Coordinates: 52°38′38″N 0°37′19″W / 52.644°N 0.622°W
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Normanton shown within Rutland |
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| Area | 1.125 sq mi (2.91 km2) [1] |
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| Population | 26 2001 Census[2] |
| - Density | 23 /sq mi (8.9 /km2) |
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| - London | 82 miles (132 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 | |
Normanton is a village and civil parish on the eastern shore of Rutland Water in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.
Normanton Park was a seat of the Earls of Ancaster and an important centre of their estates. The stable block of their hall is now Normanton Park hotel. In the 18th century the village was cleared to make a park for the estate of the Heathcote family with the population mainly re-housed in Empingham.
In the 1970s much of the parish was flooded by the construction of the Rutland Water reservoir.
St Matthew's Church (with a tower built by Thomas Cundy Jr in 1826 after the design of St John's, Smith Square) was to have been demolished but following an outcry, an embankment was built around the church leaving it a prominent feature on the water's edge. The structure now houses a museum of the history of Rutland Water.
Normanton is the name of a ward of Rutland County Council, returning two councillors. The ward includes Edith Weston, Empingham, North Luffenham and South Luffenham
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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=10191774&c_id=10001043&add=Y. Retrieved on 18 March 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved on 18 March 2009.
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