LNB Bancorp, Inc.

                           Exhibit to Form 10 - K/A

                 (for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002)

                        S - K Reference Number (23.1)

           Consent of Independent Accountants with respect to
           Lorain National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan
           for the plan year ended December 31, 2002 filed as
           an amendment to the annual report on Form 10-K.






































(LETTERHEAD)                                          Exhibit 23.1
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Cleveland, OH 44114-1796

                       Consent of Independent Accountants
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The Plan Administrator
LNB Bancorp, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
No. 33-65034 of LNB Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated May 30, 2003,
relating to the statements of assets available for distribution to
participants of The Lorain National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan as
of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statements of changes in
assets available for distribution to participants for the years then
ended, and the related supplemental schedules, which report appears in
Amendment No. 2 to the 2002 annual report on Form 10-K of LNB Bancorp, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
June 26, 2003

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