Martinsthorpe, Rutland

Historical Description

Martinsthorpe, a parish in Rutland, 1½ mile NW of Manton station on the Lyston and Peterborough and Nottingham and Kettering branches of the M.R., and 2½ miles S by E of Oakham. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Oakham. Acreage, 539; population, 6. The property belongs to the De Capell Brooke family. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, united with that of Manton; joint gross value, £85 with residence. The church is in ruins.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Martinsthorpe from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Martinsthorpe (St. Martin))
• 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.

Maps

Online maps of Martinsthorpe are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Rutland, 1618-19 and The Visitation of Rutland 1681-2 are available to browse on the Heraldry page.