Lound, Lincolnshire

Lound
Lound  Lound shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF070182
– London	85 mi (137 km)  S
Civil parish	Toft with Lound and Manthorpe
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	PE10
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°45′03″N 0°25′00″W / 52.750790°N 0.416581°W

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

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. "Bowthorpe". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

External links

• Media related to Lound, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons