The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Lowestoft
Suffolk (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: Lowestoft is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.[2] As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 110 miles (177 km) north-east of London, 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district. The estimated population in the built-up area exceeds 70,000.[1] Its development grew with the fishing industry and as a seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. As fishing declined, oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea in the 1960s took over. While these too have declined, Lowestoft is becoming a regional centre of the renewable energy industry. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowestoft