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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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RYHALL, a village and a parish in the district of Stamford and county of Rutland. The village stands on the river Gwash, ½ a mile N W of the Stamford and Lynn railway, and 2¾ N N E of Stamford; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Stamford. The parish contains also the hamlet of Belmisthorpe, and comprises 2,070 acres. Real property, £4, 118. Pop. in 1851, 1,075; in 1861, 847. Houses, 169. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Harding the Saxon; passed to Earl Siward, the Spencers, the Greys, and others; and belongs now to the Marquis of Exeter. The living is a vicarage, united with Essendine, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £280. Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. The church is of the time of Henry IV.; was restored in 1857; and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £15.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ryhall AP/CP Rutland AncC |
| Place: | Ryhall |
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