Posts about the history of Lound

Village Street Party – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration In Pictures

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration Street Party - 2022 Lound residents, friends and family enjoyed a Village Street Party on Friday 3rd June to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. On Thursday 2nd June the Bluebell Inn organised a village rounders…

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VE Day Celebration 2020

Lound came together on the 8th May at 3.00pm, even when forced apart by Covid - 19 lockdown, to remember the end of WW2 in Europe and mark 75 years since VE Day. See more about the Lound 75th VE…

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Lound Enclosure Maps – 1778

The village has obtained images of two original “Sutton cum Lound Enclosure Maps”, dated 1778, from Nottinghamshire Archives. These show how the large mediaeval open fields, with their multitude of individual long, thin strips, were “enclosed” to form more efficient fields as we…

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Views of Lound Past & Present

Over the last 100 years, Town Street has changed from a sleepy North Nottinghamshire village to a very popular residential location. In that short time, many properties have been either demolished or altered to modern living standards. We now have the luxury…

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About Lound Village

Lound is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles north of Retford. It has a population of around 500 people. The village is of Danish origin dating from the 8th century with a street running along the spine of the…

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