or Leamington Priory, a market. town and fashionable watering-place of England, county of Warwick, on the Leam, which is here crossed by two handsome stone bridges, about 2 miles E. of Warwick. In 1811 it had only 60 houses, and 543 inhabitants. It is now a favourite watering-place, and one of the handsomest and pleasantest towns in England. The surrounding country is highly picturesque, while Warwick Castle, Kenilworth, Stratford, &c., are at no great distance. The most elegant houses are mostly in the new town, on the N. side of the river. Among the finest of the public buildings are, the new pump-room and baths, the town-hall, the parish church, Trinity church, and the proprietary college, erected in 1847. The educational and benevolent institutions are numerous. Among the latter is the "Warneford Hospital," endowed by Dr. Warneford, for affording to the poor baths and medical advice gratis. The Jephson, Ranelagh, and Priory gardens form delightful promenades. The first is of considerable extent, and has a statue of the founder, Dr. Jephson. There are no manufactures of importance in the town, the inhabitants being chiefly dependent on the visitors that resort thither. The ordinary season is from May to October. The springs of Leamington are saline, sulphureous, and chalybeate. Pop. (1851) 15,692.