Rutland

This article covers the county and traditional county of Rutland in England. For more meanings see Rutland (disambiguation) .

Rutland county
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Country	United Kingdom
Part of the country	England
region	East Midlands
status	Unitary Authority , Ceremonial County , Traditional County
First mention	11th century (as Roteland )
Ceremonial county
Unitary Authority
Administrative authority	Rutland County Council
Administrative headquarters	Oakham
ISO-3166-2	GB-RUT
surface	382 km²
Residents	39,697
was standing	June 30, 2018
ONS code	00FP
GSS code	E06000017
NUTS code	UKF22 (with Leicestershire )
Website	www.rutland.gov.uk

Rutland is a county ( County ) and autonomous administrative unit ( Unitary Authority ) in England and is bordered to the west and north by Leicestershire , northeast of Lincolnshire and on the southeast by Northamptonshire .

The largest extension in north-south direction is 29 km, in west-east direction it is 27 km. In terms of population, Rutland is the second smallest of the 48 ceremonial counties in England (only the City of London is smaller).

The two main towns are Oakham , the administrative center, and Uppingham . In the center of the county there is a large reservoir , Rutland Water , an important nature reserve that serves as a wintering place for geese and a breeding ground for ospreys . The place Stamford is located across the border in a projecting part of Lincolnshire.

Rutland's largest employer is the American mail order company Lands' End , whose European headquarters are in Oakham.

In the 1970s , one of the Monty Pythons , Eric Idle , teamed up with Neil Innes of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band to produce a television comedy series called Rutland Weekend Television .

history

The northwestern part of the county is listed in the Domesday Book as Rutland, a part of Nottinghamshire . The southeastern part is listed as the wapentake of Wicelsea in Northamptonshire . Rutland was first mentioned in 1159 as an independent county.

In the 19th century, Rutland was divided into the hundreds Alstoe , East , Martinsley , Oakham, and Wrandike .

Rutland is one of the traditional counties and is also the smallest of these. 1888 was added to an administrative county ( administrative county converted). In the course of local government reform of 1974 Rutland became a district of Leicestershire; This was reversed in 1997 and Rutland has been a unitary authority ever since. It still belongs to the ceremonial counties .

towns and places

• Ashwell
• Barleythorpe , Barrow , Barrowden , Belton in Rutland , Braunston , Brooke
• Cottesmore
• Edith Weston , Egleton , Empingham , Essendine , Exton
• Great Casterton
• Langham , Little Casterton , Lyddington
• Manton , Market Overton , Morcott
• Normanton , North Luffenham
• Oakham
• Ridlington , Ryhall
• South Luffenham , Stone Bridge Corner
• Thistleton , Tickencote
• Upper Hambleton , Uppingham
• Whissendine , Whitwell , Wing

Attractions

• Braunston Goddess
• Barnsdale Gardens
• Eye, Chater and Welland rivers
• Lyddington Bede House
• Lawn maze from Wing
• Rutland Water
• Tolethorpe Hall

Web links

Commons : Rutland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of England and Wales on June 30, 2012 ( ZIP ; 832 kB)

Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  W