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What's new?   19th September 2026 Pauline Stafford has written a lucid account of Queen Edith's life and kindly allowed me to include it as part of this web site as a free PDF. My thanks to Paul Wiggin for bringing this to my attention.   2nd September 2026 Information added from the long-awaited Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Vol.15 East Midlands (British Academy 2026) to Empingham, Greetham, Ketton, Market Overton, Morcott, South Luffenham, Stretton, Tixover, Whitwell and Anglo-Saxon sculpture in Rutland. I have also tweaked Normanton to state that the church has been a wedding venue since the end of 2010.   12th August 2026 During the 2026 drought the foundations of buildings at Nether Hambleton were revealed. The Google Search box on each page has been upgraded from http to the more secure https.   25th May 2026 Two new photos: Three wagon cards from 1971 for ironstone heading to Scunthorpe added to Exton. A bag of flour bought at Whissendine windmill in 2026 added to Whissendine. And a 'plug' for Jeremy Harte's exceptionally well-informed yet eminently readable book Travellers Through Time: A Gypsy history added to travellers in Rutland.   1st May 2026 New or better photographs for Barrowden, Morcott, Seaton, Stoke Dry, Uppingham and watermills and windmills in Rutland. Also an update to scratch dials.   18th April 2026 Lots of new or better photographs for Barleythorpe, Belmesthorpe, Burley, Edith Weston, Ingthorpe, Ketton, Market Overton, Oakham, Tolethorpe, Whissendine and Wythchley Warren (near Edith Weston). I've added links to Chris Baker's articles a possible Anglo-Saxon church group at Oakham in Rutland and a possible ancient solar alignment in Oakham to this site's Oakham page. Because there's no logical place to add this elsewhere, I'll use this update to draw attention to Tom Scott paragliding over Rutland in a YouTube video called (erroneously) 'All of Rutland in one shot'.   29th March 2026 Various links to three free PDFs by Paul Wiggin. One with detailed information about Roman Oakham and the other about Anglo-Saxon Oakham and the third about Rota's burh at Hambleton. My thanks to Paul for allowing me to include them as part of this web site. And for the being the first person to contribute extra information.   18th March 2026 I've added a list of 'Highlights' on the home page Zeppelins over Rutland Second World War in Rutland Lots more folk customs   10th March 2026 Everything's new! Back to top of this 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

Rutland's history home page what's new? glossary bibliography Rutland's geology Rutland's boundaries Rutland's rivers long, long ago prehistoric Rutland Roman Rutland long ago Anglo-Saxon Rutland Rutland's place-names waterborne transport around the sixth century Rutland's early churches Anglo-Saxon sculpture in Rutland what the Normans did for Rutland Romanesque sculpture in Rutland Rutland in medieval times Rutland's medieval gargoyles Rutland's saltways Rutland in Tudor times Dissolution in Rutland not that long ago Rutland in the C17th century pinfolds and pounds in Rutland dovecotes in Rutland Rutland in the C18th turnpiking Rutland Rutland's springs and spas changes in Rutland's agriculture since 1800 seems like yesterday Rutland's dialect Rutland's folk customs travellers in Rutland watermills and windmills in Rutland breweries in Rutland gasworks in Rutland ironstone quarrying in Rutland Zeppelins over Rutland redundant telephone exchanges in Rutland Second World War in Rutland WWII airfields and pillboxes in Rutland the making of Rutland Water Rutland Weekend Television free online history resources Victoria County History: Rutland volume one Victoria County History: Rutland volume two free PDFs of Rutland Record issues 1 to 50 old OS maps Historic England Listed buildings database Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland Open Domesday English Place-Name Society database Wikipedia list of places in Rutland (with links to village entries) Wikipedia list of people from Rutland researching and writing local history getting started free advice from 2005 asking curious questions (YouTube video) local history groups in and around Rutland Belton-in-Rutland History Society Cottesmore History and Archaeology Group Langham Village History Group Lyddington Manor History Society Rutland Local History and Record Society Uppingham Local History Study Group you may also be interested in free PDFs written by Bob Trubshaw Earliest Churches in Nottinghamshire How Anglo-Saxons Found Their Way Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire Conversations in Churchyards Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland Bob Trubshaw's YouTube channel Introduction to medieval carvings Anglo-Saxon and Romanesque carvings How Anglo-Saxons found their way Anglo-Saxon shrines at fords Meetings at triangles Rota's Land and Franni's Land Reading Romanesque fonts Church and manor The significances of square headdresses Early churches and waterborne trade Charnwood slate gravestones and C18th trade routes Ironstone quarries of Leicestershire Roman roads in north-east Leicestershire Salt ways in Leicestershire Why Melton Mowbray needed to called 'middle town' Evolving Anglo-Saxon agriculture Nottinghamshire's earliest churches Ploughs not piety? Economic regeneration in the C7th Were Anglo-Saxon weaving huts women-only places? Vale of Belvoir Chronicle Barrowby Until Now website Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland