In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Owthorpe like this:
OWTHORPE, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; on the Grantham canal and adjacent to the Fosse way, 4¼ miles S S E of Ratcliffe r. station, and 4¾ S S W of Bingham. Post-town, Cotgrave, under Nottingham. Acres, 1, 700. Real property, £1, 589. Pop., 112. Houses, 25. Owthorpe Hall was the seat of Col. Hutchinson, whose " Memoirs" were written by his wife. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £70. Patron, Sir Henry Bromley, Bart. The church is old, has a tower, and contains monuments of the Hutchinsons.
Owthorpe through time
Owthorpe is now part of Rushcliffe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rushcliffe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Owthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Owthorpe, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7723
Date accessed: 12th May 2024
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