Rutland (or Rutlandshire), inland co. of England, bounded W. and N. by Leicestershire, NE. by Lincolnshire, and SE. by Northamptonshire; greatest length, N. and S., 18 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 17 miles; area, 94,889 ac., pop. 21,434. Rutland is the smallest county in England. The surface is diversified by gently rising hills and fine valleys, and is watered by the Eye Brook, the Chater, and the Gwash, flowing into the Welland, which forms the south-eastern boundary. The soil is in general loamy and fertile; in the east part it is chiefly in tillage, and in the west part under grass. The chief crops are wheat and barley. Great attention is paid to rearing choice breeds both of cattle and sheep. (For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) In the Vale of Catmose, round Oakham, are tracts of woodland, the remains of old forests. The prevailing rock is limestone. Rutland was made a county by Henry III., and gives the title of duke to the family of Manners. It contains 5 hundreds, 57 pars, and part of another, and the market-towns of Oakham (where the assizes are held) and Uppingham; it has no parliamentary or municipal boroughs. It is in the diocese of Peterborough. It returns 1 member to Parliament; it returned 2 members until 1885.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Is bounded, North-east by Lincolnshire, South-east and South by Northamptonshire, and West by Leicestershire. It is about 18 miles long, and 15 broad, and is divided into five Hundreds: Alstoe, East, Martinsley, Oakhamsoke, and Wrandike. Rivers ; the Guash, or the Wash, and the Wetland. It has 2 Market-Towns; is in the Province of Canterbury, partly in the Diocese of Peterborough, and partly in that of Lincoln, and in the Midland Circuit; and contains 149 square miles, or 95,360 acres. Population, 21,302.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Status: Ancient Parish Parish church: St. John the Baptist Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1572 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Edith Weston South Luffenham Lyndon Pilton Morcott Ketton [su_gmap address=”North Luffenham Rutland” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 LUFFENHAM (NORTH), a village and a parish in Uppingham district, …
Status: Ancient Parish Parish church: All Saints Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1564 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707 Nonconformists include: Baptist, Society of Friends, Independent, and Wesleyan Methodist Adjacent Parishes Knossington Manton Burley Braunston Langham Martinsthorpe Egleton Hambleton Brooke Cold Overton [su_gmap address=”Oakham Rutland” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 OAKHAM, a …
Status: Ancient Parish Parish church: St. Nicholas Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1548 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes North Luffenham Wing Lyndon Morcott [su_gmap address=”Pilton Rutland” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 PILTON, a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland; on the river Chater, and on the Syston and …
Status: Ancient Parish Parish church: St. Peter and St. Paul Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1560 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701 Nonconformists include: Independent and Wesleyan Methodist Adjacent Parishes Manton Bisbrooke Wing Ridlington Martinsthorpe Ayston [su_gmap address=”Preston Rutland” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 PRESTON, a village and a parish in Uppingham …
Status: Ancient Parish Parish church: St. Mary and St. Andrew Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1559 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Wardley Preston Belton Martinsthorpe Leighfield Brooke Ayston [su_gmap address=”Ridlington Rutland” zoom=”11″] Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 RIDLINGTON, a village and a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland. The …
Status: Ancient Parish Alternative names: Ryhall with Essendine Other places included in the parish: Belmisthorpe, Blemisthorpe Parish church: St. John the Evangelist Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1653 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Stamford All Saints with St Peter Uffington Careby with Holywell and Aunby Stamford St George with St Paul Great Casterton …
Seaton with Thorpe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Rutlandshire. Alternative names: Seaton Other places in the parish include: Thorpe by Water and Thorpe. Parish church: All Saints Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1538 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Bisbrooke Gretton Lyddington Glaston Morcott Harringworth Barrowden [su_gmap address=”Seaton Rutland” zoom=”11″] Historical …