Thorpe, Nottinghamshire

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Thorpe by Newark
Thorpe, Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire)
Thorpe, Nottinghamshire

Thorpe by Newark shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference SK757500
District Newark
Shire county Nottinghamshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWARK
Postcode district NG23
Dialling code 01636
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°02′N 0°52′W / 53.04, -0.87

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.

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[edit] Historical

"Thorpe-by-Newark is a village and parish, 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Newark, with a population of 108 inhabitants and 697 acres (2.8 km²) of land of the rateable value of £1,419. About 180 acres (0.7 km²) 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."[1]

[edit] Saint Laurence's Church Thorpe

The small church is that of St. Laurence, "a parish, in the union of Southwell, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (S. W.) from Newark; containing 108 inhabitants."[2]

St. Laurence's church is "a picturesque village church, which was much restored by the rector Rev. William Wood during the Victorian period. Who also built the rectory through who's grounds one has to go in order to gain access to the church. The solid tower remains from the 12th century.[3]

Some of the clergy of this parish include Mr Paget, rector 1587-89; Thomas Colman, rector 1591, Isaac Sharpe, rector 1598-1613, and John Scarlett, rector 1624-39.[4]

"The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a small structure, upon an eminence, and has 40 acres of glebe. The rectory, valued in the King's books at £8, now £280, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and the Rev. Charles Townsend M.A. is the incumbent, who resides at the rectory, a neat, modern, brick mansion near the church."[5]

[edit] Historical

The parish comprises just over 698 acres (2.8 km²). "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."[6]

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."[7] Sir John Molyneux, (1623-1691), was once a Sheriff of Nottingham[8]

[edit] Population

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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ThorpebyNewark/index.html White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853
  2. ^ Thornville - Thorpe | British History Online
  3. ^ Farndon and Hawton United Benefice - Saint Lawrence's Thorpe
  4. ^ Clergy in Newark Deanery, 1587-1643 - Archdeaconry Resources - Manuscripts & Special Collections - The University of Nottingham
  5. ^ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ThorpebyNewark/index.html White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853
  6. ^ Thornville - Thorpe | British History Online
  7. ^ Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Brown's History of Nottinghamshire: Hawton, Thorpe, Cotham, and Sibthorpe
  8. ^ molyneux02

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