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‘‘Photograph of All Hallows Church, Seaton, Rutland‘, John Piper, [c.1930s–1980s]‘, John Piper, [c.1930s–1980s] – Tate Archive | Tate ‘Photograph of All Hallows Church, Seaton, Rutland‘, John Piper, [c.1930s–1980s] - part of the digitised collection of the Tate Archive

Compare Piper's photograph;
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The Joy of Six 1427 "For 25 years, governments have been promoting executive elected mayors in English local government, an enthusiasm fully endorsed by the cur...

Labour's demolition of local government; funding children’s hospices; the government is refusing to list buildings; youth cross-dressing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain; how to film a ghost story; a walk in Loughborough's Outwoods

At Thorney, there is a gravestone with the same design.

Masons copying from the same pattern book, presumably.

(Remembering a thread on Twitter)

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

There is a joke in Iceland:

“What do you do if you get lost in an Icelandic forest?"

"Stand up!”

Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Clare Balding's in Town! Comedian Mark Steel joins Clare for an amble around Hambleton Peninsula in Rutland.

R4's #Rutland week continues at 3.00pm with "Ramblings" from the Hambleton peninsula.

Clare (Balding) is joined by Mark (good head of hair)

#RutlandWeekendTelevision

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Robert and Elizabeth Harbutt were living together in the 1841 Census

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Angela Harding, artist Angela Harding, artist, shares the soundtrack fo her life with Lauren Laverne.

It seems next week on BBC R4 is #Rutland week

On "Desert island Discs" on Sunday is Angela Harding
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BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 14, 1. Oakham Find out how hanging horseshoes upside down helps the people of Oakham vanquish the devil.

Next week "Mark Steel's in Town" is from Oakham.

But, no, Oakham is NOT "proudly twinned with Paris" - that is the small village of Whitwell (even if the Parisians don’t know).

#Rutland

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And one from #Rutland -

In 1839, "after a tedious courtship of 504 hours, Mr. Robert Harbutt, a brisk bachelor of 23, to Mrs. Catlin, a buxom widow of 75."

The wife may even have shaved a few years off; when Elizabeth died in 1844, her age was recorded as 84 years.

And the clock on the tower isn't even showing the right time ...

Rutland's tourism organisation Discover Rutland will be very pleased;
discover-rutland.co.uk

Inside UK's smartest town with top marks notched up by A-level pupils Earlier this month, Rutland beat Surrey for the second year in succession to top the list of counties with the greatest number of high A-level grades.

#Rutland has a very positive write up in the Daily Mail.

(But some pics of 'Oakham' are actually Uppingham)

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The flag of Rutland. The flag displays a gold horseshoe on a green background and gold acorns.

Happy Rutland Day. The flag of Rutland is flying in New Palace Yard today to mark this historic county day.

Did you know that Rutland has been referenced in the Chamber on more than 7000 occasions?

John Louis Petit – yesterday and today. A series of posts showing some of the pictures of Petit’s work from the current exhibition at Rutland County Museum profchrisbaker.com/john-louis-p... and their modern equivalent 4. Oakham Buttercross c1850

Well, Jenkyns does qualify as alive.

Screenshot of a section from Notes & Queries of 1872. It says "NOSE-BLEEDING - I was told on July 18, in the county-town of Rutland, by a woman who kept a small shop, the following infallible remedy to stop nose-bleeding in an unmarried female: "Tie a new piece of red ribbon round her neck." This charm did not apply to the male sex, or to married women. My informant firmly believed in its efficacy, and told me that she knew many cases in which it had been tried with success. She was, apparently, upwards of fifty years of age; and said that her mother had taught her this charm when she was a girl. CUTHBERT BEDE"

Right then, unmarried ladies. Cuthbert Bede has a handy solution for you if you suffer from nosebleeds.

About the only thing they got right is that the horses they ride are so small.

(A benefit of filming in Iceland)

#Icelandichorse

The Uppingham Workhouse was used as a VAD hospital in the First World War; it is now a boarding house of Uppingham School.

In 1843 at Uppingham, an assistant to the surgeon took out the heart of a pauper lying in the dead-room at the poor-house.

He concealed it in his pocket and afterwards delivered a "lecture" upon it before the Oddfellows' lodge at a public-house.

#Rutland #workhouse
Stamford Mercury, 7 April 1843

J.L.Petit – painter An exhibition of Petit’s East Midlands paintings – Rutland County Museum, Oakham, August 23rd to October 4th, 2025 Oakham Buttercross Opening Times The Exhibition can be viewed during t…

An exhibition of JL Petit’s East Midlands paintings at Rutland County Museum, Oakham, August 23rd to October 4th:
profchrisbaker.com/john-louis-p...
and a symposium at the museum on Saturday September 27th:
profchrisbaker.com/john-louis-p...

Never mind "an area the size of Wales", this 1900 Times Atlas uses a inset of the County of Rutland to give scale to the Polynesian Groups: Fiji Islands. Sandwich (Hawaii) Islands. Samoa or Navigator Islands.

#Rutland #sizeofWales

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Well - that is the legend.

He died two days after he was mauled by a lion in a cage in Skegness where he made a spectacle of himself. Whether his death was caused by the lion 'Freddie' or by the doctor is uncertain.

Rutland County Council leader survives no confidence vote The Conservative group had brought the motion that was discussed at a special meeting on Tuesday.

On #Rutland County Council, the Conservatives called a special council meeting for a vote of no confidence in the Leader of the Council.

The special meeting last night was attended by 24 Councillors:
In favour of the motion: 8 (the 7 CONs +1)

#dampsquib

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Stamford Mercury (24 August 1855) has "after a few days illness"

"LONGMORE - Aug. 18, at Barnack, Northamptonshire, Johannah Christiana Henrietta, the wife of Benjamin Longmore, Esq., Surgeon, late of British Guiana, aged 33"

Home News for India, China and the Colonies - Monday 10 September 1855

And I am just watching an Out of Town episode recorded from @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

(My age has already been verified)

Previewing the seven council by-elections of 24th July 2025 "All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order"

It's by-election Thursday!
- 7 polls today, defences C 4 Lab 1 LD 1 Free-for-all 1
- Including the latest exciting edition of Election Court Watch...
Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com is your guide...
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Barleythorpe remained a hamlet, built largely for estate workers of the hall, until the last dozen years or so when large new housing estates have been built on the edge of Oakham.

A #Rutland County Council by-election for Barleythorpe ward is being held on Thursday this week.