Lydd

Lydd
Lydd Location in England	Look at Lydd
Basic data
status	Town and Civil Parish
surface	48.24 km²
population	6567 (as of 2011)
Ceremony county	Kent
District	Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
Website: www.lyddtc.kentparishes.gov.uk

Lydd is a southern English town and Civil Parish in Kent . It is one of the largest municipalities in terms of area and at the same time the southernmost city in the county. It lies in the Denge Marsh , which is part of the Romney Marsh . In 2011, 6,567 inhabitants lived in an area of ​​48.2 km². In addition to the city, the municipality also includes the places Dungeness (site of a nuclear power plant ), Lydd-on-Sea and parts of Greatstone-on-Sea .

High Street, Lydd

Lydd is located on a former sand island that became a hill in the low-lying mainland during the reclamation and drainage of the landscape.

Origin of name

The name Hlyda comes from the Latin litoralis , which means "bank". The name was first mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon document from the 8th century.

history

Lydd reached the height of its economic importance when it became a member of the Cinque Port Association as a branch of Romney in the 13th century . Like many other places in the Romney Marsh , the city was a base for smugglers in the 18th century. Documents from eunuchs and church lords have been preserved from the 15th century. During the Second World War there was an important radio direction finding station here .

Because of the silting up of the surrounding area, the small town is no longer on the coast and is therefore no longer a port.

Worth seeing

In addition to the church, the town hall and the medieval courthouse are also important.

Parish

All Saints Church

The Church of All Saints is called the Cathedral of Romney Marsh ; the towering tower dominates the plain.

The parish of Lydd also includes the areas of Dungeness , Lydd-on-Sea and parts of Greatstone-on-Sea .

The large number of sailors' graves in the old church cemetery of Lydd is due to the often stormy and therefore dangerous coast for ships.

For example, the “Northfleet” accident from January 1873 has been handed down. On the other hand, many of Lydd's residents have died as sailors abroad, such as Tom Edgar , who accompanied James Cook on his trip to Hawaii and was killed by cannibals in Kealakekua Bay in 1779 .

It was long accepted that the church in Lydd was of Anglo-Saxon origin, but recent research has shown that the oldest part of the church building dates back to the last half of the 5th century, which means a Romanesque foundation.

The oldest tombstone in the cemetery dates from 1551 and is the burial place of the Strugell family .

The church houses the burial place of Godfrey of Lydd's family from 1430. Descendants of this family are also noted on the plaque dedicated to those who died in World War II .

Under the administration of Lord John Marketman , the church was decorated with paintings in 1611. The interior was restored again in the 18th century and after World War II after the sanctuary was damaged.

The earliest entries in the church register of the municipality date from the 16th century.

Lydd also has a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours .

Web links

Commons : Lydd  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lydd Town Council

proof

1. ↑ 2011 Census: Parish population. Kent County Council, accessed August 23, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 54'  E