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RUTLAND. [KELLY's in the Gift of the Bishop of Peterborough, and Held Since 1894 Land Is Almost Entirely in Pasture 612 BELTON. RUTLAND. [KELLY'S in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough, and held since 1894 land is almost entirely in pasture. The parish contains 1,024 by the Rev. Charles James Rowland Berkeley. There is a acres; assessable value, £1,611; the population in 1901 Baptist chapel here, erected in 1843, and having 120 sittings. was 314. The charities, amounting to about £58 yearly, are principally Sexton, John Grocock, sen. derived from the poor's land of 33 acres and £10 yearly from Brooke lordship for the oldest widows of Belton parish. Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. B. & A. & I. & Telephone Call Office. Belton House is the residence of Fleming R. D. A. Gough -Francis Harrold Rudkin, sub-postmaster. Letters esq. The Old Hall is now a farm-house. A. G. Finch esq. arrive from Uppingham at 7.35 a.m. & 4.40 p.m.; dis- of Burley-on-the-Hill, is lord of the manor. The principal patched at 9.55 a.m. & 5.35 p.m. ; no delivery on sundays landowners are Edward Philip Monckton esq. of Laundimer Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1870, which House, Oundle, Northants, Mrs. Wyre, Mrs. Ward, F. R. supplies the elementary education for the school district D. A. Gough esq. and the trustees of Dr. Yorke and Frederick of Belton, Alexton & Wardley, for 120 children; average Reynolds esq. The soil is gravelly; subsoil, clay. The attendance, 80; Ralph Crabbe, master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Burnham John, chimney sweeper Henson George, grazier AlIen Mrs Buttress John & Henry, graziers Jakes George, carter Berkeley Rev. Charles James Rowland, Caudren William, boot & shoe maker Pilley George Henry, grazier Vicarage Clarke William, baker & grazier Porter Thomaf> (Mrs.), dress maker Dawson Guy Rupert Finch, The Cottage Corby Henry, farmer & grazier Royal William, Black Horse P.R. & grazr Goode Alfred Cox Frederick, tailor Rudkin Francis Harrold,grocer, Post offce Gough Fleming Richard Dansey Aubrey, Crabbe Ralph, schoolmaster & clerk to Stevenson Henry, grazier Belton house Parish Council & assessor & collector Stevenson John Wm. Sun P.R. & crpntr Hudson William Kilby of taxes for Belton, Leighfield & Stubbs Joseph Donald, grazier Mawson Cecil Allerton Greville, West- Ridlington Uphill Mary (Miss), draper bourne house Crowden William, grazier Wadd Thomas, draper & grocer Mawson Wm. Wilmott, Westbourne ho Goode Mary Jane & Elizabeth Ann Ward Elizabeth (Mrs.), grazier COlllMERCIAL. (Misses), bakers "Vard John, grazier Andrew Stephen, butcher Goodliffe Stokes, grazier Webb John, blacksmith & graziet Andrew Wm. grazier & brewers' agent Grocock John, carpenter BISBROOKE is a village and parish, in the hundred Percy Cecil Evans-Freke D.L., J.P. The Duke of Rutland, of Wrangdike, Uppingham union and county court district, who is lord of the manor, Lady Carbery and the Earl of rural deanery of Rutland (third portion), archdeaconry of Ancaster P.c. are the chief landowners. The soil is mixed ; Oakham and diocese of Peterborough, 2t miles north-west subsoil, chiefly kaley stone and sand. The chief crops are from Seaton station on the London and North Western and wheat, barley, turnips, and some land is in pasture. The Great Northern railways, and 1 east from Uppingham. The area is 1,144 acres; assessable value, £1,140: the popula­ village is situated on a height, the houses being intermixed tion in 1901 was 204. with and partly surrounded by orchards and gardens. The Sexton, William Swann. church of St. John the Baptist, erected in 1871, at a cost of Post Office.-Miss Mary Dalby, suo-postmistress. Letters £1,200, to replace an older structure, portions of which were arrive through Uppingham at 6.25 a.m. & 6 p.m.; dis- incorporated in the new work, is a building of stone in the patched at 6.25 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; no sunday delivery. Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Upping- an unfinished tower at the north-west angle, the lower stage ham, 1 mile distant of which forms a porch: there are 150 sittings. The register Schools. dates from the year 1665. The living is a discharged vicar- School (mixed), erected in 1854, for 100 children; average age, net yearly value arising from 96 acres of glebe £132, attendance, 48; Mrs. Thomas Shelton, mistress with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Rutland, and School (for children under 5 years of age), erected in 1872, held since 1899 by the Rev. WaIter Thorpe Fowke M.A. of for 18 children; average attendance, 12; Mrs. Rosa Bird, Queens' College, Cambridge. Bisbrooke Hall, the property mistress; both schools were built by the late Lord Carbery of Lady Carbery, of Glaston Hall, is occupied by the Hon. J.P. & are now supported by Lady Carbery Edwards Thomas Barnett Joseph, farmer & grazier IClarke John Olive, farmer & grazier Evans-Freke Hon. Percy Cecil D.L., J.P. [Berridge Thomas, Gate P.R. & farmer Gray Alfred, farmer & grazier, Granby 10 Bisbrooke hall Bird Emily (Miss), dress maker Green Ann (Mrs.), market gardener Fowke Rev. Walter Thorpe M.A. Thel Burdett Frederick, market gardener Green Emma (Mrs.), farmer & grazier Vicarage Church Frances (Miss), laundress Green Thomas, market gardener COMMERCIAL. Clarke Elizabeth (Mrs.) & Charles Con- Tomblin Stephen, market gardener Barnett John, market gardener way, farmers & graziers, Southfield 10 BRAUNSTON (or Bravenston) is a village and parish, Buckingham's charity of £10 yearly is for distribution on situated on the river Gwash, 2! miles south-west from St. Thomas' day: Burton's charity, being an annuity of £5 Oakham station and 4 north-west from Manton station on (less 9s. Id. land tax), arising out of the manor of Halstead, the Syston and Peterborough branch of the Midland railway is "to be paid to the chaplain and curate of Braunston and 10 east-south-east from Melton Mowbray, in the hundred, to teach 20 of the poorest men's children"; the church or union and county court district of Oakham, rural deanery town land, for the support and repair of the church and of Rutland (first portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and dio- consisting of 11a. Or. 21p. yields an income of £20 a year; cese of Peterborough. The village lies in a very sequestered the Whisp land, consisting of 16a. 3r. lOp. is for the common valley, near Leighfield Forest, on the borders of Leicester- good of freeholders having common rights, and the main­ shire. This parish was formerly annexed to Hambleton, tenance of a preacher, or, in default thereof, to the church but separated from it in 188"5. The church of All Saints is bells, the roads, bridges and relief of the poor; the income a building of stone of the 13th century, consisting of chancel, has varied from £47 15s. to £18. Alan George Finch esq. nave, aisles, south porch and a western tower, containing a is lord of the manor. The soil is heavy clay; subsoil, same. clock and 4 bells: the porch has a fine Norman doorway: The principal portion of the land is used for grazing. The in the south aisle are some brasses of the Cheseldyn family, area is 1,500 acres; assessable value, £1,828; the population dated 1596 and 1642: the tower was rebuilt in the early in 1901 was 374. part of the 18th century: the chancel was restored in 1887-8, Parish Clerk, Thomas Rawson. and the interior of the nave in 1890, at a total cost of £810. Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. B., A. & I. & Telephone Call Office. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a -John Henry Rawlings, sub-postmaster. Letters from vicarage, net yearly value £250, with residence and Oakham arrive at 6.50 a.m. & 3 p.m.; dispatched at including 55 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and 11.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; no sunday delivery Chapter of Lincoln, and held since 1879 by the Rev. Ben- Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1905, for 100 jamin Barrett Lic.Theol. of Hatfield Hall, Durham. The children; average attendance, 79; William Whitehouse, Wesleyans have a place of worship here. The Duke of master Barrett Rev. Benjamin [vicar], The Beadman John, grazier & shopkeeper Freeman Henry, farm bailiff to Evan Vicarage Buckby Richard, carpenter Hanbury esq Freer Thomas, Cedar house Clark Herbert, grazier Freeman William, farmer, Chapter farm Hanbury Evan J.P. Manor house Cook Addison, grazier Hackett John Samuel, baker Kew George Cooper David, grazier Hinman John William, grazier Onslow Major Hughes, The Cedars Cunnington Horace, wheelwright Houghton Henry, grazier Spence Capt. The Limes Freeman Arthur, grazier & assistant Longwill David, farmer & grazier Spinney Mrs. Lenton cottage overseer Mason Thomas (Mrs.), baker & grazier COMMERCIAL. Freeman Elizabeth (Miss), farmer &. Meadows John, Old Plough inn,& grazier Barnett Annie (Miss), dress maker grazier, Brooke house Meadows Robert Henry, market gardnr Beadman George, grazier & shopkeeper Meadows Samuel, shopkpr. & overseer .
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