[.] SOUTH LUFFENHAM. 516 (POST OFFICE Dennis Rev. Philip Gretton, B.D. Fancourt John, saddler&h arn es maker Sharpe Catherine(Mrs.),baker& shpkpr [rector], Rectory Hart Henry, farmer Stancer W illiam, farrier Heathcote Henry W. The Hall King Everard, farmer Stokes Elizabeth (Mrs.), butchr & frmr COMMERCIAL. King Williarn, farmer Sturgess Rebecca (Mrs.), farmer Betts Henry, gardener Pepperday Charlotte (Mrs.), stationer Thoruton Lewis, butcher Bolland Henry, boot & shoe maker &c. be post office Walker Edward, Horse~· Panniers, & Bolland John, wheelwright Price Daniel, boot & shoe maker baker Chapman John, blacksmith Price George, stone mason Walker Samuel, manager of Lord Ave­ Cunnington Elizabeth (Mrs.), Fox ~ Robinson William, farmer & maltster land's brick works Hounds, & farmer Rose John, timber dealer Walker William Tewson, carpenter &e Dickens John, grocer & mason Rose William, blacksmith Yorke John Daniel Watson, farmer

SOUTH LUFFENHAM is a pleasant village and The Hall, a handsome mansion, is the property of Tlwmas parish, half a mile south from the Luffenham station, on John Stafford Hotchkin, esq. Lord Aveland is principal the south bank of the Chater, 5 miles east from Upping­ owner and lord of the manor. The soil is clay in parts, and ham, and 8 south-west from Oakham, in the Wrangdike sandy and stony in parts ; subsoil, chiefly clay. The chief hundred, union and county court district. rural crops are wheat, barley ami turnips. 'l'he parish comprises deanery of Rutland, archlleaconry of Oak ham, and diocese 1,417 acres; rateable value~ £2,489 the population in 1871 of Peterborough. The and North Western and wa~ 359. Midland railways have lines to this place. The church of Parish Clerk, James Pridmore. St. Mary is an old Gothic building, with some remains of Norman architecture, and in good repair, consisting of PosT, MoNEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings chancel, nave, north aisle, with a square tower and spire, Bank.-Henry Thurkettle, sub-postmaster. Letters re­ and containing 4 bells. The regi&ter dates from the year ceived from Stamford at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m 1678. The living is a rectory, yearly value £400, with National School, mastership vacant 60 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Halliol Railway Station, Orlando :Sims, station master College, Oxford, and held by the Rev. Hay Sweet Escott, CARRIERS TO STAMFORD.-John Read & Mary Ann Daw- M.A., of that college; the tithes were commuted in 18-!5. son & Winterton & Dexter, mondays & fridays Cooper J oseph Davis J olln, tailor Tailby George, farmer & grazier Escott Rev. Hay Sweet, M.A. [rector] Davis Thomas, butcher Tilley Frederick, Railway inn, miller & Pridmore !Hisses Fowler Daniel, baker, grocer & beer farmer COMMERCIAL. retailer Thurkettle Henry, boot & shoe maker, Ball Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper & Lane L,}dia (Mrs.), milliner &dress m kr & post office butcher Pepper William, wheelwright & farmer Tomlinson & Gill, coal & coke merchant Ball J osiah, baker Pretty George, farmer Tomlinson Robert, collector of poo7 Ball William, baker & timber merchant Pridmore Augustus, farmer rates & registrar of births & deaths Brown Geo.DurhmnOx inn, & butcher Pridmore Thomas, farmer Wells John, gardener Chappell James, beer retailer Pridmore Williarn Charles, farmer Wood Will iam, farmer Cobley Sarah(Miss),milliner & dress ma Sims Orlando, station master Wyman Robert, farmer

LYNI>ON is a small parish, 4~ miles north-east from Jesus College, Cambridge. Here are a few charities. Lyn­ Uppin~ham, and 5 south-east from Oakham, and 2~ east don Hall is a fine stone mansion near the church, erected from the Manton station on the Syston and Peterborough line 1674-1679 hy Sir A bel Barker, bart., and is now the property of the l\Jidland railway, in the hundred of Martinsley, Oak­ of E. N. Conant, esq., J .P., who is lord of the manor and sole ham union and count:v conrt district, rural deanery of Rut­ landowner. The soil is mixed ; subsoil, \ arious. The chief land, arch deaconry of Oakham, and diocese of Peterborough. crops are wheat, barley, and pasture. The area is 902 acres; The village is on an acclivity, and near to a small stream, rateable value, .£1,656; the population in 1871 was Ill. which flows into the Chater. The church of St. Martin is Parish Clerk, Thomas Clitle. a small old building-, with tower and 4 bells. The register dates from the year 1.580. The living is a rectory, yearly Letters arrive throug-h Oak ham at 10a.m. by foot messenger~ value £190, with residence, in the gift of Edward Nathaniel who retnrns at 3 p.m. The nearest money order & tele­ Con ant, esq., and held by the Rev. Frederick Orme, B.A., of graph office is at Brown .T olm Davis, Upper hall COMl\1 ERCIAL, ~Tackley William, grazier Conant Edward Natbaniel, .J.P. Lyn­ Betts Henry, grazier Partridge Thomas, farmer & grazier don hall Chamberlain Ann (1\Irs.), farmer & Sidney Henry, carpenter Orme Rev. Frederick, B.A. [rector] grazter•

MANTON is a small parish, village, and railway station, in the g-ift of John Jackson, esq., and held by the Rev. on an eminence, in the hundred of 1\Iartinsley, union and Frederick Johu Freeman, M.A., of ~t. John's College, Cam­ county court district of Oakham, rural deanery of Rutland, bridge, who resides at Uppingham. George Bradley, esq., arehdeaconry of Oakham, and diocese of Peterborough, 93 is lord of the manor. The landowners are Richard Luca'>, miles from London, 3~ south-by-east from Oakham, and 10 esq., J.P., l\liss Exton, J. T. Springthorpe, esq., and others. west from Stamford. There is a commodious station on the The soil is clay in parts and sand in parts; subsoil, clay in Syston and Peterborough branch of the .Midland railway, parts and stone and sand in parts, and varies greatly. The opened for passenger and goods traffic l\fay 1st, 1848: the crops are wheat, barley and turnips, but the land is chiefly line passes under Man ton Hill through a tunnel nearly a in pasture. The area is 1,290 acres ; rateable value, mile in length. The church of St. Mary is a small and old £3,029 5s. ; the population in 1871 was 251. building in the Romanesque style of about the lOth century, Parish Clerk, Hosea Culpin. consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and transepts, south porch, turret and 2 bells, restored in 1854: it is on a height PosT OFFICE.-Robert Partridge, receiver. Letters arrive in the centre of the village. The register dates from the through Oakham at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. The year 1573. The liviug is a vicarage, yearly value £124, nearest money order offices are at Oakham & U ppingham PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Culpin Hosea, tailor Partridge Robert, baker, & post office Almond Robert Custance Heury, Jockey, & farther Seaton Richard, butcher & grazier Custance Henry Darling Joseph, builder & mason Smith William, grazier Custance 1\Irs. The Farm Davies Elias Wm. shoe ma. grocer &c Springthorpe John Thomas, farmer & Exton Miss, The Hall Dick ins J sph.Blue Ball, & stone mason grazrer• Hack !\Irs Dickins William, grazier & stone mason Taylor Henry & Son, builders, grocers. 1\'lackley James Ellis & Everard, coal merchts. Station & graziers Norman George Blake, The Poplars Fryer William, grazier Tomblin Thomas, farmer & grazier, Palmer Miss Gann Thomas, carpenter Lodge Springthorpe John Thomas Hockney George, farmer & grazier Ty ler George, blacksmith Springthorpe :Miss :Mould Dadd, farmer & grazier WalkerOweu, hawker & general dealer COMMERCIAL. Ni'edham Et.! win, farmer, grazier, baker Wigginton Fras.()lrs.),Horse~Jockey Baker Francis, farmer & ~razier & miller Woods William, carpenter &c