Ludney: ghost of the River Lud
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Ludney: ghost of the River Lud
Image: © Chris Taken: 5 Dec 2012
Ludney is named after the River Lud, or Ludd, which used to run through it. Alas there is no sign of the Lud on current maps. The Lud was sacrificed to the Louth Navigation (canal, now disused), which took most of its water for the stretch Louth-Tetney Lock. The Lud was allowed a brief revival, shown in Image, Image and Image Here it tumbles triumphantly back into its channel, and wends its wiggly way alongside the canal as far as Alvingham. At High Bridge, Alvingham it seems to divide into two branches, named Seven Towns North Eau and the Old Eau. The Lud is no more! A straightened section the Seven Towns North Eau (on the right of the photo) passes under the road by Appleby's Icecream carpark (Image). The original meander, marked on the map to the left of this, seems either to have been culverted or to have disappeared. To sum up, the Seven Towns North Eau seems to be the reincarnation of the River Lud, its flow boosted by a hundred drains.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.440621
Longitude
0.103082