Louth

Louth (hard th, as in loth), a municipal borough of Lincolnshire, on the rivulet Lud, at the foot of the Wolds, 27 miles ENE. of Lincoln, contains a beautiful parish church in the Perpendicular style, built in the 13th and rebuilt in the 15th century, with an octagonal spire (1501) 288 feet in height, 'one of the noblest in England,' and an Edward VI. grammar-school. Ruins of Louth Park Abbey, built by the Cistercians in 1139, exist $1\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ mile E. of the town. Iron-foundries, carpet-factories, breweries, and carriage-works are in operation. Louth is connected with the Humber by a canal (1761). Pop. (1851) 10,467; (1891) 10,040. See the corporation records, ed. by Goulding (1892).