Drinsey Nook
| Drinsey Nook | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Tom Otter's Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK870743 |
| Location: | 53°15’33"N, -0°41’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Lincoln |
| Postcode: | LN1 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
Drinsey Nook is a tiny village in Nottinghamshire, some two miles south-west of Saxilby, the latter in Lincolnshire. Drinsey Nook stands at the very border with the latter county, the border marked at this point by the A57 Lincoln Road. It is at the head of a section of the Foss Dyke, a Roman canal which runs from the River Trent to the River Witham.
Thee village has notoriety from the tale of Tom Otter, a man who murdered his new wife in 1805. Otter, reputedly from Treswell, was already a married when he married his wife, Mary, whom he murdered the same day near the bridge that now bears his name. He was hanged in 1806, and was held in a Gibbet post adjacent to Gibbet Wood.[1][2] Tom Otter lane is the B1190 running south of the village, and Tom Otters Bridge is named after the site of the murder.[3][2]
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References
- ↑ The Handbook Guide to Lincoln and Business Intelligencer (3 ed.). R. E. Leary. 1855. p. 64. https://books.google.com/?id=talbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA64&dq=Drinsey+nook#v=onepage&q=Drinsey%20nook&f=false. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tom Otter - Fact or Fiction?". Saxilby and District History Group. 2013. http://www.saxilbyhistory.org/tom%20otter.html. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ↑ Pickering, W (1848). The Gentleman's Magazine (Vol 30 ed.). p. 296. https://books.google.com/?id=-1FIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA296&dq=Drinsey+nook#v=onepage&q=Drinsey%20nook&f=false.