Louth
Louth is a Town in the county of Lincolnshire.
There are great places to visit near Louth including some great historic buildings, airports, towns, villages, cities and castles.
The area around Louth boasts some of the best historic buildings including Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle.
Places near Louth feature a number of interesting airports including Humberside Airport.
Don't miss Stamford's towns if visiting the area around Louth.
There are a several good villages in the area around Louth like Duddington.
Louth is near some unmissable cities like Lincoln,
There are a number of castles near to Louth including Lincoln Castle.
Louth History
There are some historic monuments around Louth:
Places to see near Louth
History of Louth
The Anglo-Saxon pagan burial ground, northwest of Louth, dates from the fifth to sixth centuries, and was first excavated in 1946. With an estimated 1200 urn burials it is one of the largest Anglo-Saxon cremation cemeteries in England. Athelhard, a Bishop of Winchester who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 793, was an abbot of Louth in his early life. Louth is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as a town of 124 households.
