Lothingland

Lothingland is an area in the

English counties of Suffolk and Norfolk on the North Sea coast. It is bound by the River Yare and Breydon Water to the north, the River Waveney to the west and Oulton Broad to the south, and includes the parts of Lowestoft north of Lake Lothing

.

In antiquity the River Waveney flowed to the sea through Oulton Broad and Lake Lothing, reaching the sea at Lowestoft,^{[citation needed]} meaning that together with the mouth of the River Yare Lothingland was historically an island, and was indeed known as the Island of Lothingland.^{[citation needed]} When the Waveney deviated its course on its current sharp turn to the north this was no longer the case.^{[citation needed]} In 1833 the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation opened for sea-borne vessels to pass through Oulton Broad and Lake Lothing, the area once again effectively became an island.^[1]

Historically it formed a half-

ward within East Suffolk named Lothingland; the population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,479.^[2]

Lothingland is also the name of a

Diocese of Norwich

.

References

^ ^a ^b William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 480.
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

52°31′N 1°42′E / 52.52°N 1.70°E / 52.52; 1.70

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[gaz-1] William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 480.

[2] "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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