Lowdham
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 Lowdham War Memorial with the Magna Charta pub in the background |
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| Lowdham shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 3,334 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK6646 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG14 |
| Dialling code | 0115 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Lowdham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell. It is in the Newark and Sherwood district, and at the 2001 census, had a population of 2,832, increasing to 3,334 at the 2011 Census. The dual carriageway to the north and Doncaster cuts the village in two.
This seems to be an Old English masculine personal nickname, Hluda, + hām (Old English), village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., so ' Hluda's homestead or village'.
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.
To the north east of the bypass is Lowdham Mill. There is now little sign of the frame knitting industry that was important in this area in the 19th century. In 1844 there were 94 stocking frames working in Lowdham.
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 (formally the Plough and still located on Plough Lane) and the Old Ship which are all lounge/bar layouts in the centre of the village.
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