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LOUTH TOWN COUNCIL TOWN HALL EASTGATE LOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE LN11 9NL TEL: 01507 617305 FAX: 01507 605880
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LOUTH
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Louth is now the largest market town in the District
of East Lindsey and has a population of approximately 16,000 with approximately
7,500 properties. At the time of the Doomsday Survey in 1086, Louth had a
population of about 600 and was one of only five boroughs in Lincolnshire and of
only fifty markets in England. The town boasts some fine examples of Georgian
and Victorian architecture and has the Greenwich Meridian Louth is home to St. James' Church, a nationally acclaimed fifteenth century perpendicular church with sixteenth century crocketted spire which rises 295 feet and is the highest parish church spire in the Country.
To the west of Louth lies the beautiful Hubbards Hills a picturesque steep sided valley formed by glacial melt waters. Hubbards Hills has Beech clad sides, a grassy floor and the river Lud flows through it. Hubbards Hills has been parkland since 1907 and is much loved and used for recreation and study. Please click the link to the left entitled Tourism to link to other web sites containing useful information on Louth and the surrounding area. |
Web site designed by: Mrs. L.M. Phillips
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