Ashwell
| Ashwell | |
|---|---|
 The well at Ashwell | |
  Ashwell Location within Rutland | |
| Area | 2.87 sq mi (7.4 km2) [1] |
| Population | 290 2001 Census[2] |
| • Density | 104/sq mi (40/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK865137 |
| • Lunnon | 88 mile (142 km) SSE |
| Unitar authority | |
| Shire coonty | |
| Ceremonial coonty | |
| Region | |
| Kintra | Ingland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | OAKHAM |
| Postcode destrict | LE15 |
| Diallin code | 01572 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Pairlament | East Midlands |
| UK Pairlament | |
Ashwell is a veelage an ceevil parish in the coonty o Rutland in the East Midlands o Ingland. It is locatit aboot three mile (5 km) north o Oakham.
St Mary’s kirk is mainly o 14t century oreegin, but in 1851 it unnerwent a major restoration i William Butterfield.
The Reverend J.W. Adams, who wan a Victoria Cross in Afghanistan in 1879, is buriet in the churchyard.
Aviatrix Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck) wis born in Westfield House an lived here till her family muivit tae Kenyae when she wis fower year auld.
The Reverend Richard Levett (or Levet) wis named vicar o Ashwell on 13 Mey 1646. He wis brocht in tae meenister the parish when the previous rector, a Royalist, affendit the locals. Mr Levett kept his job throughout Cromwell's reign, but lost it as suin as Keeng Charles II wis restored tae the throne, when the previous incumbent wis reinstatit. He wis the faither o Sir Richard Levett, Laird Mayor o Lunnon in 1699 an awner o Kew Palace.[3] Levett Blackborne, grandson o Sir Richard, who sauld the Levett properties at Kew tae the Ryal family, wis a well-kent Lincoln's Inn barrister an langtime adviser tae Charles Manners, 4t Duke o Rutland.[4]
The Palmes family o Lindley, Wast Yorkshire wis an aa seatit at Ashwell.[5] The family, a branch o the Palmes family o Naburn Hall, Naburn, Yorkshire, includit Sir Guy Palmes, Heich Sheriff o Yorkshire.[6]
Ashwell Preeson, a umwhile Category C prison, is located about two miles (3 km) sooth o the centre o the veelage but is actually in the parish o Burley. Previously the steid wis a WWII US airmy base, hame tae pairt o the 82nt Airborne Diveesion. The preeson wis closed in Mairch 2011, an its futur uise is yet tae be determined.
The previous kennels o the Cottesmore Hunt situatit opposite the preeson hae nou been convertit tae residential uise an the hunt kennels are nou based at a ferm in the parish.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 26 Januar 2009.
- ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 25 Januar 2009.
- ↑ "British History Online". University of London. Retrieved 26 Januar 2009.
- ↑ The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Vol. I, Lincoln's Inn, H.S. Cartwright, London, 1896
- ↑
. Dictionary o Naitional Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ↑ Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-century England: Three Women and Their Books of Hours, Kathryn Ann Smith, University of Toronto Press, 2003 ISBN 0712348506
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