Thorpe, Nottinghamshire
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Thorpe is a hamlet in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies to the east of East Stoke and 1 mile from the A46 Fosse Way. It is situated in the countryside southwest of Newark. The population was 69 at the 2021 census.[1]
As of 2025, the civil parish is served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council. [2]
History
"Thorpe-by-Newark is a village and parish, Script error: No such module "convert". south-west of Newark, with a population of 108 inhabitants and Script error: No such module "convert". of land of the rateable value of £1,419. About Script error: No such module "convert". 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."[3] The Roman fort known as AD PONTEM is located east of the FOSSE WAY Roman road north east of the village.
The parish comprises just over Script error: No such module "convert".. "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 6 June 1487, the day upon which he fought the battle of Stoke Field with the Earl of Lincoln."[4]
Judge Molyneux "settled at Thorpe, Script error: No such module "convert". 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."[5] Sir John Molyneux, (1623–1691), was once a Sheriff of Nottingham.[6]
Population
The population of Thorpe in 1801 was 44, in 1851 115, and in 1901 66.
Religious sites
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See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ThorpebyNewark/index.html White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853
- ↑ Thornville – Thorpe | British History Online
- ↑ Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Brown's History of Nottinghamshire: Hawton, Thorpe, Cotham, and Sibthorpe
- ↑ molyneux02
External links
- Pictures of St Laurence Church Thorpe, by Heather Faulkes Template:Webarchive
- Pictures of St Laurence Church Thorpe
- Extract concerning Thorpe from Thornville's, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848, pp. 341–42
- An 1884 map of the villageScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
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