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LOWESTOFT , a municipal See also:

borough, seaport and watering-See also:place in the Lowestoft See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Suffolk, See also:England, 1171 M. N.E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 29,850. It lies on either See also:side of the formerly natural, now artificial outlet of the See also:river Waveney to the See also:North See also:Sea, while to the See also:west the river forms Oulton Broad and Lothing See also:Lake. The See also:northern See also:bank is the See also:original site. See also:South Lowestoft arose on the completion of See also:harbour improvements, begun in 1844, when the outlet of the Waveney, reopened in 1827, was deepened. The old See also:town is picturesquely situated on a lofty declivity, which includes the most easterly point of See also:land in England. The See also:church of St See also:Margaret is Decorated and Perpendicular. South Lowestoft has a See also:fine esplanade, a See also:park (Bellevue) and other adjuncts of a watering-place. Bathing facilities are See also:good. There are two piers enclosing a harbour with a See also:total See also:area of 48 acres, having a See also:depth of about 16 ft. at high See also:tide.

The See also:

fisheries are important and some 600 smacks belong to the See also:port. See also:Industries include See also:ship and See also:boat See also:building and fitting, and motor See also:engineering. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors. Area 2178 acres. Lowestoft (Lothu Wistoft, Lowistoft, Loistoft) owes its origin to its fisheries. In 1o86 it was a See also:hamlet in the See also:demesne of the royal See also:manor of Lothingland. The men of Lowestoft as tenants on See also:ancient demesne of the See also:crown possessed many privileges, but had no definite burghal rights until 1885. For several centuries before 1740 the fisheries were the cause of See also:constant dispute between Lowestoft and See also:Yarmouth. During the last See also:half of the 18th See also:century the manufacture of See also:china flourished in the town. A weekly See also:market on Wednesdays was granted to See also:John, See also:earl of See also:Richmond, in 1308 together with an eight days' See also:fair beginning on the See also:vigil of St Margaret's See also:day, and in 1445 John de la See also:Pole, earl of Suffolk, one of his successors as See also:lord of the manor, received a further See also:grant of the same market and also two yearly fairs, one on the feast of St See also:Philip and St See also:James and the other at Michaelmas. The market is still held on Wednesdays, and in 1792 the Michaelmas fair and another on May-day were in existence. Now two yearly fairs for small wares are held on the 13th of May and the 11th of See also:October.

In 1643 See also:

Cromwell performed one of his earlier exploits in taking Lowestoft, capturing large supplies and making prisoners of several influential royalists. In the See also:war of 1665 the Dutch under See also:Admiral Opdam were defeated off Lowestoft by the See also:English See also:fleet commanded by the See also:duke of See also:York. See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Suffolk; E. Gillingwater, An See also:Historical See also:Account of the Town of Lowestoft (ed. 179o).

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