Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORPE

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.


(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: Thorpe Parish       Southwell Poor Law Union/Registration District       Nottinghamshire Ancient County
Place: Thorpe

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