Lowdham is a village in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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 between Nottingham

Nottingham

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 and Southwell

Southwell, Nottinghamshire

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Lowdham is in the Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood is a local government district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton....

 district.
The dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

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 to the north and Doncaster

Doncaster

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 cuts the village in two.

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

Knitting

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 industry that was important in this area in the 19th century. In 1844 there were 94 stocking frames working in Lowdham.

Lowdham railway station

Lowdham railway station

Lowdham railway station serves the village of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line.The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine....

 is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line

Nottingham to Lincoln Line

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. Two miles from the railway station is HMP

Prison

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 Lowdham Grange

Lowdham Grange (HM Prison)

HM Prison Lowdham Grange is a Category B men's private prison, located in the village of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by the Serco Group.-History:...

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Etymology

Lowdham means "village

Village

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 by the loud stream", from Old English

Old English language

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 hlud "loud

Loud

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" and ham "village, homestead". The name was recorded as Lideheme in 1046, suggesting Old English hlid "slope" as the first element, with Old Norse heimr (as in Blenheim

Blenheim

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), cognate

Cognate

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 with Old English

Old English language

Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

 ham "homestead, village".

Bus services

Nottingham City Transport

• 26: Lowdham - Burton Joyce - Burton Road - Carlton - Nottingham.
• 100: Nottingham - Carlton - Burton Road - Burton Joyce - Lowdham - Southwell

Premiere Travel

• 3: Newark - Southwell - Lowdham.
• 5: Nottingham - Netherfield - Burton Joyce - Lowdham - Oxton.
• 6: Bingham - Lowdham - Calverton - Woodborough - Lambley - Arnold - City Hospital.
• S9: Southwell - Lowdham - Burton Joyce - Netherfield.