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Rutland

Ashwell
Ex(e)welle: Earl Hugh and Jocelyn from him, formerly Earl Harold.
Attractive

Barrowden
Berchedone: King's land; Robert de Tosny.

Belmesthorpe
Belmestorp: Countess Judith. Mill.

Bisbrooke
Bitlesbroch: King's land. Robert from Countess Judith.

Burley
Burgelai: Gilbert de Ghent and Geoffrey from him.
Burley House, home of the first Duke of Buckingham in the 15th century.

Caldecott
Caldecote: Walter from Bishop of Lincoln.
Roman site by the river; Norman church, partly built with Roman tiles.
Cottesmore
Cotesmore: King's land.
Site of Bronze Age, Roman and Saxon settlements.

Empingham
Epingeham: Sasfrid from William Peverel; Gilbert de Ghent. 11½ mills.
Mill Farm.
Essendine
Esindone: Walter from Bishop of Lincoln. Mill.
Ruined castle, once the home of the Cecil family.
Exton
Exentune: Countess Judith. 2 mills.
Pretty; green.

Glaston
Gladestone: King's land; William from Countess Judith.
Saxon cemetery; hall.
Greetham
Gretham: King's land. Mill.
A stream runs through the village.

Hambleton
Hameldun(e) / Hemeldune: King's land. Albert. 3 churches. Mill.
Hilltop; Norman church.
Hardwick
Hardvic:
Deserted.
Horn
Horne: Bishop of Durham; Grimbald from Countess Judith. 4 mills.
Lakeside.

Ketton
Chetene: King's land. Mill.
Well known for its stone and cement works.

Luffenham
Lufenham: King's land and Hugh de Port from the King. 2 mills.
Now 2 villages, North Luffenham, site of a Saxon settlement 450-650, and South Luffenham.
Lyddington
Lidentone: Walter from Bishop of Lincoln. 2 mills.
Ironstone; fishponds nearby.

Market Overton
Overtune / Ovretone: Countess Judith and Earl Waltheof from her.
Green; whipping post; site of a Saxon village, c.600. The tower arch of the village church is late Saxon.
Morcott
Morcote: King's land.
Attractive.

Ridlington
Redlinctune: King's land. Church jurisdiction. 3 churches, 2 mill sites.
Church with a Norman tympanum.
Ryhall
Riehale: Countess Judith. 2 mills.
During the 7th century, St. Tibba, patron saint of falconers, is said to have lived in a cell on the site where the church now stands.

Scolthorpe
Sculthorpe:
Lost.
Seaton
Segentone / gestone / Seieton(e): King's land; Countess Judith; Robert de Tosny.

Snelston
Smelistone:
Lost.
Stoke Dry
Stoche: Walter from Bishop of Lincoln; Peterborough Abbey.
Isolated; seat of the Digbys, who produced Everard, the Gunpowder Plotter.
Stretton
Stratone / -tune: Countess Judith and Earl Waltheof from her.

Teigh
Tie: Robert Malet. Mill.
Limestone. Anthony Jenkinson, the first Englishman to enter central Asia (1550s), is buried here.
Thistleton
Tistertune / Tisteltune / Tisteltone: Hugh from Countess Judith; Alfred of Lincoln and Gleu from him; Gleu from Godfrey de Cambrai.
Peaceful.
Thorpe-by-Water
Torp: King's land. William from Countess Judith.
Riverside.
Tickencote
Tichecote: Grimbald from Countess Judith. Mill.
2 carved heads in the chancel arch of the church possibly represent Robert Grimbold and his wife.
Tinwell
Tedinwelle: Peterborough Abbey.
2 mills.
Tixover
Tichesovre: King's land. Mill.
Early 12th century church, now alone in the fields, which once served a riverside community who were probably wiped out by the Black Death. The present village is ¼ mile away.
Tolethorpe
Toltorp: William FitzAnsculf and Robert from him. 4 mills.
Tolethorpe Hall where Robert Brown, the Puritan and founder of the Brownist sect was born in 1549; medieval gatehouse.

Whissendine
Wichingedene: Hugh de Hotot from Countess Judith.
Large; earthworks of a medieval manor house.
Whitwell
Witewell: Countess Judith and Herbert from her. Church, mill.
13th century church. Much of the parish was flooded when the Rutland Water reservoir was constructed in the 1970s.