In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe like this:
THORPE, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; 3½ miles SW of Newark r. station. Post town, Newark. Acres, 698. Real property, £1,745. Pop., 107. Houses, 23. The manor belongs to Sir H. Bromley, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £280.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor.
Thorpe through time
Thorpe is now part of Newark and Sherwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newark and Sherwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe, in Newark and Sherwood and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7788
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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