LAVENHAM, or LANHAM, a market-town of England, county of Suffolk, on a branch of the Bret, 16 miles W.N.W. of Ipswich, and 62 miles from London. It consists of several streets, with a spacious market-place, having a stone cross in the centre. The parish church is a handsome edifice, with a spire 142 feet high, and having the timber ceiling and several of the pews richly carved. Lavenham was formerly noted for its manufacture of woollen cloth, which subsequently gave way to that of hemp goods, but now its manufactures are unimportant. Market-day, Tuesday. Pop. of parish (1851) 1811.