. It was an ancient chapel, but during the tragic and terrible transactions which followed Monmouth's rebellion, it was used as a place of execution. Afterwards it became a private residence. Lanthony, Herefordshire.-The remains of the abbey record the existence here of a priory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, founded by Hugh Lacy for canons regular of the order of St. Augustine. Lathbury, Bucks.-Margaret Andrews, the only child of Sir Henry Andrews, of this place, died at the age of fourteen. She was one of those rare beings who go through a whole course of spiritual experience at an early age. She possessed choice qualities of mind, and manifested a matured Christian character. The last verse of the ponderous Latin epitaph is— Wonder not, stranger, - In That wafted her deeply sanctified spirit To the realms on high. Depart, traveller! Ponder, and be wise. Launceston, Cornwall. 1655, George Fox, who had been arrested at St. Ives for preaching, and brought hither under a guard of soldiers, was arraigned before Judge Glynn, and remanded to prison on his refusal to uncover his head in court, or to pay the fine imposed for the breach of etiquette. He was thrust into a hole in the south gate of the Castle Green, and there visited during his six months' confinement by many persons, to whom he preached the gospel. When Wesley came here in 1751, a mob collected, raised a clamour to prevent him from being heard, and threw all kinds of missiles at the congregation. Lavenham, Suffolk.-W. Gurnall dates his preface from his parsonage here. The title of his once important and popular work is a small treatise in itself, "The Christian in Complete Armour, or treatise of the saint's war against the devil, wherein a discovery is made of that great enemy of God and His people, in his policies, power, seat of his empire, wickedness, and chief design he hath against the saints. A magazine opened from whence the Christian is furnished with spiritual arms for the battle, help't on with armour, and taught the use of his weapons, together with the happy issue of the whole war. By William Gurnall, M. A. of Emmanuel College," etc. 66 Laxfield, Suffolk.-John Noyes, of this place, a shoemaker, was burned to death here on September 22nd, 1557, for denying the doctrine of transubstantiation. At the stake he said, Good people, bear witness that I do believe to be saved by the merits and passion of Jesus Christ, and not by mine own deeds." Noyes, like most of his fellow-sufferers, showed how precious the Scriptures were to him by his large and apt quotations from them. This appears in an affecting letter written to his wife after his condemnation, at her request. Laycock, Wiltshire. Here Bishop Jewell preached his last sermon, when on a visitation. It was from this text, "Walk in the Spirit." He went from the pulpit to his bed, and died a few days afterwards. Layton Ecclesiæ, Huntingdonshire.—This was the first charge of George Herbert. When he came to the village in 1626, the church was in ruins, and no service had been held in it for twenty years. He occupied himself in restoring it, but was soon obliged by his delicate health to remove to Bemerton, which was thought to be a more healthy district. Lea-Hurst, Derbyshire. The beautiful Elizabethan house here must ever be dear to Englishmen as the home of Florence Nightingale. a Ledsham, Yorkshire. - The church contains celebrated monument to Lady Elizabeth Hastings. She left a code of directions to the incumbent, which is said to be still nailed up for reference. (See Ledstone.) - She died in 1739, aged fifty-seven, leaving a bright example of intelligent active Christianity. Leeds, Yorkshire.-The birthplace of the Milners. Isaac, the theologian, was appointed Dean of Carlisle in 1791; John, the antiquary, entered the Romish Church, and became Vicar Apostolic of the Midland district; Joseph, distinguished for his evangelical work, was elected head-master of the Hull Grammar School, and wrote the popular History of the Church of Christ. (See also Hull.) Leicester. The teaching of Wycliffe produced a good effect here. In 1393, in the reign of Richard II., at the visitation by Archbishop Courtney, eight of the inhabitants were accused of holding anti-Romish opinions, and of disseminating the same in the around. neighbourhood They were all excommunicated on the Ist of November, by bell, book, and candle. The town was laid under an interdict, and penances were adjudged to the offenders. They were required on the following Sunday in their own parish churches to fulfil the penance, divested of their outer garments, and bearing an image in one hand and a taper in the other. They were also ordered to stand in like manner in the full market-place for an hour, kneeling three times, and kissing the images. Ledstone, Yorkshire. Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of the Earl of Huntingdon, and the divine "Aspasia" of Addison, in the Tatler, passed most of her life here. She was a lady of unusual abilities, grace, and sweetness, and a devout close follower of Christ, for the extension of whose kingdom she longed and The abbey will be remembered worked. She took the utmost as the scene of the death of Carinterest in schools and univer- dinal Wolsey, on his journey sities, and expended her strength southward, thus described by and fortune in the advancement Shakespeare in his play of Henry of the cause of Christian learning. | VIII.: Where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still, and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight (which he himself Foretold should be his last, full of repentance, Continual meditation, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace. In June, 1556, a merchant's assistant, was burned here for heresy, in denying the doctrine of transubstantiation. Among the worthy men imprisoned here for nonconformity, in the reign of Charles II., was Mr. Samuel Statham, of Christ Church, Oxford, preacher at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, who was confined in Leicester gaol for two years and nine months. During this time he preached constantly to the prisoners, and two of them, who were under sentence of death, were converted by his means. He afterwards preached, though suffering impaired health, at Banbury, and died in 1685. In 1774, Thomas Robinson came here, and found the whole town in a godless condition. By faithful gospel preaching and a Christian example, he was instrumental in effecting a great change for the better. the Duchess of Suffolk, who, in Amongst others may be mentioned 1558, fled in disguise from the family house in the Barbican, and succeeded in escaping to a place of safety after many adventures. here as he was thus waiting. John Frith, the martyr, was taken Lever, Little, Lancashire.Dr. Thomas Lever was born here. He was ordained by Bishop Ridley, and was a most eloquent and popular preacher in the days of good King Edward VI. During the persecution under Queen Mary, he became minister to the English church at Aarau in Switzerland. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth he was made one of the court preachers, and master of Sherborne Hospital. He was a decided Puritan, and died in 1577., Lewes, Sussex. The first house of the Cluniac branch of the Benedictines was established here in 1077. The persecution under Queen Mary left its mark in this fair town. On the 6th of June, 1556, a carpenter and a farmer of Wood mancott, a farmer and a turner of burned together for avowing and Ardingley, and another, were maintaining Protestant doctrines. In the same month, Thomas Milles were also burned here for Whood, a minister, and Thomas similar offences. the scene of another of those On June 22nd, 1557, it was tragedies which have impressed themselves indelibly upon the mind and heart of England, the martyrdom of ten persons, five of each sex. Woodman, the leader, |