Lyndhurst, a Hampshire village, the capital of the New Forest, 9 miles SW. of Southampton. Its church (1863) is a brick Early English structure, with conspicuous spire, good stained glass, a monument by Flaxman, and a fresco by Leighton of the 'Ten Virgins.' Near it is the verderers' hall, with Rufus's stirrup. Pop. of parish, 1589.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 754
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