Lowdham
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| Lowdham | |
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 Lowdham War Memorial with the Magna Charta pub in the background | |
  Lowdham Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 3,334 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK 66786 46537 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG14 |
| Dialling code | 0115 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Lowdham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell. It is in the Newark and Sherwood district, and at the 2001 census, had a population of 2,832,[1] increasing to 3,334 at the 2011 Census.[2] There are two main roads slicing through the village: the A6097 south-east to north-west dual carriageway, and the A612 between Nottingham and Southwell.
Origin of the name
This seems to be an Old English masculine personal nickname, Hluda, + hām (Old English), village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., so ' Hluda's homestead or village'.[3]
History
The old church and the castle mound are to the west of the bypass. St Mary's Church dates back to before the 14th century.
To the north east of the bypass is Lowdham Mill. There is now little sign of the frame knitting industry that was important in this area in the 19th century. In 1844 there were 94 stocking frames working in Lowdham.
Notable people
In birth order:
- Sir John de Lowdham (died 1318), a landowner, is commemorated in St Mary's Church, Lowdham.
- George Wilkins (1785–1865), Vicar of Lowdham (1815–39), was concurrently Vicar of St Mary's Church, Nottingham and Archdeacon of Nottingham, and prominent in church building and restoration in the city.
- Cornelius Brown (1852–1907), local historian and newspaper editor, was born in Lowdham.
- Richard Whitehead (born 1976), Paralympic sprinter. The post box outside Lowdham post office is painted gold in his honour.[citation needed]
Amenities
Lowdham railway station is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line. Two miles from the railway station is HMP Lowdham Grange.
Village pubs are the Railway, the Magna Charta,[4], the World's End (formally the Plough and still located in Plough Lane), and the Old Ship. All have open lounge/bar layouts and are situated near the centre of the village.
The retail services include two general stores, a sub-post office, several take-away eating places, a filling station and a bookshop.[5]
Bus services
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Nottingham City Transport
- 26: Nottingham – Carlton – Gedling – Burton Joyce – Lowdham
- 100: Nottingham – Carlton – Gedling – Burton Joyce – Lowdham – Southwell
AOT Coaches
- 5: Victoria Park – Netherfield – Stoke Bardolph – Burton Joyce – Lowdham – Epperstone – Woodborough – Calverton – Oxton
References
- ^ "Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Newark and Sherwood". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.171; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.227; E .Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.305
- ^ [1]
- ^ Retrieved 14 July 2017.
External links
Media related to Lowdham at Wikimedia Commons