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Tinwell Tinwell is in the south of Rutland near the A1 and less than two miles from the centre of Stamford. Formally this is Tinwell with Ingthorpe. But Ingthorpe is right at the northern end of Tinwell parish, just a short distance west of Great Casterton. It was clearly a subsiduary settlement of Great Casterton. Earliest forms of the place-name are Tedinwelle, 'Tydin or Tyni's well'. Just to add confusion, the 'Ing' in Ingthorpe is not Old English but instead a male Scandinavian personal name, so it was the 'daughter-settlement of Ingi'. The first reference is in 1125, but it may have existed in 1086 but listed under either Great Casterton or Tinwell. Tinwell was in East Hundred, formerly Witchley. In 2022 archaeological excavations ahead of development revealed evidence of possible Anglo-Saxon and medieval activities. The excavations also revealed the old position of the road and demolished cottages which once faced Crown Lane. There's tantalisingly scant evidence for a convent of Cistertian nuns at Tinwell. It was dedicated to Grace Dieu. To the south of the farm at Ingthorpe a cross shaft has been incorporated into a wall. In the 1980s the site of a demolished chapel was identified. It had last been mentioned in 1366. A dovecote survives nearby.   Tinwell is famous for the forge, built in 1848, with a horseshoe-shaped doorway. It later became the Post Office but around 2001 it had been reclaimed as a forge. The building next door was the bakery until the 1920s. Photograph taken in 2009 when the forge was again no longer a forge. All Saints church   All Saints church has a massive tower of the thirteenth or fourteenth century with the only saddleback roof in Rutland. Photograph taken in 2001. The nave arcade and chancel arch are thirteenth century, and the chancel dates from the fifteenth century. There is a monument to the sister of the first Lord Burghley; she died in 1611. Look out for the charming seventeenth century warning to illicit bell ringers under the tower. Victoria County History page for Tinwell with Ingthorpe. 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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