List of civil parishes in Rutland explained

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Rutland, England.

As of 2019 there are 57 parishes in the county, the whole county is parished. The most recent change to their number was in 2016, with the merger of Exton and Horn.

Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes.

Civil ParishCreatedPopulation (2011)Area (km2) 2011Pre-1974 District
AshwellAncient2697.42Oakham Rural District[1]
AystonAncientUppingham Rural District[2]
Barleythorpe1866 (prev. chapelry to Oakham)2074.02Oakham Rural District
Barrow1866 (prev. chapelry to Cottesmore)9.09Oakham Rural District
BarrowdenAncient5067.32Uppingham Rural District
Beaumont Chase1858 (prev. extra-parochial)Uppingham Rural District
Belton in RutlandMedieval (prev. chapelry to Wardley)3484.14Uppingham Rural District
BisbrookeAncient2044.62Uppingham Rural District
Braunston in RutlandMedieval (prev. chapel to Hambleton)50221.73Oakham Rural District
BrookeMedieval (prev. chapelry to Oakham)Oakham Rural District
BurleyAncient32515.74Oakham Rural District
CaldecottMedieval (prev. chapel to Liddington)2698.00Uppingham Rural District
ClipshamAncient16616.82Ketton Rural District[3]
CottesmoreAncient2,06214.31Oakham Rural District
Edith WestonAncient1,3598.71Oakham Rural District
EgletonMedieval (prev. chapelry to Oakham)Oakham Rural District
EmpinghamAncient88018.38Oakham Rural District
EssendineMedieval (prev. chapel to Ryhall)4485.98Ketton Rural District
Exton and Horn201660718.65Oakham Rural District[4]
GlastonAncient1854.75Uppingham Rural District
Great CastertonAncient60014.56Ketton Rural District
GreethamAncient63812.45Oakham Rural District
Gunthorpe1866 (prev. chapelry to Oakham)Oakham Rural District
HambletonAncient2038.06Oakham Rural District
KettonAncient1,92613.50Ketton Rural District
LanghamMedieval (prev. chapelry to Oakham)1,37111.82Oakham Rural District
Leighfield1858 (prev. extra-parochial)Oakham Rural District
Little CastertonAncient2184.95Ketton Rural District
LyddingtonAncient3668.61Uppingham Rural District
LyndonAncient1245.10Oakham Rural District
MantonAncient3598.44Oakham Rural District
Market OvertonAncient58412.50Oakham Rural District
MartinsthorpeAncientOakham Rural District
MorcottAncient3215.52Uppingham Rural District
NormantonAncientOakham Rural District
North LuffenhamAncient6798.23Uppingham Rural District
Oakham (town)Ancient10,922Oakham Urban District[5]
PickworthAncientKetton Rural District
PiltonAncientUppingham Rural District
PrestonAncient1734.88Uppingham Rural District
RidlingtonAncient26015.12Uppingham Rural District
RyhallAncient1,61410.83Ketton Rural District
SeatonAncient2508.62Uppingham Rural District
South LuffenhamAncient4555.84Uppingham Rural District
Stoke DryAncientUppingham Rural District
StrettonAncient1,26013.57Oakham Rural District
TeighAncientOakham Rural District
ThistletonAncientOakham Rural District
Thorpe by Water1866Uppingham Rural District
TickencoteAncientOakham Rural District
TinwellAncient2347.23Ketton Rural District
TixoverMedieval (prev. chapelry to Ketton)1633.42Ketton Rural District
Uppingham (town)Ancient4,7457.78Uppingham Rural District
WardleyAncientUppingham Rural District
WhissendineAncient1,25316.30Oakham Rural District
WhitwellAncientOakham Rural District
WingAncient3144.52Uppingham Rural District

Former parishes

Ancient parishes

List

Chapelries are listed in italics. Parishes are listed by hundred.

HundredParishes
AlstowAshwellBurleyCottesmore (Barrow) • ExtonGreethamHornMarket OvertonStrettonTeighThistletonWhissendineWhitwell
EastEmpinghamGreat CastertonKettonLittle CastertonPickworthRyhall (Essendine) • TickencoteTinwell
MartinstleyAystonEdith WestonHambletonLyndonMantonMartinsthorpeNormantonPrestonRidlingtonUppinghamWing
Soke of OakhamBraunston1ClipshamOakham (BarleythorpeBrookeEgletonGunthorpeLangham) • Wardley (Belton)
WrangdykeBarrowdenBisbrookeGlastonLyddington (Caldecott) • MorcottNorth LuffenhamPiltonSeatonSouth LuffenhamStoke DryTixover2Uppingham
1chapelry to Hambleton 2chapelry to Ketton

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002746&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Oakham Rural District
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074447&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Uppingham Rural District
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10104099&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ketton Rural District
  4. Web site: Bulletin of Change to local authority arrangements 2015. Lgbce. 15 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084809/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/34318/Bulletin-of-Change-to-local-authority-arrangements-2015v3redacted.pdf. 16 March 2018. dead.
  5. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10106620&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Oakham Urban District