Drinsey Nook

Coordinates: 53°15′33″N 0°41′47″W / 53.25918900°N 0.69632493°W / 53.25918900; -0.69632493

Drinsey Nook
Tom Otters Bridge
Drinsey Nook  Drinsey Nook shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK870743
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN1 2
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Drinsey Nook is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Saxilby, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire.

It is most notable for the case of Tom Otter, a man who murdered his new wife in 1805. Tom Otter lane is the B1190 running south of the village, and Tom Otters bridge is named after the site of the murder.^[1]

The story says that Tom Otter, reputedly from Treswell, was already a married man when he married his new wife, Mary, whom he murdered the same day, near the bridge that now bears his name. He hung in 1806, and was held in a Gibbet post by Gibbet Wood.^[2]

References

1. ^ W Pickering (1848). The Gentlemans Magazine (Vol 30 ed.). p. 296. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-1FIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA296&dq=Drinsey+nook&hl=en&ei=1_kqTpyTDcih8QOryp38Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Drinsey%20nook&f=false. 
2. ^ The handbook guide to lincoln and business intelligencer (3 ed.). R. E. Leary. 1855. p. 64. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=talbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA64&dq=Drinsey+nook&hl=en&ei=1_kqTpyTDcih8QOryp38Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Drinsey%20nook&f=false. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 

External Links

The Tale Of Tom Otter