Lowdham

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Village in Nottinghamshire, England

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::summary Village in Nottinghamshire, England ::

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Field	Value
static_image_name	The Magna Charta, Lowdham, Notts - geograph.org.uk - 386345.jpg
static_image_caption	Lowdham War Memorial
with the Magna Charta pub in the background
country	England
coordinates
map_type	Nottinghamshire
official_name	Lowdham
population	3,247
population_ref	(2021)
shire_district	Newark and Sherwood
shire_county	Nottinghamshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Newark
post_town	NOTTINGHAM
postcode_district	NG14
postcode_area	NG
dial_code	0115
os_grid_reference	SK 67021 46244
type	Village and civil parish
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	12
mapframe-point	none
static_image_2_caption	Parish map
area_total_sq_mi	2.64
london_distance_mi	110
london_direction	SSE
website
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History

The name Lowdham seems to be derived from the Old English masculine personal nickname Hluda, combined with "hām," meaning village, community, manor, estate, or homestead, resulting in "Hluda's homestead or village." However, the name Lowdham also suggests a Danish origin, with earlier forms such as Ludham and Ludholme.

Relics from the Middle Ages include an alabaster slab and a figure of a knight in armour, located in the chancel of St Mary's Church and inscribed in memory of Sir John de Loudham. The dog at the feet of the effigy indicates 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 located 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 on Ton Lane, and in 1844 an Independent Primitive Methodist chapel (Bottom Chapel) was established on Main Street. The Top Chapel closed in 1986, but the Bottom Chapel continues to be used as an Independent Methodist church.

To the northeast of the bypass is Lowdham Mill. There is now little evidence of the frame knitting industry that was significant in this area during the 19th century. In 1844 there were 94 stocking frames operating in Lowdham.

Notable people

In birth order:

Sir John de Loudham (died 1318), landowner, is commemorated in St Mary's Church.
George Wilkins (1785–1865), Vicar of Lowdham (1815–1839), was later 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.
Harold Cottam (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 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, the World's End (formerly 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.

Bus services

Nottingham City Transport

26: Nottingham – Carlton – Gedling – Burton Joyce – Lowdham
26A: Nottingham – Carlton – Gedling – Burton Joyce – Lowdham – Southwell NottsBus Connect
747

CT4N

References

"Lowdham parish".
J. Gover, A. Mawer and 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.
Nottinghamshire History [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/burtonjoyce.htm Retrieved 8 March 2018.]
Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project [http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/lowdham/hhistory.php Retrieved 9 March 2018.]
Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yEczt4iQzQ Retrieved 8 March 2018.]
Pub's Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/TheMagnaCharta Retrieved 8 March 2018.]
Bookshop page [http://www.thebookcase.co.uk/ Retrieved 8 March 2018.]
"NCT route 26/26A/26B".
"Bus service 747 NottsBus".
"300 - Newark to Lowdham".

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