LOWDHAM, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of THURGARTON, county of NOTTINGHAM,
7 miles (N. B.).from Nottingham, comprising the
townships of Caythorpeand Gunthorpe, and containing
1334 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of
York, rated in the king's books at £4. IS. 4., and
in the patronage of Earl Manvers. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. There was formerly a chapel of ease
at Gunthorpe, where is now a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. The manufacture of stockings
is carried on here.