Lound is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the north of the

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. It is north of

Lowestoft Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the most easterly UK settlement, it is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and sou ...

, south of

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in the East Suffolk district. It is from the

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coast at

Hopton-on-Sea Hopton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and seaside resort on the coast of East Anglia in the county of Norfolk. The village is south of Great Yarmouth, north-west of Lowestoft and near the UK's most easterly point, Lowestoft Ness. The vill ...

and is on the border with the county of

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. At the

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the parish had a population of 359. The parish includes the hamlets of Bloodman's Corner and Cuckoo Green as well as the village of Lound.Lound
Suffolk Heritage Explorer,

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. Retrieved 2021-03-17. It borders the Suffolk parishes of Corton,

Blundeston Blundeston is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of Lowestoft, south of Great Yarmouth and around inland from the North Sea coast. It is part of the area known as Lothingland in the Eas ...

and

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet is a civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of Lowestoft and the same distance south-west of Great Yarmouth and is in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district. ...

as well as the Norfolk parishes of

Belton with Browston Belton with Browston is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Historically part of Suffolk, the parish consists of the villages of Belton and Browston Green, and is situated some 5 miles (8 km) south-west of the town of Great Yar ...

and

. The

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runs along the western edge of the parish, while the northern boundary runs through Lound Lakes.Lound
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-17.

History

At the

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Lound was divided into three manors, all forming part of the holdings of the

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. There were 21 households recorded as living in the parish.Lound
Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-03-17. Suckling AI (1848) 'Lound', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, pp. 28–33. Barsham: Suckling.
Available online
at Google Books. Retrieved 16 March 2021.) Land in the parish passed through the hands of a number of owners, including William Heveningham, who owned land at Blundeston and Fritton and the Jernegan and Wentworth families, both associated with

Somerleyton Somerleyton is a village and former civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of Lowestoft and south-west of Great Yarmouth in the East Suffolk district. The village is closely associated with Somerleyton Ha ...

. Admiral

Sir Thomas Allin ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

became the major landowner in 1670, and in the 19th century it was bought by railway developer

Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer, and, for more than 20 years, a Member of Parliament (MP). A partner in the firm of Grissell and Peto, he ...

who owned land in many of the surrounding parishes and was responsible for the rebuilding of

Somerleyton Hall Somerleyton Hall is a country house and estate near Somerleyton and Lowestoft in Suffolk, England owned and lived in by Hugh Crossley, 4th Baron Somerleyton, originally designed by John Thomas. The hall is Grade II* listed on the National Heri ...

. Lound Windmill dates from 1837. It was a four-storey

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and operated until 1939. It has since been converted into a private residence. Lound Lakes, on the northern border of the parish, has been used for water supply since a waterworks was first established on the site in 1854. The works were built to supply Lowestoft with its drinking water and the lakes continue to be used for water supply purposes today. The engine house at the site houses a pair of Easton and Amos

Grasshopper beam engine Grasshopper beam engines are beam engines that are pivoted at one end, rather than in the centre. Usually the connecting rod to the crankshaft is placed ''between'' the piston and the beam's pivot. That is, they use a second-class lever, rather t ...

s, the only two known to be in their original position. The engine house is a

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. During

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the parish was the site of a

Starfish site Starfish sites were large-scale night-time decoys created during the Blitz to simulate burning British cities. The aim was to divert German night bombers from their intended targets so they would drop their ordnance over the countryside. The sites ...

, a bombing decoy designed to draw enemy bombers away from Great Yarmouth. A number of anti-aircraft batteries also operated in the parish.

Culture and community

The village has a number of basic services, including a village hall, cafe and a public house, the ''Village Maid''.Lound Village Maid
Suffolk Pubs, Suffolk

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. Retrieved 2021-03-17. The former Lothingland Middle School was located in the parish. This was closed in 2011 as part of reorganisation of schools in Suffolk by

and became part of the campus of

Lowestoft College East Coast College is a Further Education (FE) college which has campuses in Lowestoft, Suffolk and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Following a six-month pilot area review in 2014, it was proposed that the merger of Great Yarmouth College and Lowestoft C ...

.Lowestoft College to take over Lothingland Middle School site

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, 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2014-03-15. The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church is medieval in origin, with 12th- and 13th-century stonework surviving and a 14th-century

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with an elaborate

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font cover. It is one of around 40

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es in Suffolk, the tower having been rebuilt in the 15th century.Church of St John the Baptist
List entry,

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. Retrieved 2021-03-17.Knott S (2008
St John the Baptist, Lound
Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-17. The church was restored during the 19th century and was then refurbished by

Ninian Comper Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish architect; one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects. His work almost entirely focused on the design, restoration and embellishment of churches, and the des ...

in the early years of the 20th century. This work was part of the spread of the

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style of church refurbishment and includes a number of pieces of work by Comper, including the font cover. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

Lound Lakes

Lound Lakes are a series of artificial lakes along the

-Suffolk border. They were originally formed by

peat digging Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient c ...

and are operated as a series of reservoirs by

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.River Waveney, Fritton and Lound Lakes, Essex and Suffolk Water. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
Archived
2017-12-10.) The lakes were established as the major supplier of drinking water to Lowestoft in 1854, with a significant waterworks operating in Lound. The lakes flow into

Fritton Decoy Fritton may refer to the following places in Norfolk, England: * Fritton, Great Yarmouth * Fritton, North Norfolk, a location near Ludham * Fritton (near Morning Thorpe) Morningthorpe (sometimes Morning Thorpe) is a village and former civil ...

to the west, and from there drain into the

River Waveney The River Waveney is a river which forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads. The "ey" part of the name means "river" thus the name is tautological. Course The source of the River Wavene ...

. The area around the lakes is cared for by

Suffolk Wildlife Trust Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) describes itself as the county's "nature charity – the only organisation dedicated wholly to safeguarding Suffolk's wildlife and countryside." It is a registered charity, and its headquarters is at Brooke House in ...

as a nature reserve.Lound Lakes

. Retrieved 2104-03-15. The site supports a range of habitats, including woodland, lowland grassland and fen as well as open water habitats. Plant species such as floating bur-reed and water violet have been recorded, and the site is a roost for wildfowl such as

barnacle goose The barnacle goose (''Branta leucopsis'') is a species of goose that belongs to the genus '' Branta'' of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey ''Anser'' species. Despite its superficial ...

shoveler The shovelers or shovellers are four species of dabbling ducks with long, broad spatula-shaped beaks: * Red shoveler, ''Anas platalea'' * Cape shoveler, ''Anas smithii'' * Australasian shoveler, ''Anas rhynchotis'' * Northern shoveler, ''Anas cl ...

and

gadwall The gadwall (''Mareca strepera'') is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. Taxonomy The gadwall was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. DNA studies have shown that ...

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