Description
Liddington or Lyddington, a village and a parish in Rutland. The village stands 2 miles S by E of Uppingham, 2 W by N from Gretton station on the M.R., and 3 NW from Rockingham Castle station on the G.N. and L. & N.W. Joint railway. It has a post and money order office under Uppingham ; telegraph office, Uppingham. Acreage of the civil parish, 2127; population, 461; of the ecclesiastical, with Caldecott, 747. It is a very ancient place, and formerly was of much larger size than now, and it had a weekly market, which was transferred to Uppingham. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. The custom of Borough English prevails. A palace of the Bishops of Lincoln stood here, was converted in 1602 into an hospital for a warden, twelve men and two women, with endowment now yielding £116 a year, and the hall of it still stands, shows features of ancient splendour, and retains its old cornice and painted glass windows. The living is a vicarage united with the vicarage of Caldecott, in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £216 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and short spire, and contains an ancient screen and some well-preserved brasses. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
We have transcribed the Rutland pages from Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1929, and you can view the entry for Lyddington which contains further infomation and lists of residents etc.
