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LAYSTOFF

Volume 11 · 93 words · 1810 Edition

or LOWESTOFF, a town of Suffolk 117 miles from London, seems to hang over the sea, and its chief business is fishing for cod in the North sea; and for herring, mackerel, and sprats, at home. The church is at some distance, but there is a chapel in the town. Having been a part of the ancient demesnes of the crown, this town has a charter and a feal, by the former of which the inhabitants are exempted from serving on juries. Some take this to be the most eastern part of Britain.