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Uppingham in Rutland County England History and GeographyUPPINGHAM, a market town and parish in the hundred of MARTINSLEY, county of RUTLAND, 6 miles (S.) from Oakham, and 89 (N.N.W.) from London, containing 1630 inhabitants. This town, the name of which is descriptive of its elevated situation, consists chiefly of one street, with a square area in the centre, tolerably well paved, and the houses commodious and well-built. The market, granted by Edward I., in 1280, to Peter de Montfort, is held on Wednesday; and fairs are on March 7th and July 7th, chiefly for horses, horned cattle, sheep, and coarse linen cloth. By statute of the 11th of Henry VII., the standard of weights and measures for the county is kept here. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £20. 0. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of London. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stands on the southern side of the square; it is a spacious edifice, in the ancient style of English architecture, with a lofty spire, and contains several monuments. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. A free grammar school, and an hospital for poor men, adjoining the churchyard, were founded, in 1584, by the Rev. Robert Johnson, Archdeacon of Leicester: these institutions are precisely similar to those at Oakham (which see), the number of scholars varying occasionally at each place. At this school Dr. Charles Manners Sutton, late Archbishop of Canterbury; Lord Manners, late Chancellor of Ireland; Henry Ferne, D.D., Bishop of Chester; and various other eminent persons, were educated. A National school is supported by voluntary contributions. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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