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LAYSTOFF

Volume 11 · 93 words · 1815 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 seal, by the former of which the inhabitants are exempted from serving on juries. Some take this to be the most eastern part of Britain.