LUFFENHAM (NORTH), a village and a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland. The village stands near the river Chater, *hr. of a mile NW of Luffenham r. station, and 6½ SW of Stamford; and has a post office under Stamford. The parish comprises 1,999 acres. Real property, £3,096. Pop., 491. Houses, 103. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to Lord Aveland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £624.* Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is good; has a tower and spire; and contains a brass of Archdeacon Johnson, founder of the Oakham and Uppingham grammar schools. Charities, £131; a portion of which goes to a parochial school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))