Martinsthorpe is a
civil parish
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in the county of
Rutland in the
East Midlands of
England
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.
The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Martin'.
It is located about four miles (6 km) south of
Oakham
Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. It had a population of 10,922 in the 2011 census, estimated at 11,191 in 2019. Oakham is to the west o ...
near the village of
Manton. It is the site of a
deserted medieval village. Martinsthorpe is the only parish in Rutland to have no population, (although according to the
2001 census,
Beaumont Chase
Beaumont Chase is a civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is to the west of Uppingham, north of Stoke Dry, and on a hillside overlooking Leicestershire. Formerly an extra-parochial area
In England and Wal ...
also recorded a population of zero). It is one of only eight parishes in England with nil population.
One building remains in the parish; Old Hall Farmhouse, a Grade II listed building, prominent on the ridge. Originally this was part of the service wing of Martinsthorpe Hall, a seat of the
Earls of Nottingham
:''See also Earl of Winchilsea''
Earl of Nottingham is a title that has been created seven times in the Peerage of England. It was first created for John de Mowbray in 1377, at the coronation of Richard II. As this creation could only pass to h ...
. After several decades unoccupied, it has been restored as a holiday let.
An ancient route, perhaps a true
ridgeway of the Bronze Age, comes westwards from Stamford and follows the limestone ridge by
Edith Weston, Manton and Martinsthorpe, entering Leicestershire near
Withcote
Withcote is a small parish currently comprising a number of scattered dwellings in Harborough, a local government district of Leicestershire. The population is included in the civil parish of Braunston-in-Rutland.
Buildings
Withcote Hall is ...
.
[Hoskins, W. G. (1950) ''The Heritage of Leicestershire''. Leicester: City of Leicester Publicity Department, pp. 23-24]
Ward
Martinsthorpe was an electoral division for the purposes of electing councillors to
Rutland County Council
Rutland County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The current council was created in April 1997. The population of the council's area at the 2011 census was 37,369.
As a unitar ...
and comprised the parishes of
Gunthorpe,
Lyndon
Lyndon may refer to:
Places
* Lyndon, Alberta, Canada
* Lyndon, Rutland, East Midlands, England
* Lyndon, Solihull, West Midlands, England
United States
* Lyndon, Illinois
* Lyndon, Kansas
* Lyndon, Kentucky
* Lyndon, New York
* Lyndon, Ohio
* ...
, Manton, Martinsthorpe,
Morcott
Morcott is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population at the 2001 census was 329 falling slightly to 321 at the 2011 census. It is located about south-east of the county town of Oakham o ...
,
Pilton and
Wing
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.
Since the 2019 election it has been merged to form the Braunston and Martinsthorpe ward, which elects two members to the County Council.
References
External links
Rutland website – Martinsthorpe
Deserted medieval villages in Rutland
Civil parishes in Rutland
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