South Luffenham
SOUTH LUFFENHAM is a pleasant village and parish, half a mile south from Luffenham station, on the south bank of the Chater, 5 miles east from Uppingham, 8 south-west from Oakham and 96½ from London, in the Wrangdike hundred, Uppingham union, rural deanery of Rutland (second portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough. The junction station of the Syston and Peterborough and Stamford and Leicester branches of the London, Midland and Scottish railway is in this parish. The church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled tower with crocketed spire, containing a clock and 4 bells, two of which were recast and the whole rehung with chimes in 1866 : the nave and aisles are separated by arcades of three arches, the north arcade being Norman and the south Early English; the lofty chancel arch is also of this period: the Perpendicular east window was filled with stained glass in 1852 by the Very Rev. Robert Scott D.D. a former dean of Rochester and rector here 1850-54 : in the south aisle is a memorial window to the Ven. G. H. Hodson M.A. d. 1855, and his son. Major W. S. Hodson, commandant of Hodson's Horse, who was killed at Lucknow in March, 1858; there is another to the Misses Wingfield, and one in the north aisle to the Rev. Alexander Rhind Webster M.A. curate of this parish 1841-3, d. 1889, and to his wife : there is a tablet in memory of Julian David Eaton Richards B.A. who was killed at the battle of Loos in 1915, son of the rector: a new organ was provided in 1903, at a cost of £300, as a memorial to Col. John Collinson, d. 1892 : the church was restored in 1861 by the Rev. Constantine Estlin Pritchard M.A. formerly Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1678. The living is a rectory net yearly value £473, with residence, in the gift of Balliol College, Oxford, and held since 1907 by the Rev. John Francis Richards M.A. of that college; the tithes were commuted in 1845. A cemetery of one acre was formed in 1900, at a cost of £200 ; it is under the control of the Parish Council. There is a village hall, with a library. The Luffenham Heath Golf Club is situated in this parish, and has a very fine course here. South Luffenham Hall is the property and residence of Capt. Nugent St. C. Allfrey. The Earl of Ancaster T.D. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clay in parts and sandy and stony in parts ; subsoil, chiefly stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The parish comprises 1,442 acres ; the population in 1921 was 317.
Post, M.O., T. & T. E. D. Office. Letters through Stamford
Railway Station, L. M. & S.
Carriers to Stamford. - A. Bates & Son, mon. & fri
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Allfrey Capt. Nugent St. C. South Luffenham hall
Oldring Mrs. Orchard house
Richards Rev. John Francis M.A. [rector], Rectory
Robinson Miss, Ratcliffe lodge
Rowell Needham, Fairfidd
Stanley William Alan, Chaterside
Stapleton John William, Springfield
COMMERCIAL.
Asphaltic Slag & Stone Co. Ltd. (W. A. Stanley, manager)
Brown Ellen (Miss), grocer
Cemetery (J. A. Durant, High st. Uppingham, clerk)
Chappell William, beer retailer
Dickins Alfd. Railway inn
Ellis & Everard Limited, coal & coke merchants (Charles Issitt, managing agent)
Humphrey William, farmer, West farm
Hunt Arthur John, Boot & Shoe inn
Hunt William, fanner
Luffenham Heath Golf Club (Miss A. L. Thorpe, sec.; W. Barcroft, professional & H. E. Betts, steward; membership 347) (letters should be addressed Ketton). T N Ketton 5
Molesworth & Springthorpe, millers (steam & water). T N North Luffenham 8
Pridmore Wm. C. farmer, Greenfleld ho
Sewell David, farmer
Slack Emily (Mrs.)
Stanger William, farmer
Stapleton John William, stone mason, builder, contractor & (Colleyweston) slater
Tailby John George, farmer
Thurkettle A. J. (Mrs.), shopkpr. & post office
William George, Durham Ox P.H
Wood James, butcher