Coordinates: 52°42′58″N 0°43′12″W / 52.716°N 0.720°W
| Ashwell | |
  Ashwell
Ashwell shown within Rutland |
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| Area | 2.87 sq mi (7.4 km2) [1] |
|---|---|
| Population | 290 2001 Census[2] |
| - Density | 101 /sq mi (39 /km2) |
| OS grid reference | |
| - London | 88 miles (142 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | Rutland |
| Shire county | Rutland |
| Ceremonial county | Rutland |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OAKHAM |
| LE15 | |
| Dialling code | 01572 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Rutland and Melton |
| List of places: UK • England • Rutland | |
Ashwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about three miles (5 km) north of Oakham.
Ashwell prison, a Category C prison, is located about two miles south of the centre of the village. Previously the site was a WWII US army base, home to part of the 82nd Airborne Division. The kennels of the Cottesmore Hunt have moved to a farm in the parish.
St Mary’s church is mainly of 14th century origin, but in 1851 it underwent a major restoration by William Butterfield.
The Reverend J.W. Adams, who won a Victoria Cross in Afghanistan in 1879, is buried in the churchyard.
Aviatrix Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck) was born in Westfield House and lived here until her family moved to Kenya when she was four years old.
Reverend Richard Levett (or Levet) was named vicar of Ashwell on 13 May 1646. He was brought in to minister the parish when the previous rector, a Royalist, offended the locals. Rev. Levett kept his job throughout Cromwell's reign, but lost it as soon as King Charles II was restored to the throne, when the previous incumbent was reinstated. He was the father of Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London in 1699 and owner of Kew Palace.[3] Levett Blackborne, grandson of Sir Richard, who sold the Levett properties at Kew to the Royal family, was a well-known Lincoln's Inn barrister and longtime adviser to Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland. [4]
The Palmes family of Lindley, West Yorkshire was also seated at Ashwell.[5] The family, a branch of the Palmes family of Naburn Hall, Naburn, Yorkshire, included Sir Guy Palmes, High Sheriff of Yorkshire.[6]
References
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10059343&c_id=10001043&add=Y. Retrieved on 26 January 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved on 25 January 2009.
- ^ "British History Online". University of London. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66216. Retrieved on 26 January 2009.
- ^ The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Vol. I, Lincoln's Inn, H.S. Cartwright, London, 1896
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, Leslie Stephen (editor), Sidney Lee, et al., Published by Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1895
- ^ Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-century England: Three Women and Their Books of Hours, Kathryn Ann Smith, University of Toronto Press, 2003, ISBN 0712348506
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