ST. LAWRENCE'S CHURCH, THORPE
Also known as Thorpe-by-Newark.
This small village has Royal connections. The parish comprises just over 698 acres (2.8 km2).
The church exhibits portions in the several styles of English architecture; the tower was formerly surmounted with a steeple. A fine tessellated pavement, some coins, and other Roman relics, have been discovered.
On a small mound in a field adjoining the turnpike-road Henry VII is said to have erected his standard, on the 6th of June, 1487, the day upon which he fought the battle of Stoke Field with the Earl of Lincoln.
St. Laurence's church is "a picturesque village church, which was much restored by the rector Rev. William Wood during the Victorian period. Who 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.
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