Thorpe, Nottinghamshire

Historical Description

Thorpe, a parish in Notts, 3½ miles SW of Newark railway station. Post town, Newark; money order and telegraph office, Farndon. Acreage, 722; population, 72. The manor belongs to the baronet family of Bromley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £1.65 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Late Perpendicular, and excepting the tower was restored in 1873, and consists of chancel, nave, S porch, and a low tower.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Thorpe from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thorpe (St. Lawrence))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Thorpe are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:

• Nottingham Evening Post
• Nottinghamshire Guardian
• Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
• Nottingham Gazette, and Political, Literary, Agricultural & Commercial Register for the Midland Counties

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.