St. Lawrence's Church, Thorpe

St. Lawrence's Church, Thorpe
the church in 2015
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	www.farndon-hawton.org.uk
History
Dedication	St. Lawrence
Administration
Parish	Thorpe, Nottinghamshire
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	was the late Rev John Quarell

Coordinates: 53°02′33″N 00°51′27″W / 53.04250°N 0.85750°W / 53.04250; -0.85750

St. Lawrence's Church, Thorpe is a parish church in the Church of England in Thorpe, Nottinghamshire.

The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest. The abolitionist Lucy Townsend lived at the rectory with her husband and they are both buried here.

The small church is that of St. Laurence, "a parish, in the union of Southwell, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (S. W.) from Newark; containing 108 inhabitants."

St. Laurence's church is "a picturesque village church, which was much restored by the rector Rev. William Wood during the Victorian period. He also built the rectory through whose grounds one has to go in order to gain access to the church. The solid tower remains from the 12th century.

Some of the clergy of this parish include Mr Paget, rector 1587-89; Thomas Colman, rector 1591, Isaac Sharpe, rector 1598-1613, and John Scarlett, rector 1624-39., John Quarrell (who is buried here_