DIRECTORY.] 519 OAKHAM. [RUTLAND.] and General Book Club and News Room, furnished with shoe from the Joot of one of his horses, which upon his about 1,000 volumes of modern works. refusal the bailiff of the lordship may take by force (or an The principal commercial inns are the Crown, in Hi~b equivalent sum of money for the purchase ot a horseshoe), street, the George, in the ~Iarket place, and the White to he nailed upon the Castle gate, or placed in some part of Lion, in Melton road. the building; among many of different sizes, in proportion Oakbam union comprises the following places :-Asbwel1, to the sum paid for the purchase, some of which are gilt :Barrow, Braunston, Brooke, Burley, Cold Overt on ( Leice'l­ and stamped with the donor's name, is one given by Queen ter), Cottesmore, Edith Weston, Egleton, Empingham, Elizabeth, a splendid one given by the late Duke of York~ Exton, Greetham, Gunthorpe, Hambleton, Horn, Knossing­ another by George IV., and one given by her Majesty when ton (Leicester), Langham, Leighfield Forest, Lyndon, Princess Victoria. Both courts, civil and criminal, are Manton, Market Overton, l\Iartinsthorpe, Normanton, held in the same hall, which is undivided, the Judges' seats Oakham-Deanshold with Barleythorpe, Oakham-Lords­ being at each end, over which are nailed some of the horse­ hold, Stretton, Teigh, Thistleton, Tickencote, Whissendine, shoes already mentioned. Whitwell. The Union Workhouse is a large brick building, Oakham has no incorporation, and is under the juris­ situated in the Ashwell road. diction of the county magistrates. Court-leets are held The County Court is held once in two months in the annually by the lord of the manor of Lordshold, G. H. Finch, Castle Hall. The district comprises the following parishes esq., M.P., J.P., of Burley-on-the-Hill, and triennially for and places :-Ashwell, Barleythorpe, Barrow, Braunston, the manor of Deanshold with Barleythorpe, of which the :Brooke, Burley, Cold Overton, Cottesmore, Edith West on, Dean and Chapter of Westminster are lords; quarter Egleton, Exton, Greetham, Gunthorpe, Hambleton, Horn, sessions are also held at the Castle. Knossington, Langham, Lyndon, :M:anton, Market Overton, The market days are Saturday and Thursday, the former Martinsthorpe, Normanton, Oakham, Owston, Stretton, for butter and general commodities, and the latter for corn Teigb, Thistleton, Whissendine, Whitwell, Withcote, What­ and cattle. Fairs are held every month in the year; but borough or Woodborong-h. the three old fairs are held March 15th, for cattle; .May St. Anno's charity has an income of £392, derived from 6th, for cattle and pleasure; and September; and the other land and invested funds; about 24 per::;ons receive £12 on some .Monday in the months that will not interfere with yearly each from the above charity, but the hospital is Stamford fairs. done away with. Lady A. Harrington's rent-charge of £32 yearly is for distribution in money among the poor of The area of Lordshold is 1,748A. 1R. 7P., and the rate­ Lordshold. There is a charity of £5 a year given away in able value £7,572; Deani!hold, 298A. 2R. 36P., and the penny bread. rateable value £1,213 5s.; Barleythorpe, 944A. OR. 3P., The chief landowners are the Earl of Gainsborough, and the rateable value £2,228; total area, 2,991A. OR. 6P.; Lord Aveland, the Hon. H. C. Lowther, and George H. total rateable value, £1l,Ol3 5s. ; the population in 1871 Finch, esq., ~I.P., J .P. was 3,089. Of the ancient Castle the Hall is the only portion in Barleythorpe is a village in this parish, about a mile tolerable preservation, and is still used for holding assizes north-west, on the Melton 1\Iowbray road, adjoining which and sessions, and the public business of the town and county: is Barleythorpe Hall, a modern stone mansion, huilt in the it is stated to have been erected soon after the Norman con­ Elizabethan style, a1;d used as a hunting-box by the Earl quest by W alkelin de Ferrars, in relation tow hi eh a singular of Lonsdale. Here are the kennels of the Cottesmore Fox­ custom still prevails, but whether instituted by the family hounds, of which the Earl of Lonsdale is master. of Ferrars, whose arms are three horseshoes, or of later Gu:NTHORPE is a hamlet, 2 mileg south, with a popula­ origin, has not been ascertained: every peer of this realm, tion in 1871 of 17. on first passing through the town, is compelled to give a Parish Clerk, William Amey. Official Establishments, Local Institutions, &c. POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, County Gaol. Rev. Robert Tabrabam, M.A. chaplain; l\Ir. Savings Bank & Government Insurance & Annuity Office, Thomas Garton, governor; Mrs. Harriet Garton, matron Market street. Excise Office, Crown inn, High ~treet, where corn returns Postmaster-Alfred Turner. are taken Letters arrive from London, Leicester, Stamford & Upping- County Court, 1\Ir. Rerjeant Miller, judge; Henry Nieol, ham at 7 a. m.; from London, Leicester & Melton Mow- esq. treasurer; William Henry Hough, registrar & high bray at 2.15 p.m.; dispatched to Stamford & Peterborough bailiff; Henry Ellingworth, sub-bailiff at 1.44 p.m.; to London & Leicester at 10.50 a.m. ; & to all parts at 8.30 p.m. Money orders are issued & paid PUBLIC OFFICERS. between 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.; saturdays, till 7 p.m Clerk o.f the Peace, Ben jam in Adam, esq. Catmos street Regutrar to the County Court, Clerk to the Poor Lato INSURANCE AGENTS. Guardians ~· Superintendent Regutrar, William Accidental Death, J, B. Bruce, High street; J. H. Kil- Henry Hough, esq. Melton road linger, N orthgate street Coroner for the Northern Division of the County, William Atlas, J. Sharpe, Hig·h street Keal, esq. Burley road Briti.<sh Empire li:Iutual Life, J. G. Goacher, Mill street Inland Revenue O.fficer, William Wicks, Mill street City~ County, J. H. Killinger, N orthgate street Clerk to the ~:Iagistrates, Benj. Adam, esq. Catmos street Clerical, Medical~ General Life,W.H.Hough,l\Ielton rd Bail~ff or Custodian to the Castle, John B. Bruce. County Fire, J. li. W ellingtan, High street High strret Globe, A. T. Lenton, High street Clerks to the Burial Board, Benjamin A dam, esq. & Ben­ Imperial Fire, R. Powell, N ortlu;ate street jamin A. Adam, Catmos street Lancashire Fire ~ LUe, F. J. Barlow, High street Registrar of Births, Deaths~· liiarri{tges for Oakhmn Law Fire, B. Adam, Catmos street Union~ District, Thom'ls Swift, Cross street Liverpool~ London Fire~ L~fe, A. T. Lenton, High st Sanitary Inspector for Oakham, Josepb Smith, Wel­ London A.'!surancP, J. H. Killing-er, Northgate street lington placr Midland Countie.~, J. Whittle, Market pi. (life~ hail only) Sanitary In:~pector for Oakham District, Thomas Swift, Norwich~ London Accidental, J. Perkins, Market place Cross street Phmnix Fire, D. N. & J. Royce, Church street Relieving Officer, Thomas Swift, Cross street Protector, J. B. Bruce, High street Inspector of Weight.~&" Measures, Adulteration of Food Provincial Horse ~ Cattle Insurance. J. H. Killinger, Act, Contagious Diseases (Animal.~) Act. Gunpow(ler N orthgate street ~ Explosive Act 9• Petroleum Act, William Keep, Scottish Equitable Life, J. M. Wellington, High street New road Sun Fire, W. H. Hough, .:\'lelton road Clerk of the .1liarkPt. John Buckberry Bruce, High street Union Fire~ Life, J. B. Bruce. High street Town Crier, Seth Ellingworth, Back street Victoria ~ Legal~ Commercial, R. Davies, High street PLACES OF WORSHIP. PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. All Saints' Church, Rev. John Mould, M.A. vicar Stamp Office, High ~treet, Alfred Thomas Lenton Baptist Chapel. Melton road. Rev. William Sutton County Police Station, New road, ·wmiam Keep, chief Calvinist Chapel, John street constable IndPpendent Chnpt l. Hig-h street, Rev. 'Villiam Skinner Oakham Union, Ashwell road, ReY. Robert T~braham. Wesleyan Chapel. Dean's lane, Rev. William Holdsworth M.A. chaplain; S. C. Turner, medical attendant; John l Friends' J.lfPPting House. Old Gaol lane Bray, master; l\lrs. Emily B. Bray, matron Primitive 1l'Iethodists', Dean's lane, Rev. James Clark .