Thorpe, Nottinghamshire

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=
latitude= 53.04
longitude=-0.87
official_name =Thorpe by Newark
population =
shire_district=Newark
shire_county= Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster=
post_town= NEWARK
postcode_district = NG23
postcode_area=NG
dial_code=01636
os_grid_reference= SK757500

Thorpe is a Nottinghamshire village or hamlet lying to the east of East Stoke about a mile off the A46 Fosse Way, and situated in the countryside southwest of Newark.

Historical

"Thorpe-by-Newark is a village and parish, convert|3|mi|km|0 south-west of Newark, with a population of 108 inhabitants and convert|697|acre|km2|1 of land of the rateable value of £1,419. About convert|180|acre|km2|1 of common land was enclosed 40 years ago, and exonerated from tithes, but all the rest still remains titheable. Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., is principal owner, and lord of the manor...W.R. Brockton Esq. is a small owner, and Mr John Tomlin is a resident owner, with a few other small owners." [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ThorpebyNewark/index.html White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853]

aint Laurence's Church Thorpe

See St. Lawrence's Church, Thorpe.

Historical

The parish comprises just over convert|698|acre|km2|1. "The church exhibits portions in the several styles of English architecture; the tower was formerly surmounted with a steeple. A fine tessellated pavement, some coins, and other Roman relics, have been discovered. On a small mound in a field adjoining the turnpike-road Henry VII is said to have erected his standard, on the 6th of June, 1487, the day upon which he fought the battle of Stoke Field with the Earl of Lincoln." [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51338#s14 Thornville - Thorpe | British History Online ] ]

Judge Molyneux "settled at Thorpe, two miles (3 km) away, where he would have a dwelling suitable to his position, and was succeeded there by his son, grandson, and great-grandson, the latter of whom, Sir John Molyneux, sold the manor to John Halsey and others." [ [http://nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/hawton.htm Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Brown's History of Nottinghamshire: Hawton, Thorpe, Cotham, and Sibthorpe ] ] Sir John Molyneux, (1623-1691), was once a Sheriff of Nottingham [ [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/mm4fz/molyneux02.htm molyneux02 ] ]

Population

The population of Thorpe in 1801 was 44, in 1851 115, and in 1901 66.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/thorpe.htm Pictures of St Laurence Church Thorpe, by Heather Faulkes]
* [http://www.farndon-hawton.org.uk/photos/slt.html Pictures of St Laurence Church Thorpe]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51338#s14 Extract concerning Thorpe from Thornville's, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848, pp. 341-42]
* [http://www.old-maps.co.uk/servlets/DirectMap2?easting=476000&northing=349000&county=10notts271 An 1884 map of the village]