A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LOWDHAM, a village, a township, and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The village stands on an affluent of the river Trent, adjacent to the Nottingham and Lincoln railway, 5½ miles SSW of Southwell; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham.-The township includes the village and extends into the country. Real property, £4,042. Polp., 868. Houses, 184.—The parish contains also the tow nships of Caythorpe and Gunthorpe. Acres, 3,010. Real property, £7,840. Pop. in 1851,1,596; in 1861,1,503. Houses, 327. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to P. S. Broughton, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £276.* Patron, Earl Manvers. The church is old, was recently restored, and has a tower and small spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £4.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lowdham CP/AP Southwell RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Lowdham |
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