a town in the hundred of Eyhorne, and lathe of Aylesford, in the county of Kent, forty-five miles from London and ten from Maidstone, situated at the source of the river Len. It had formerly a market, which has been long discontinued. The population amounted in 1801 to 1434, in 1811 to 1509, in 1821 to 1959, and in 1831 to 2197.
LENNEP, a city, the capital of a circle of the same name, in the Prussian government of Dusseldorf. It is the chief seat of the fine broad cloth manufacture, in which machinery has been much extended of late years. It contains 480 houses, and about 5000 inhabitants, who have much increased, from the state of the trade.