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Lowdham is a village and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a local government district and is the largest district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal borough of Newark with Newark Rural District and Southwell Rural ...
district of Nottinghamshire between
Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
and Southwell. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,832, increasing to 3,334 at the 2011 Census. Two main roads slicing through the village are the A6097 south-east to north-west and the A612 between Nottingham and Southwell.


History

This seems to be an
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
masculine personal nickname, ''Hluda'', + ''hām'' (Old English), village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., so"''Hluda's '' homestead or village". However, the name Lowdham points also to a Danish origin (earlier Ludham and Ludholme). Relics of the Middle Ages remaining are an alabaster slab and a figure of a knight in armour, in the chancel of the church, inscribed to the memory of Sir John de Loudham. The dog at the feet of the effigy suggests that Loudham was a warrior. According to one source, "Many of the Crusaders are represented with their feet on a dog, to show that they followed the standard of the Lord as faithfully as a dog follows the footsteps of his master." 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. In 1826 a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Top Chapel) was built in Ton Lane, and in 1844 an Independent Primitive Methodist Chapel (Bottom Chapel) appeared in the Main Street. The Ton Lane chapel closed in 1986. The Bottom Chapel continues in use as an Independent Methodist church. To the north-east of the bypass is Lowdham Mill. There is now little sign of the frame
knitting Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile, or fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine. Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, either flat or i ...
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 Loudham (died 1318), landowner, is commemorated in St Mary's Church. *
George Wilkins George Wilkins (died 1618) was an English dramatist and pamphleteer best known for his probable collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''. By profession he was an inn-keeper, but he was also apparently invol ...
(1785–1865), Vicar of Lowdham (1815–1839), was later Vicar of
St Mary's Church, Nottingham The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...
and
Archdeacon of Nottingham The Archdeacon of Nottingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the Archdeaconry of Nottingham. Histor ...
, and prominent in church building and restoration in the city. *
Cornelius Brown Cornelius Brown (5 March 1852 in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire – 4 November 1907) was an English journalist and historian. In 1874, 22-year-old Brown became editor of the Newark Advertiser in nearby Newark-on-Trent. Over the next 33 years, he wro ...
(1852–1907), local historian and newspaper editor, was born in Lowdham. *
Harold Cottam Harold Thomas Cottam (27 January 1891 – 30 May 1984) was a British wireless operator on the RMS ''Carpathia'' who fortuitously happened to receive the distress call from the sinking RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912. Cottam's decision to awa ...
(1891–1984), wireless operator aboard the RMS ''Carpathia'', who received RMS ''Titanic'''s distress call and was instrumental in getting the ''Carpathia'' to come to her aid. He is honoured by a blue plaque on the wall of ''The Old Ship Inn''. * Richard Whitehead (born 1976), Paralympic sprinter, is honoured by a gold-painted post box outside the post office.


Amenities

Lowdham railway station Lowdham railway station is a Grade II listed railway station which serves the village of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire, England. History It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland ...
is on the
Nottingham to Lincoln Line Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin ...
. Two miles from the railway station is HMP Lowdham Grange. Village pubs are the ''Railway'', the ''Magna Charta'', 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.Bookshop pag
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Bus services

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


External links

{{authority control Villages in Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood