1855, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk

Kirkley and Pakefield Directory, Lound chapter, page 549

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PAKEFIELD AND KIRKLEY DIRECTORY.

The northern part of Kirkley parish is included with Lowestoft.

LOUND, a pleasant village, 4 1/2 miles N.N.W. of Lowestoft, and 6 1/2 miles S. by W. of Yarmouth, is situated on a fertile plain, watered by a small rivulet which flows northward to the large lake called Fritton Decoy. Its parish contains 439 souls and 1264 acres of land. S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord of the manor of Newton-with-Stalhams in Lound; but Thomas Morse, Esq., owns Lound Hall; and the Larkham, Burton and other families have estates in the parish.

Near the mill water several pieces of ancient armour and coins were found some yars ago. The Church (St. John the Baptist,) is a single building with a thatched roof and a round tower, containing three bells. In its window are some fragments of stained glass. The font is very ancient and on the right of the alter is a piscina, rather elegantly arched. The fine antique screen is in good preservation, and in the church is a neat mural monument to the memory of the late Thos. Morse, Esq. of Lound Hall, who died in 1844, aged 101 years.

The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8; and in 1835, at £458. It is in the patronage of Benj. Dowson, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Thurlow, L.L.B., who is a descendant of the celebrated Lord Chancellor Thurlow. The Rectory House is a neat building, erected in 1819. The glebe is aobut 17 acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £415 per annum.

The School was built on the glebe, about 20 years ago. The Poor's Allotment, 2A. 2R. 18.P. awarded at the enclosure, is let for £34 a year, which is distributed in coals. The poor have also a yearly rent of 6s., left by John Spalding. Post from Lowestoft.

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