Lowdham

Lowdham
Lowdham war memorial with The Magna Charta pub in the background
Lowdham Lowdham shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	3,334 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK6646
Civil parish	Lowdham
District	Newark and Sherwood
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG14
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Newark
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°00′47″N 1°00′29″W / 53.013°N 1.008°W / 53.013; -1.008

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] The dual carriageway to the north and Doncaster cuts the village in two.

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, Lowdham 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.

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 Worlds End (formally The Plough and still located on Plough Lane) and The Old Ship which is the only remaining village pub with a lounge and bar layout.

Bus services

Nottingham City Transport

26: Nottingham – Carlton – Gedling – Burton Joyce – Lowdham
47: Nottingham – Mapperley – Lambley – Woodborough – Calverton – Epperstone – Lowdham – Gunthorpe
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
↑ https://www.facebook.com/TheMagnaCharta

External links

Media related to Lowdham at Wikimedia Commons

Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire

Unitary authorities	Nottingham

Boroughs or districts	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe

Major settlements	Arnold Beeston Bingham Calverton Carlton Cotgrave Eastwood Harworth Hucknall Kimberley Kirkby-in-Ashfield Mansfield Newark Nottingham Ollerton Rainworth Retford Ruddington Stapleford Southwell Sutton-in-Ashfield West Bridgford Worksop See also: List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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