Lithgow, New York

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Lithgow is a hamlet, in the northeastern part of the town of Washington, in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Located {{convert|4|mi|km}} west of Amenia on U.S. Route 44, it is approximately {{convert|75|mi|km}} north of New York City.

The hamlet was named for Linlithgow in Scotland.{{cite book|last1=Vasiliev|first1=Ren|title=From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames|date=2004|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815607984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaXnfBi6EhwC}}

St. Peter's Episcopal church

Actresses Rachel Kempson, Lynn Redgrave and Natasha Richardson are interred in Lithgow's St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery.[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221034927/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/family-friends-say-goodbye-to-redgrave-1.915947 "Family, friends say goodbye to Redgrave"],{{dead link|date=November 2022}} CBC News, May 8, 2010.

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Category:Hamlets in New York (state)

Category:Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area

Category:Hamlets in Dutchess County, New York

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