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After speaking to an historian that was talking about ancient history of Northern England we were captavated by the idea of lost and abandoned villages and towns, places where people have left a homestead for one reason or another. This along with the natural curiosity of abandoned buildings ignited the want to look out for what remnants we could find.
Heath.
One of the first locations we decicded to look out for was the remains of a church and graveyard that was said to belong to a long lost village of Lound. The picture attached to this article shows the remaining evidence of the church that served this area.
A Little History
In the picture there is the remains of the south porch and south doorway of the nave of a church that served the deserted village of Lound. The name of the area Lound can also be seen as Lowne or Lund. Early records mention the church going back to 1307 but some say the church could go back as far as 1161. When the old church was pulled down in 1852 a quarter of a mile away in Heath a new church dedicated to All Aaints was consecrated with coffin slabs dating back to the 12th century from the old church.
Legends
While we were on our visit to the area we asked a few people for the best way to the church while all we asked were very polite one person laughed and said “oh hope your not looking for the tunnels” and laughed, we replied “no but now youve mentioned it” and he went on to say that some believe there were tunnels to underground storage areas with some mention of a Templar in the area. He also mentioned that a field near by does attract people that celebrate the equinox`s and perform rituals. Could a Templar have been in the area at some point? its possible as close by the area there is well known historical Templar activity. As for the groups performing rituals this could be innocent pagan like worship.
Well Dressing
Pagan gatherings are common and most we have come across are positive with good intent so this didnt stand out as any different to the other sites we have seen people gather to seek balance with nature. We did come across one tradition in the area that we found interesting a tradition called Well Dressing, we will look at this custom in another article.
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