Luffenham, South (St. Mary)
LUFFENHAM, SOUTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Uppingham, hundred of Wrandike, county of Rutland, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Uppingham; containing 317 inhabitants. It is on the road from Stamford to Uppingham and Leicester, and comprises 1248a. 22p.; the surface is hilly, and the soil of moderate quality. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 12. 6.; net income, £423; patron and impropriator, the Rev. James Bush. The glebe contains 60 acres, with a house.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.