Hambleton is a village and
civil parish
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in
Rutland
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Its greatest l ...
, England. It is about two miles (3 km) east of
Oakham
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.
Description
The village's name means '
maimed hill'. It has been thought that the hill in the village looks as if it has been sliced off.
In 2001 Hambleton had a population of 140, increasing to 203 at the 2011 census. Since the construction of
Rutland Water
Rutland Water is a reservoir in Rutland, England, east of Rutland's county town, Oakham. It is filled by pumping from the River Nene and River Welland, and provides water to the East Midlands. By surface area it is the largest reservoir in E ...
in the 1970s, the village has been closed off on three sides by water and the area is known as the
Hambleton Peninsula.
The parish originally included the settlements of Upper Hambleton, Middle Hambleton and Nether Hambleton. The latter two have now been almost completely submerged by the construction of
Rutland Water
Rutland Water is a reservoir in Rutland, England, east of Rutland's county town, Oakham. It is filled by pumping from the River Nene and River Welland, and provides water to the East Midlands. By surface area it is the largest reservoir in E ...
(originally known as Empingham Reservoir). The
Jacobean Old Hall in Middle Hambleton (built in 1611) is now situated on the water's edge.
The village contains the 12th-century
St Andrew's Church, Hambleton, a pub called The Finch's Arms and a hotel and restaurant,
Hambleton Hall
Hambleton Hall is a hotel and restaurant located in the village of Hambleton close to Oakham, Rutland, England. The restaurant has held one star in the Michelin Guide since 1982.
The Hall was built in 1881 as a hunting box by Walter Marshall ...
. The church, much enlarged over its history still has an original Norman south doorway and was extensively restored and fitted out during the late 19th century. This included excellent stained glass windows created mainly by James Egan during the last decade of the 19th century. Two of these were dedicated by the Reverend David Elliot Young to his mother and infant child who are buried in the churchyard. It is believed that the windows were funded by
Walter Gore Marshall after being petitioned by Rev Young. Adjacent to the south side of the church yard stands a sixteenth-century priest house. The Hall was built in 1881 as a hunting box by Walter Marshall who left it to his sister, Eva Astley Paston Cooper. She was a
socialite
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who gathered a
salon
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* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
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Arts and entertainment
* Salon ...
including
Noël Coward
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,
Malcolm Sargent and
Charles Scott-Moncrieff. Coward wrote ''
Hay Fever
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'' while staying in the village.
There is a view across to
Burley House
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from the north side of the village and from the south one can see across to the sailing club at
Edith Weston
Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 1,042 at the 2001 census, including Normanton and increasing to 1,359 at the 2011 census. It is on the ...
on the far shore. The track around the peninsula along the lakeside takes walkers and cyclists through bluebell woods.
Hambleton was rated as among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" by
Condé Nast Traveler
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in 2020.
Abel Barker of Hambleton
Sir Abel Barker, 1st Baronet Sir Abel Barker, 1st Baronet (c.1616 – 1679) was an English politician.
Biography
Barker was the son of Abel Barker and Elizabeth Wright. In 1637 he inherited the manor of Hambleton, Rutland, from his father and he prospered as a large-scale she ...
, of Hambleton (d. 1679) rented part of his lands from
Edward Harington and
James Harington, and farmed sheep on a large scale. Barker kept a letter-book, a copy of his and his family's letters. His sister Mary Barker wrote to the tailor John Swinfield in London to have a black gown made with a grass green or willow green petticoat and stomacher, and a warm winter woollen serge gown, and a scarlet serge riding coat and hood. She wanted Swinfeld's wife to buy some items for her including "cuffs of the neatest fashion." Barker's mother Elizabeth Burton tried to arrange a marriage for Abel with Anne Burton, daughter of Sir Thomas Burton, an old friend, who replied that the matter rested with his daughter. They married, and in 1647 she wrote to a London merchant Augustine Crofts for blue watchett sarsenet to make bed curtains and for powdered
bezoar
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There are several varieties of bezoar, ...
stone. Anne Burton also asked her sister Jane to shop for her and buy presents for her family including the "best fashioned gloves you can get." Abel Barker wrote to Elizabeth Goodman at Blaston, advising against marrying her deceased husband's half-brother which he believed to be uncanonical. After Anne died, in 1655 Barker tried to remarry with Mary Noell and with Rebekah Parsnett, who refused his offer. Mary Noell accepted, and in 1661 she wrote from Hambleton to her husband at the Dog and Ball on
Fleet Street
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about the prevalent sickness of whooping cough and the risk to their children. Shortly before his death, Barker moved to a new house at
Lyndon.
[''HMC 5th Report: Field'' (London, 1876), pp. 387-98.]
Gallery
File:Hambleton Rutland, St Andrews.JPG, The parish church dedicated to St Andrew
File:The Priest House Hambleton Rutland.JPG, The Priest House
File:Hambleton Rutland St Andrew Window.JPG, One of St Andrew's windows, by James Egan (1899)
File:Cmglee_Upper_Hambleton_high_street.jpg, The High Street
References
External links
Rutland Website – HambletonHambleton Village HistoryHambleton HallHambleton Church Website
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