Drinsey Nook
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Drinsey Nook is a small village in the West Lindsey
district of Lincolnshire
, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Saxilby
, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire
.
It is most notable for the case of Tom Otter, a man who murdered his new wife in 1805. Tom Otter lane is the B1190 running south of the village, and Tom Otters bridge is named after the site of the murder.
The story says that Tom Otter, reputedly from Treswell
, was already a married man when he married his new wife, Mary, whom he murdered the same day, near the bridge that now bears his name. He hung in 1806, and was held in a Gibbet
post by Gibbet Wood.
West Lindsey
West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...
district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Saxilby
Saxilby
Saxilby is a large village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west of Lincoln, on the A57 road at the junction of the B1241. It is part of the civil parish of Saxilby and Ingleby, along with the nearby village of Ingleby. Population of the civil parish in 2001 was...
, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
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It is most notable for the case of Tom Otter, a man who murdered his new wife in 1805. Tom Otter lane is the B1190 running south of the village, and Tom Otters bridge is named after the site of the murder.
The story says that Tom Otter, reputedly from Treswell
Treswell, Nottinghamshire
Treswell is a village in north Nottinghamshire in England. The village is under the administration of Bassetlaw Council and Treswell parish council...
, was already a married man when he married his new wife, Mary, whom he murdered the same day, near the bridge that now bears his name. He hung in 1806, and was held in a Gibbet
Gibbet
A gibbet is a gallows-type structure from which the dead bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. In earlier times, up to the late 17th century, live gibbeting also took place, in which the criminal was placed alive in a metal cage...
post by Gibbet Wood.