Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LOWTHORPE

LOWTHORPE, a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Hull and Scarborough railway, 4¼ miles NE by E of Great Driffield. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Hull. Acres, 1,960. Real property, £2,089. Pop., 171. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. St. Quintin, Esq. Lowthorpe Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £64. Patron, W. St. Quintin, Esq. The church is ancient; was made collegiate, in the time of Edward III., for a rector, 6 chaplains, and 3 clerks; consists now of nave and W tower, with ruined chancel; suffered damage, by the fall of its roof, in 1859; and has since been partially restored. The ruined chancel contains a piscina, an old brass, and two altar-tombs. The churchyard contains an old cross, said to have been brought from Kilham, and a curious monumental stone, with carvings to represent a family offspring.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lowthorpe CP/AP       Driffield RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Lowthorpe

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