# Lount

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For the surname and other uses, see [Lount (disambiguation)](/source/Lount_(disambiguation)).

Hamlet in Leicestershire, England

The Ferrers Arms

**Lount** is a hamlet[1] near [Ashby de la Zouch](/source/Ashby_de_la_Zouch) in north-west [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), England. It has a population of 50 (approx). At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Staunton Harold](/source/Staunton_Harold). It has no local amenities apart from a [public house](/source/Public_house). The village straddles the B587 road between Ashby and Melbourne and is situated near to the [A42 road](/source/A42_road_(England)).

The village was traditionally linked to the [Staunton Harold Hall](/source/Staunton_Harold_Hall) estate, and made up of 17th–19th century cottages. Lount was the scene in 1760, of the death of [Earl Ferrers](/source/Earl_Ferrers)' [steward](/source/Stewardship), who had been shot by [Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers](/source/Laurence_Shirley%2C_4th_Earl_Ferrers), at the neighbouring village of [Staunton Harold](/source/Staunton_Harold). The steward returned to his house in Lount, where he died; Earl Ferrers was found guilty of murder, for which he was the last peer to be hanged.[2][3][4] The last 25 years has seen several modern houses erected there.

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Lount](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lount).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Lount, North West Leicestershire - area information, map, walks and more](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getoutside/local/lount-north-west-leicestershire) Retrieved 2018-03-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Newgate Calendar - LAURENCE, EARL FERRERS"](http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng284.htm).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Real-Crime.co.uk"](http://real-crime.co.uk/Murder1/docl.htm#Laurence%20Shirley,%20Earl%20Ferrers).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Earl Ferrers"](http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ferrers.html).

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