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Egleton Egleton is situated south-east of Oakham, close to the western shore of Rutland Water. The village's name means 'farm of Ecgwulf'. Ecgwulf is an Anglo-Saxon male name. Egleton is pronounced locally as 'EE-gul-tun'. Egleton was in Oakham Soke. A middle Iron Age enclosure and second century Romano-British circular shrine were discovered in 2008 when constructing a lagoon to the west of Rutland Water. Finds from the shrine included two hundred coins, part of a statuette of Mars or Minerva, a lead curse tablet, pottery and animal bone (some articulated). It went out of use at the end of the fourth century or early in the fifth century. Sometime in the fifth or sixth centuries an adult male was buried in the centre of the shrine. Soon after 2008 the stone foundations of the building were reconstructed near the site. Source: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol 85 (2011) p256. 'Humps and bumps' to the east of Egleton church betray the site of old cottages. There is an early dovecote, now adjoined to a modern building, at Home Farm (previously Manor Farm). A 'St Anne's Well' must have once existed as an Anwell Bryge is mentioned in 1566. In 1651 there is a reference to Annwell Bridge. This was presumably the name for the bridge over the Gwash to the south-east of the settlement. Quite where the well was is not known. The 'saint' part of the well's name would have been dropped during the Reformation. At the east end of Main Street the road is truncated by Rutland Water; this is now the entrance to the Anglian Bird Watching Centre. Egleton was one of three Rutland villages used to study mortality in the late 1830s. See Rutland Record No.33. St Edmund's Church Egleton tympanum. Rutland has many outstanding churches and St Edmund's at Egleton is one of the gems. Well that'll be why it's is a Grade I listed building. The exterior provides few clues as to the exceptional Romanesque interior, which is probably early twelfth century, with clerestory windows added in the fourteenth century. It was originally constructed with side aisles but these were removed in the thirteenth century. Above the south doorway is a tympanum with an elaborate hexafoil (or 'daisy wheel'), a winged 'dragon' and a lion. It is probably early twelfth century. Originally it would have been on the exterior of the south doorway.       Left: The chancel arch with the Royal Arms above. Right: Detail of the supporting column. Photographs taken in 2001. The shafts supporting the chancel arch are carved, and the thirteenth century font has hexafoil (or 'daisy wheel') carvings. Evidence of later eras can also be be seen. Part of an old rood screen is now under the tower arch. A wall painting of the Royal Arms is above the chancel arch, and there are eighteenth century slate memorials in the chancel. Victoria County History page for Egleton. Back to top of this page     Back to home page   This website does not gather or store any visitor information. Copyright Bob Trubshaw 2026 No unauthorised copying or reproduction except if all following conditions apply a: Copy is complete (including this copyright statement). b: No changes are made. c: No charge is made. www.hoap.co.uk/rutland

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