Normanton

NORMANTON is a small parish, on the river Gwash, 2½ miles from Luffenham station on the London, Midland and Scottish railway, 4 north-east from Manton station on the Syston and Peterborough and Nottingham and Kettering branches of the London, Midland and Scottish railway, 7 west from Stamford and 5½ east from Oakham, in Martinsley hundred, union and county court district of Oakham, rural deanery of Rutland (second portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough. The church of St. Matthew, situated in Normanton Park, is a small building of stone, in the Romanesque style, consisting of chancel, nave and a western tower containing one bell: the entrance is at the west end : there are a few mural monuments to the Heathcote family and one to the Baroness Willoughby de Eresby: the church was restored in 1911, and affords 80 sittings. The register dates from the year 1755. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £215, in the gift of the Earl of Ancaster T.D. and held since 1920 by the Rev. Robert Godlonton Bisseker M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, who is also rector of and resides at Whitwell. The soil is sand in parts and clay in parts; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats on the four-course system. The area is 718 acres of land and 2 of water; the population in 1921 was 40.

Letters through Stamford. The nearest post & T. office is at Edith Weston & M.O. office at Empingham.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Wakefield William, Normanton lodge
Willoughby Lady Alice, Bracknell house

COMMERCIAL.
Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over.
° Stokes Charles, farmer & rate collector