Drinsey Nook is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south-west from Saxilby, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire. The village sits on the bank of the east of Lincoln section of the Foss Dyke, a canal which runs from the River Trent to the River Witham. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Kettlethorpe. The main building is the former Drinsey Nook Inn which is actually situated in Nottinghamshire; this was previously known as the 'Buffalo Inn' on old Ordnance Survey maps.

Drinsey Nook
Tom Otter's Bridge
The Foss Dyke, frosted over
Drinsey Nook Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK870743
• London	153 mi (246 km) S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN1
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.259189°N 0.696325°W / 53.259189; -0.696325

Drinsey Nook is notable for 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 from the village, and Tom Otters Bridge is named after the site of the murder.[2][3]

References

External links

• Media related to Drinsey Nook at Wikimedia Commons
• The Tale Of Tom Otter

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