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Lound, Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°45′03″N 0°25′00″W / 52.750790°N 0.416581°W / 52.750790; -0.416581
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Lound
Lound is located in Lincolnshire
Lound
Lound
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF070182
• London85 mi (137 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBourne
Postcode districtPE10
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AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°45′03″N 0°25′00″W / 52.750790°N 0.416581°W / 52.750790; -0.416581

Lound is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 2 miles (3 km) south-west from the town of Bourne.

Originally part of the parish of Witham on the Hill, Lound became part of Toft with Lound parish between 1866 and 1931. Since 1931 Lound has been part of the civil parish of Toft with Lound and Manthorpe .[1]

County road near Lound

At the time of Domesday Book of 1086, Lound consisted of 18 households, two mills, and a church.[2]

Earthworks of the deserted medieval village of Bowthorpe are near the 17th-century Bowthorpe Park Farm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Toft with Lound". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Lound". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Bowthorpe (348176)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
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