| Name | Gunthorpe |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.99°N 0.987°W |
| Located in | Nottinghamshire, England |
| See also | Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England | civil parish in which it was a township until 1866 | | Thurgarton Wapentake, Nottinghamshire, England | Wapentake in which the place was located | | Southwell Rural, Nottinghamshire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England | district covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Gunthorpe is a small village and civil parish outside of Nottingham in the Newark and Sherwood District of Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 UK census was 752. Gunthorpe Bridge is the only bridge over the River Trent between Newark and Nottingham.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Gunthorpe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "GUNTHORPE, a township in Lowdham parish, Notts; at a ferry on the river Trent, 2 miles SE of Lowdham [railway] station, and 9 ENE of Nottingham. Real property: £2,385. Population: 331. Houses: 76. The manor belongs to F. Wright, Esq. There are a chapel of ease, erected in 1850, and a Wesleyan chapel."
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