Belton, Rutland
Historical Description
Belton, a parish in Rutland, on the river Eye, 4 miles WNW of Uppingham, and 1½ mile from East Norton station on the G.N. & L.N.W. Junction railway. It contains a village of its own name, and has a post office under Uppingham, which is the money order office; telegraph office, East Norton. Acreage, 1024; population, 372. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wardley, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross joint yearly value, £263 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is very old, and has a square embattled tower. There is a Baptist chapel. Poor's lands yield about £50 a year, and there are other charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Rutlandshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Belton St. Peter | |
| Hundred | Soke of Oakham | |
| Poor Law union | Uppingham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish registers date from 1577.
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Belton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1538-1907 | 1754-1940 | 1538-1838 | 1539-1878 |
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Belton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1577-1885 | 1754-1928 | 1577-1931 | 1578-1977 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Peter (parish church)
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone of the Decorated period, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 6 bells; two new bells were presented in 1911, one by Mrs. Elizabeth Ward and the other by F.R.D.A. Gough esq. J.P.; the old bells were re-cast in the same year; the chancel retains an aumbry and a piscina; the nave arcade is of four bays, with octagonal piers and alternately plain and decorated capitals: in the church is an incised slab, with effigies of Sir Thomas Haslewood, ob. 20 Dec. 1559, and Clemence, his wife (see Harl. MSS. 1558 and 3610): on the south Wall of the chancel there are two brasses to John Eagleton esq. and his wife, erected in 1870, and several mural tablets, chiefly to the Roberts and Kemp families: two stained windows were presented in 1898 by Mrs. Ward: the church was repewed in 1841 and in 1897-98 was new roofed, reseated, a chancel screen, vestry and organ chamber erected and the fabric generally restored, at a cost of about £2,000: in 1903 an organ was presented by an anonymous donor: a lych gate was presented in 1911 by J. E. Corby esq.: there are 200 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Belton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Belton (St. Peter))
- Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland, 1928
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Rutland is online.
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Rutland, 1618-19 and The Visitation of Rutland 1681-2 are available to browse on the Heraldry page.