Description
Martinsthorpe, a parish in Rutland, 1 1/2 mile NW of Manton station on the Lyston and Peterborough and Nottingham and Kettering branches of the M.R., and 2 1/2 miles S by E of Oakham. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Oakham. Acreage, 539; population, 6. The property belongs to the De Capell Brooke family. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, united with that of Manton; joint gross value, £85 with residence. The church is in ruins.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
We have transcribed the Rutland pages from Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1929, and you can view the entry for Martinsthorpe which contains further infomation and lists of residents etc.
