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RIDLINGTON, a village and a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland. The village stands 2½ miles N W by N of Uppingham, and 2½ W S W of Manton r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Redlictun; and then hadthree churches. The parish comprises 2,027 acres; and its post town is Uppingham. Real property, £3, 458. Pop., 282. Houses, 58. The manor belonged to Queen Editha, passed to the Harringtons, and belongs now to the Earl of Gainsborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £364.* Patron, the Earl of Gainsborough. The church is very ancient.and has an ivy-clad tower. Charities, £5.
(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: | Ridlington Parish Uppingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Rutland Ancient County |
| Place names: | REDLICTUN | RIDLINGTON |
| Place: | Ridlington |
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