Thorpe is a

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in the

Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest district by area in the county. The council is based in Newark-on-Trent, the area's largest town. The district also incl ...

district of

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, England. It lies to the east of East Stoke and 1 mile from the A46

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. It is situated in the countryside southwest of Newark. The population was 69 at the 2021 census. As of 2025, the

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is served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council.

History

''"Thorpe-by-Newark is a village and parish, south-west of Newark, with a population of 108 inhabitants and of land of the rateable value of £1,419. About of common land was enclosed 40 years ago, and exonerated from tithes, but all the rest still remains titheable. Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., is principal owner, and lord of the manor...W.R. Brockton Esq. is a small owner, and Mr John Tomlin is a resident owner, with a few other small owners."'' The Roman fort known as AD PONTEM is located east of the FOSSE WAY Roman road north east of the village. The parish comprises just over . ''"The church exhibits portions in the several styles of English architecture; the tower was formerly surmounted with a steeple. A fine tessellated pavement, some coins, and other

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relics, have been discovered. On a small mound in a field adjoining the turnpike-road Henry VII is said to have erected his standard, on 6 June 1487, the day upon which he fought the

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with the

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."'' Judge Molyneux ''"settled at Thorpe, away, where he would have a dwelling suitable to his position, and was succeeded there by his son, grandson, and great-grandson, the latter of whom, Sir John Molyneux, sold the manor to John Halsey and others."'' Sir John Molyneux, (1623–1691), was once a

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Population

The population of Thorpe in 1801 was 44, in 1851 115, and in 1901 66.

Religious sites

The abolitionist

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lived here at the rectory from 1836.

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Pictures of St Laurence Church Thorpe, by Heather Faulkes

Extract concerning Thorpe from Thornville's, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848, pp. 341–42

An 1884 map of the village
{{authority control Newark and Sherwood Hamlets in Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Areas of Newark-on-Trent

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