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Louth is at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds where they meet the Lincolnshire Marsh. It developed where the ancient trackway along the Wolds, known as the Barton Street, crossed the River Lud. The town is east of a gorge carved into the Wolds that forms the Hubbard's Hills.
The market town originated in Saxon times either side of the River Lud where it was crossed by the ancient trackway along the east edge of the Wolds. The name Louth derives from Hlud or Loud,...
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Louth began as an Anglo-Saxon village. Its name is probably a corruption of a Saxon word meaning loud (from the loud gushing of the river). In the late 7th century a monastery was built there. However, in the 9th century, the Danes conquered Lincolnshire. They destroyed the monastery at Louth. Yet the Danes gave Louth some of its street names. The ...
In 1536 Henry VIII closed Louth Abbey. Shortly afterward he sent a man to make a list of all the valuables in the parish church. The people of Louth feared the king intended to sell them all to raise money and they were outraged. When a representative of the king arrived he was met with an angry crowd. He agreed to go away and find out what the kin...
In 1801 the population of Louth was over 4,250. By the standards of the time, it was a fair-sized town. It continued to grow rapidly in the early 19th century. By 1851 Louth was a town of 10,000 people. However, growth then ceased. The population of Louth fell slightly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There were a number of improvements t...
Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of the county, and is known as the capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds. It is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, as it emerges into the Middle Marsh, and dates from Saxon times.
Louth originated in Saxon times either side of the River Lud where it crossed by the ancient trackway along the east edge of the Wolds. The name derives from Hlud or Loud, referring to the fast...
Luda was the name given to this place in ancient times, being derived from the stream called the Lud. ... The town was famed for the number of its monastic establishments. In modern times the trade of the town consists mainly in supplying the surrounding agricultural district with merchandise.
Louth developed where the ancient trackway along the Wolds, known as the Barton Street, crossed the River Lud. The town is east of a gorge carved into the Wolds that forms the Hubbard’s Hills. This area was formed from a glacial overspill channel in the last glacial period.
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