Moor Lane

Moor Lane begins at The Square by the Manor and reaches out eastwards across Gotham Moor, almost to Fairham Brook at the parish boundary with Ruddington and Bunny.

Moor Lane is found on the 1806 enclosure map for the village. One passes Manor Farm on the right with the entrance to The Rushes on the left. During the 19th century a small Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1848. Where the lane turns slightly it was called Little London on the 1900 ordnance survey map. It was also the site of the village pinfold where stray farm animals were kept until reclaimed, usually on payment of a fine.

By the pinfold two footpaths begin, one to Ruddington and the other to East Leake crossing old enclosures known as the Little and Great Ash Croft respectively. Just past the pinfold there was a small row of thatched cottages. Moor Lane then continued to fields on either side. In the main they were owned by Earl Howe with smaller holdings held by other local residents.

Little changed along Moor Lane until after the sale of the Earl Howe estate in 1918. Thereafter ribbon building of houses and bungalows occurred along part of the north side, including council houses, consisting of sixteen semi-detached properties the first to be built in Gotham. Building of these houses in 1937 precipitated the construction of the sewage works further along Moor Lane.