Edith Weston

Edith Weston

View towards St Mary's Church across Rutland Water from the Hambleton Peninsula
Edith Weston
 Edith Weston shown within Rutland
Area  2.89 sq mi (7.5 km2) [1]
Population 1,042 2001 Census[2]
    density  361/sq mi (139/km2)
OS grid referenceSK927053
    London  82 miles (132 km) SSE 
Unitary authorityRutland
Shire countyRutland
Ceremonial countyRutland
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town OAKHAM
Postcode district LE15
Dialling code 01780
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentRutland and Melton
List of places
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Rutland

Coordinates: 52°38′N 0°38′W / 52.64°N 0.63°W / 52.64; -0.63

Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is on the south-eastern shore of Rutland Water and is home of the main sailing club and a fishing lodge.[3] The village is named after Edith of Wessex (10291075), the queen of Edward the Confessor and sister of Harold Godwinson.

The Grade I listed church[4] is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and includes stained glass by Paul Woodroffe and Hugh Arnold; the organ is by Samuel Green of London and dated 1787.

The village pub is the Wheatsheaf on King Edward's Way.

St George's Barracks is located to the south and east of the village; this was previously RAF North Luffenham. In August 2007 16th Regiment Royal Artillery, equipped with the Rapier FSC, moved here from Woolwich.

Well Cross, Edith Weston

Edith Weston Hall

Edith Weston Hall was a former country house built in an Elizabethan style by the architect Lewis Vulliamy for the Rev. Richard Lucas in 1830, replacing the Old Hall which stood near the church. He died in 1846 and was succeeded by his son Richard Lucas, High Sheriff of Rutland for 1847, who passed it on to his brother George Vere Lucas, who took the surname of Braithwaite under the terms of a will. His son Major Ernest Lucas Braithwaite (also High Sheriff in 1902) sold the estate in 1904 to his nephew, Stafford Vere Hotchkin. In 1913 the latter sold the estate lands by auction and then in 1922 sold the Hall and Park to F. T. Walker of Norton Lees, Derbyshire, although the hall had been destroyed by fire in 1920. He sold them in 1924 to T. J. Burrowes, who sold them to Lieut.-Col. Francis Henry Hardy, who restored the hall in 1924 as the residence of the Hardy family.[5] It was demolished in 1954.

See also

References

  1. "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  2. "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  3. "Rutland Sailing Club Website". Rutland Sailing Club. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  4. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1073962)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. "A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 15 April 2013.

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