Lowdham with Gunthorpe and Caythorpe, Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Lowdham with Gunthorpe and Caythorpe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Gunthorpe and Caythorpe.

Alternative names: Lowdham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LOWDHAM, a village, a township, and a parish in Southwell district, Notts.

The village stands on an affluent of the river Trent, adjacent to the Nottingham and Lincoln railway, 5½ miles SSW of Southwell; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham.

The township includes the village and extends into the country. Real property, £4,042. Polp., 868. Houses, 184.

The parish contains also the townships of Caythorpe and Gunthorpe. Acres, 3,010. Real property, £7,840. Pop. in 1851, 1,596; in 1861, 1,503. Houses, 327. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to P. S. Broughton, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £276. Patron, Earl Manvers. The church is old, was recently restored, and has a tower and small spire.

There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £4.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Nottinghamshire, Lowdham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Lowdham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Nottinghamshire, Lowdham – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Lowdham, 1599-1840.
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lowdham (Nottinghamshire)

Church records, 1793-1871
Author: Newark Circuit (Nottinghamshire : Methodist)

Church records, 1795-1925
Author: Newark Circuit (Nottinghamshire : Methodist)

England, Nottinghamshire, Lowdham, St. Mary the Virgin parish registers, 1719-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lowdham (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at Lowdham, 1559-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lowdham (Nottinghamshire)

Methodist Circuit registers for Nottingham, 1895-1967

Parish registers and parish chest records for Lowdham, 1559-1942
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lowdham (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Lowdham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Lowdham, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1776-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Lowdham – History ( 1 )
Not forgetting Caythorpe
Author: Sharp, Anne; O’Neill, Julie; Trent Valley Local History Group

Administration

  • County: Nottinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District: Southwell
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Nottingham
  • Poor Law Union: Southwell
  • Hundred: Thurgarton
  • Province: York