‘A real privilege’: RAF Coningsby engineer takes on London Marathon challenge for SSAFA

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An RAF Coningsby engineer joined thousands of others the world’s most iconic endurance events — the London Marathon — in aid of the Armed Forces charity SSAFA.

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East Lound
East Lound
East Lound East Lound shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK786997
â€“ London	130 mi (210 km) S
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN9
Dialling code	01427
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber

East Lound is a hamlet in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 22 miles (35 km) to the north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, and on Brackenhill Road within the civil parish of Haxey, a village less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west. Owston Ferry on the River Trent is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. East Lound forms part of the Isle of Axholme.

East Lound is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Lund", being a name for both the later East Lound and Graizelound, and under both the entry for Haxey and Owston Ferry in the hundred of Epworth. The lord of the manor following Domesday was Geoffrey of la Guerche, who was also Tenant-in-chief to King William I.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 1855 East Lound occupations included fifteen farmers, two wheelwrights, and a shopkeeper who was also a shoemaker. By 1885 the number of farmers had reduced to twelve and there was only one wheelwright. In 1933 there were ten farmers and a smallholder, a seed grower, and one shop with two shopkeepers. A Primitive Methodist chapel was built at East Lound in 1862, and was closed in 1958.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ "Documents Online: East Lound, Lincolnshire", Great Domesday Book, Folio: 369r. The National Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2014
^ "Owston Ferry", Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2014
^ "Haxey", Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2014
^ Stonehouse, William Brocklehurst; The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being That Part of Lincolnshire Which Is West of Trent, Reprint Nabu Press (2010), p.310. ISBN 1148102175
^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1855, pp. 114, 115
^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p.471
^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, pp.285, 286
^ "East Lound Chapel (Primitive Methodist)", Lincs to the Past, Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2014

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‘A real privilege’: RAF Coningsby engineer takes on London Marathon challenge for SSAFA

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‘A real privilege’: RAF Coningsby engineer takes on London Marathon challenge for SSAFA