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Ryhall
Ryhall is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated close to the eastern boundary of the county, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford. The parish includes the hamlet of Belmesthorpe. History The village's name means 'Rye nook'. The 'nook' in question has been identified as a bend in the River Gwash. The 13th-century Church of St John the Evangelist, Ryhall, has a number of carved figures around the exterior. The southern entrance has a porch with a room over it, originally for the priest, now called the Parvise#Late_English_use, Parvis Room. Saint Tibba, patron saint of Falconry, falconers, is believed to have lived in Ryhall in the 7th century. She was buried here, but in the 11th century her relics were translated to Peterborough Abbey, now Peterborough Cathedral, by Abbot Ælfsige (1006–1042). According to legend, St Tibba was a niece of Penda of Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St John The Evangelist, Ryhall
The Church of St John the Evangelist is a church in Ryhall, Rutland. It is a Grade I listed building. History The church dates from the early 13th century. Several carved figures are positioned around the outside of the church. The south porch has a Parvise#Late_English_use, parvis room, which would have been made for the priest. St Tibba is said to have lived in the village in the 7th century. She was buried in the church but in the early 11th century her relics were translated to Peterborough Abbey by Abbot Ælfsige (1006–1042). British History Online. Retrieved 16 March 2010 The remains of a small Hermitage (religious retreat), hermitage associated with the saint can be seen on the west side of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryhall Railway Station
Ryhall & Belmesthorpe railway station (originally Ryhall & Belmisthorpe) was a station in Belmesthorpe and about half a mile from Ryhall, both in Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a .... It was the only intermediate station on the Stamford and Essendine Railway, later Great Northern Railway, single track line between Stamford and Essendine. It was sited south of a level crossing at the west end of the village. The goods yard was to the north of the level crossing. References Disused railway stations in Rutland Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyneburga, Kyneswide And Tibba
Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba were female members of the royal family of Mercia in 7th-century England. They are venerated as saints. Kyneburga and Kyneswide Kyneburga (d. c. 680) (also called Cyneburh in Old English); the name being also rendered as ''Kinborough'' and in occasional use as a Christian nameElizabeth Gidley Withycombe, ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian names'' Oxford:Clarendon Press,(1945) Pp. xxxvi+136.) and Kyneswide (Cyneswitha) were sisters, the daughters of King Penda of Mercia (who remained true to Anglo-Saxon paganism). She was eldest daughter of Penda. Although her father was an opponent of Christianity, she and all her siblings converted. Bede wrote that Penda tolerated the preaching of Christianity in Mercia itself, despite his own beliefs: :"Nor did King Penda obstruct the preaching of the word among his people, the Mercians, if any were willing to hear it; but, on the contrary, he hated and despised those whom he perceived not to perform t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Peterborough
The Diocese of Peterborough forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Its seat is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, which was founded as a monastery in AD 655 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238. History Founded at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1541 (it was until then part of the Diocese of Lincoln), the Diocese covers the areas of: *The Soke of Peterborough *The county of Northamptonshire and *The county of Rutland. Until 1927 the Peterborough diocese covered what is now the (modern) Diocese of Leicester. Peterborough Abbey became a cathedral at the Reformation, one of six wholly new bishoprics founded under Henry VIII. On 4 September 1541 letters patent were issued converting the abbey church of Peterborough into a cathedral church, with a dean and chapter and ecclesiastical staff. The last abbot, John Chambers, was consecrated in his former abbey church on 23 October 1541 as the first Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Careby Aunby And Holywell
Careby Aunby and Holywell is a civil parish in the district of South Kesteven, south-west Lincolnshire, in England. It stretches from the county border with Rutland in the west to the River West Glen in the east. The B1176 road from Corby Glen passes through Careby and on past Aunby toward Stamford. The main London to Scotland railway line passes through the parish, the line upon which ''Mallard'' took the speed record for the LNER. The total population in the 2001 census was 146, falling marginally to 143 at the 2011 census. The population in 1801 was 65, and had risen to 133 by 1911 The centre of the parish is near Places in the parish Settlements *Careby *Aunby *Holywell Other Locations *Castle Dyke Earthen banks forming the remains of a small moated medieval structure in the woods between Aunby and Holywell. *Lincolnshire Gate At the western boundary with Rutland there is a small but important Nature Reserve called Robert's Field at Lincolnshire Gate. *Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutland
Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has an area of and a population of 41,049, the second-smallest ceremonial county population after the City of London. The county is rural, and the only towns are Oakham (12,149) and Uppingham (4,745), both in the west of the county; the largest settlement in the east is the village of Ketton (1,926). For Local government in England, local government purposes Rutland is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area. The county was the smallest of the historic counties of England. The geography of Rutland is characterised by low, rolling hills, the highest of which is a point in Cold Overton Park. Rutland Water was created in the centre of the county in the 1970s; the Water reservoir, reservoir is a nature reserve that serves as an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. Stamford is a frequent film location. In 2013 it was rated a top place to live in a survey by ''The Sunday Times''. Its name has been passed on to Stamford, Connecticut, founded in 1641. Etymology The place-name Stamford is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it appears as ''Steanford'' in 922 and ''Stanford'' in 942. It appears as ''Stanford'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means "stony ford". History Roman and Medieval Stamford image:Stamford features (32) - geograph.org.uk - 7139889.jpg, 250px, Stamford The Romans built Ermine Street across what is now Burghley Park and forded the River Welland to the west of Stamford, eventually reaching Lincoln, England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Gwash
The River Gwash, occasionally Guash, a tributary of the River Welland, flows through the Historic counties of England, English counties of Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire. It rises just outside the village of Knossington in Leicestershire, near the western edge of Rutland. It is about long. Course The source of the river is just north-west of the village of Knossington, but the Gwash is formed of several small headwaters that come together near Braunston-in-Rutland before passing the site of Brooke Priory at and running westward to pass under the railway northwest of Manton, Rutland, Manton (). The Gwash then helps to fill the Rutland Water Reservoir (water), reservoir which was formed by damming its valley at Empingham. From the reservoir a controlled flow is released to maintain the flow around Tolethorpe Hall, Ryhall and Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford and into the River Welland. The flow is enhanced by the Gwash's tributary, the North Brook, at in Empingham, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlby . The current building dates from 1134. It has a medieval wall painting, partially uncovered during restoration work in the 1930s.
The village has a playing field and a children' ...
Carlby is a small village and civil parish in the district of South Kesteven in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 542. It is located four miles south of Bourne on the A6121 road near the Lincolnshire/Rutland boundary, which is partly the River West Glen. The ecclesiastical parish is 'Ryhall with Essendine and Carlby', part of the Rutland Deanery of the Diocese of Peterborough. The parish church is dedicated to St Stephen Stephen (; ) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity."St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Houses
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private houses from those open to the public as alehouses, taverns and inns. Today, there is no strict definition, but the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) states a pub has four characteristics: # is open to the public without membership or residency # serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed # has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals # allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service) The history of pubs can be traced to taverns in Roman Britain, and through Anglo-Saxon alehouses, but it was not until the early 19th century that pubs, as they are today, first began to appear. The model also became popular in countries and regions of British influence, where pubs are often still considered to be an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bourne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the The Fens, Fens, north-east of Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford, west of Spalding, Lincolnshire, Spalding and north of Peterborough. The population at the 2011 census was 14,456. A 2019 estimate put it at 16,780. History The ancient woodland of Bourne Woods is still extant, although much reduced. It originally formed part of the ancient Forest of Kesteven and is now managed by the Forestry Commission. The earliest documentary reference to ''Brunna'', meaning stream, is from a document of 960, and the town appeared in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Brune''. Bourne Abbey, (charter 1138), formerly held and maintained land in Bourne and other parishes. In later times this was known as the manor of Bourne Abbots. Whether the canons knew that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the ''Thirty-nine Articles'' and ''The Books of Homilies''. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman Britain, Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kingdom of Kent, Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Its members are called ''Anglicans''. In 1534, the Church of England renounced the authority of the Papacy under the direction of Henry VIII, beginning the English Reformation. The guiding theologian that shaped Anglican doctrine was the Reformer Thomas Cranmer, who developed the Church of England's liturgical text, the ''Book of Common Prayer''. Papal authority was Second Statute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
