Ashwell, a parish in Rutland on the M.R., 3 1/2 miles N. of Oakham, under which it has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1835; population, 244. The manor, known in the Saxon times as Exwell, belonged to Earl Harold, and passed in the time of Edward III. to the Touchets, and afterwards to others. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; value, £605. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is a handsome edifice, with a tower, and contains three interesting alter-tombs. Ashwell Hall is a fine mansion, erected in 1879.
