St. Mary Magdalene The Rutland and St. Andrew Ridlington

Church Trail verlooking the valley of Special Feature: Monument to Sir James elcome to the Rutland Church Trail. the River Gwash, this and Lady Harington Oconservation village forms Bells: 4 Churches have been places of an idyllic backwater, with evidence Places to Eat/Drink: Uppingham, Wing, Christian worship since Anglo Saxon of a settlement dating from the Manton, Braunston W Bronze Age. Public Transport: Translink to Oakham times and reflected in these important community via Braunston Set in the heart of the village, the buildings can be seen centuries of culture, present Church is of 13th century Church Open: Daily patronage, politics and local building materials origin, but its raised position and curved boundary indicates a from a particular area. possible site of a pre-Christian Dr Hoskins, in his Small significance and it is likely that there Guide to Rutland, says “no were earlier churches on the same Monument to other county in England site; the tower was added in the 15th Sir James and surpasses Rutland for century and the whole was Lady Harington. unspoiled, quiet charm... extensively enlarged and renovated they say the best things by the Victorians in 1854. come in the smallest parcels”. Rutland is, indeed, very small and yet, dotted around its unspoiled countryside, rural towns Water. Rutland Church, Normanton cover: Front and villages, Rutland possesses a large number of impressive limestone-built churches. We hope that you will enjoy visiting our rich and timeless heritage and share in the witness that continues to this day.

St. Peter St. Mary’s St. John The Baptist Brooke Ashwell North Luffenham

Special Feature: orth Luffenham is 2 miles clergy seats, is set in the south wall Used for a scene in south of Rutland Water near the altar. the film of “Pride and and the large church is Prejudice” N Special Features: Pair of Sedilia clergy seats found below the village school with and 40 commonwealth war graves Bells: Restored and beautiful views over the Chater augmented to 6 in in the churchyard 1992 Valley. It dates from the 11th Bells: 6 century, but has a typical medieval Places to Eat/Drink: layout, wall painted decoration, 14th Places to Eat/Drink: Nearest are in Horse & Panniers and Fox & Hounds Braunston century stained glass, wooden roof musician angels and a fine broach Public Transport: Public Transport: Buses from Stamford-NL-Uppingham, daily, None spire. North Luffenham's most Oakham-NL-Barrowden, Wed only and Church Open: Daily famous resident was Archdeacon Leicester-NL-Stamford, 2nd Wed only Robert Johnson, who founded both Church Open: Daily Oakham and Uppingham public schools in the 16th century. His his tiny village treasures a interesting brass wall plaque within most interesting church. Its the elaborate pair of sedilia, or Tsouth doorway is Norman, as are the arcade and font.The tower is 13th century and there is a 14th century south window. The rest is late Elizabethan, remaining virtually ntil about 1911, Ashwell about 1280 and in the churchyard unchanged until today. was an estate owned village there are the remains of a holder of Uand St Mary’s church the Victoria Cross (VC), The Rev The Tudor round arches blend well stands at its largely undisturbed JW Adams MA VC who died in with those of the 12th century.The centre. Mainly of 14th century 1903 as vicar having won his VC in late Elizabethan oak fittings are of origin, serious restoration of the the Afgan War. more than usual interest, with box church was undertaken by the great Special features: Butterfield restoration pews and panelled screens.There is a Victorian architect William Bells: 1 marble tomb chest with the effigy of Butterfield in 1851. Butterfield Charles Noel who died 1619 aged designed the lych-gate, rebuilt the Places to Eat/Drink: None 28 and some interesting floor top of the tower and redesigned the Public Transport: Oakham to monuments. Nottingham bus service hedgerow,in lieu of any reredos.The interior, making it one of his most The clear glass above the interior is bright, simple, and above important restoration projects. Church Open: Key Available communion table admits the all, there is a wonderful harmony In the south chapel there is a morning sun and a view of the and sense of continuity of worship. wooden figure of a crusader of

St. Peter’s St. Peter and St. Paul St. Peter’s Barrowden Exton Belton In Rutland

his unexpectedly large The Reredos, unusual altar, and church (for the size of the organ case are of Victorian design in Tvillage) is set in Exton Park, the style of G Bodley and have the seat of the Earls of recently been restored. A mystery Gainsborough (the Noel Family). yet to be solved, are the recumbent effigies of medieval notables which It is not known exactly when the now form the top layer of a section first church was built at Exton, but of the roadside churchyard wall. history records for us that the De Brus family gave land here to the Special Features: Unusual late Victorian monks of Saint Andrew’s Priory at times. In fact, the Chancel & furnishings Northampton, sometime in the whole external Bells: 6 mid-12th century.So it may well be appearance makes Places to Eat/Drink: The Sun Inn, Belton that the first church was built here it seem all Victorian. The cause of and nearby Uppingham soon after that. the restoration was a hailstorm in Public Transport: Bus Service 747 - 1843, when the spire was struck by elton In Rutland is set in The present church dates from the Leicester to Uppingham, Mon-Sat, Hourly. lightning and masonry fell into the beautiful countryside on the Interconnects in Uppingham to Oakham, 13th and 14th centuries, though it he village of Barrowden, lies Change has always been part of the nave, destroying the roof and the old north side of the A47. ‘The Corby & Peterborough was much restored in Victorian B on the slope leading down church's existence in Barrowden gallery at the west end and the Leicestershire Round’ and Church Open: Key Available Tto the River Welland. and the spectrum of ages and styles windows of the south and west ends ‘Leighfield Way’ walks pass through. Essentially south facing, the largely can be clearly seen today. were completely shattered. Crowning its hilly position is the limestone dwellings and village Church of St Peter; the limestone This is an active church with a Special Features: 9 monuments from the greens are seen at their best in the tower can be seen from miles variety of weekend and weekday 16th-18th century, replicas of funerary and sunshine. armorial banners of the Noel family and 3 around. services. stained glass windows The present church, at the western The Church is entered Special Features: Numerous interesting Bells: 6 end of the village, has parts dating and historical features throughout through a 14th century Places to Eat/Drink: from circa 1210, such as the chancel the church porch, immediately to the Fox & Hounds public house arch. During the 13th century the Bells: 6 left is a splendid 13th north and south aisles were added, Public Transport: Rutland Flyer bus service century font. The south Places to Eat/Drink: Exeter Arms between Melton Mowbray and Corby (via arcade dates back to circa along with the porch. Towards the Oakham). Mon-Sat. end of the 14th century the tower Public Transport: Buses from Uppingham, 1200. The present layout Stamford, Peterborough and Leicester was built and now houses the six Church Open: Daily is a result of restoration in bells.The font, just inside the door, Church Open: Daily Contact Patricia Hagger 1897-8; the woodwork is thought to date from around this on 01572 813118 being the work of a local time as well. carpenter. St. Mary The Virgin St. Peter And St. Paul St. Mary’s Edith Weston Uppingham Greetham

dith Weston takes its name memorials to the Heathcote family, gallery,which was removed in 1860. reetham, a pleasant linear the remains of a Saxon or Norman from Edith, Queen of came from St Matthew’s Church, The modern statues of the Patron village of limestone houses, tympanum are embedded in the west EEdward the Confessor, who Normanton (which was partially Saints, Peter and Paul, are by Glies between Oakham and wall.The nearby font is a large capital gave her this part of Rutland. The submerged when Rutland Water Siegfried Pietzsch and attached to the A1. It is situated on the ‘Viking with a dog-tooth frieze and carved Church dates from circa 1170 and was filled in the late 1970s); it is opposite piers of the nave arcade Way’ - a long distance footpath heads. The chancel is notable for its the present chancel arch, built in depicted in the small stained glass The Triptych of the Madonna of the linking Oakham with the Humber 18th century communion rails and 1250, incorporates work from the window behind this altar. The Presentation of David Kirk was Estuary.The splendid tower and spire rustic panelling, showing scenes from earlier date.The 14th century tower chamber organ is a particularly fine dedicated in 2005 and hangs at the of Saint Mary's Parish Church is a the Bible.The attractive stained glass and spire are fine specimens of example of the work of Samuel east end of the north aisle. The notable local landmark. windows in the nave date from the Gothic architecture. The altar stone Green. It was built in 1787 and stained glass is particularly fine. early 1950s.The Church, open daily, in the north chapel is possibly of restored in 1981. The church building, mainly from Special Features: Bishops Jeremy Taylor and has a WC (suitable for wheelchair medieval origin and, with several the 12th-15th centuries, is situated in Special Feature: Samuel Green organ Edmund Bonner were both rectors here a quiet corner of the village. Inside, users). Bells: 6 Bells: 8 Special Feature: Early rustic Places to Eat/Drink: Wheatsheaf Inn Places to Eat/Drink: carved panelling A wide range in the Town. Market day - Fri Public Transport: Bus service from Bells: 6 Oakham and Stamford Public Transport: Places to Eat/Drink: 3 public Bus services from Leicester, Peterborough, Church Open: Daily houses - The Plough, The Black Corby and Oakham Horse and The Wheatsheaf Church Open: ppingham Parish Church Public Transport: Rutland Flyer Daily 8.00 am to 5.30 pm. Morning and is mainly a 14th century bus from Oakham (Somerfield) Evening Prayer and Eucharist daily. building, reconstructed in every 2 hours, Mon-Sat, 8am - U Lunchtime concerts at 1.20pm on Weds 6pm 1861 and re-ordered in 2002-4. in term time. Tel: 01572 823381 Four sculptured fragments remain Church Open: Daily from a pre-Conquest building, two (but altar brass not on display) flanking the north doorway and two more in the North (Lady) chapel. The early- medieval font was re- instated in 2004, after many years of disuse. Graffiti, carved on the westernmost arch of the south arcade was carried out by generations of boys from Uppingham School, whilst seated in the

St. Andrew St. Andrew’s St. Mary Of The Virgin Whissendine Hambleton Morcott ambleton is surrounded by hissendine is one of the evidence of subsequent attention in pulpit, lecturn, hangings, altar he Church stands on the site other's mouth - symbolic of Rutland Water, a reservoir larger villages of the 15th, 18th, 19th and 21st frontals and much else. of an ancient Norman eternity, the nave, which is the most completed in 1976. It is WRutland, tucked away in centuries. The spacious interior H Special features: Organ supported by pre- structure and contains part perfect example of Norman work in the north-west corner of the boasts numerous features of interest. today a classic example of an English Raphaelite Angels and Stained glass T of the original building, dating from the area and the Jacobean pulpit, village church, but its origins were windows by student Burne Jones. county. Appropriately, the church is These include an excellent soon after the Conquest (1066) to dating from the 1600s. very different. Set on high ground in one of Rutland’s largest, with an collection of gargoyles, a medieval Bells: 5 the early part of Stephen’s reign the centre of the County, the large Special Features: Norman arch and imposing tower that is a landmark at wooden screen (brought to Places to Eat/Drink: The Finches Arms (1138). The building was restored Norman church is one of the oldest pancake window several miles distance. The earliest Whissendine from the old chapel of and Hambleton Hall and alterations were made about and was the most important in the Bells: 4 parts of St Andrew's date from the St John’s college, Cambridge) and a Public Transport: From Oakham - 1 bus 1320, with further alterations taking County. It was part of the dowry of Places to Eat/Drink: The White Horse 13th century,but the fabric contains fine Victorian reredos. Saturday only place in 1874. the Queens of England. The main Public Transport: Buses from Uppingham, Church Open: Daily The chief points of interest include Special Features: body and tower, most of the pillars, Stamford, Peterborough and Leicester the tower, with its unusual ancient Gargoyles, medieval screen entrance arch, stoop and font, date Church Open: Key Available aperture or ‘pancake window’ giving Bells: 6 from 800-1190. Few alterations were made until the outstanding Victorian light and air to the belfry, the Tower Places to Eat/Drink: Arch, featuring a carving of two The Three Horseshoes, refurbishments of the 1890s. These The White Lion Inn were classic of their time and created serpents - each with its tail in the and Slipcote the interior as we now see it, the fine Public Transport: stained glass windows, ornate organ, Nottingham to Oakham bus service Church Open: Daily

Holy Trinity All Saints Key: Teigh Oakham Further information/guidebook available inside church. rom the outside, a small church window. This ‘Strawberry Hill ll Saints Church, with the ‘Perpendicular’ style. The south For up-to-date Bus Service of good proportions, built Gothic’ arrangement is believed to nearby Castle and Tudor doorway and porch date from the information contact ‘Traveline’ mainly in the 18th century be a unique feature. building of Oakham School 13th century. F A on 0870 608 2608. and entered by the west door into a form the historic centre of Special Feature: Pulpit Inside, features of interest include www.traveline.org.uk porch which is also the base of the Oakham, the County Town of the font (c1180), the chancel ceiling tower. The main building is entered Bells: 3 Rutland. (Victorian decoration) and the Holy Visiting Bell Ringers are welcome Bells through inner doors, revealing pews Places to Eat/Drink: None to ring the bells (by arrangement). There is evidence that there has Trinity Chapel, reputedly financed Bells are a traditional means of running the length of the nave and Public Transport: Melton to Oakham been a church here since at least by Westminster Abbey as a memorial attracting attention and giving an interesting Flemish painting of bus service, Mon-Sat Railway Station. 1200, with the present building to Simon de Langham (Archbishop warning, so its not surprising that the The Last Supper over the altar.To the Church Open: Daily, during daylight hours mostly 13th and 14th century. The of Canterbury, who died in 1370). Contacts for Christian church chose bells to call its southside of the altar, a brass tablet impressive tower and spire, built There are famous 14th century people to worship. The Middle Ages records that all the eleven men and during the 14th century, in the carved capitals atop the columns of further information: saw the curfew bell rung to warn two women who went from Teigh to ‘Decorated Gothic’ style are slightly the nave, showing animals, birds, Rutland County Museum people to put out fires. Parish the Great War returned home safely. earlier in date than most of the rest figures, foliage, Adam and Eve, the & Visitor Centre, churches usually have at least one bell and were used to ring out the hours. Teigh in known as a ‘Thankful of the exterior of the building, Annunciation and the Coronation Catmose Street, Oakham, Rutland. Village’ on that account. Turning to Tel:01572 758 441. Today peals of bells can be heard at which is largely in the of the Virgin Mary. There is also a weddings and single bells at funerals. look back towards the door, visitors fine Green Man. Email: [email protected] are always surprised to see a triple Rutland Water Tourist Information The Rutland Church Trail has been decker pulpit over and around the Special Features: Fine 14th century tower Centre, Sykes Lane Car Park, Rutland produced with financial support from entrance, backed by a Trompe L’Oeil and spire, 14th century carved capitals Water, LE15 8PX. Tel:01572 653 026. the Welland SSP and the Churches Bells: 8 - renewed after 1660, recast by Email: [email protected] contained within the leaflet. Whilst Gilbert & Johnson 1910 every effort has been made to ensure Rutland Visitor Guide that the information contained within Places to Eat/Drink: In the heart of the (featuring accommodation) this publication is accurate, none of the Town, Market days - Weds and Sat www.gorutland.com organisations involved in its preparation Public Transport: Rail, bus and road links can accept responsibility in respect of Church Open: Daily from Morning to Leicester Tourist any error, misunderstanding or Evening Prayer. Lunchtime concerts Weds Information Centre alteration which may have occurred. 1.30 pm in term time 7-9, Every Street,Town Hall Square, Visitors are therefore advised to verify Parish Office Tel: 01572 724007 Leicester, LE1 6AG.Tel:0906 2941113 details before planning a visit. (calls charged at 25p per minute)

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