Description
Luffenham, South, a village and a parish in Rutland. The village stands half a mile S by W of Luffenham station on the Midland and London and North-Western Eailway Joint line, and 6 1/4 miles SW of Stamford, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stamford. The parish comprises 1442 acres; population, 809. The parish council consists of seven members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ancaster. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £294 with residence. Patron, Balliol College, Oxford. The church is variously Norman, Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular, comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with S porch and W tower, and was repaired in 1861.
We have transcribed the Rutland pages from Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1929, and you can view the entry for South Luffenham which contains further infomation and lists of residents etc.
