Description
Belton, a parish in Rutland<, on the river Eye, 4 miles WNW of Uppingham, and 1 1/2 mile from East Norton station on the G.N. & L.N.W. Junction railway. It contains a village of its own name, and a post office under Uppingham, which is the money order office; telegraph office, East Norton. Acreage, 1024; population, 372.The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wardley, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross joint yearly value, £263 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is very old, and has a square embattled tower. There is a Baptist chapel. Poor's lands yield about £50 a year, and there are other charities.
We have transcribed the Rutland pages from Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1929, and you can view the entry for Belton which contains further infomation and lists of residents etc.
