Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THISTLETON

THISTLETON, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; 4¼ miles ENE of Ashwell r. station, and 7½ NNE of Oakham. Post town, Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acres, 1,420. Real property, £1,768. Pop., 142. Houses, 27. The manor belongs to the Rev. J. H. Fludyer. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £118.* Patron, the Rev. J. H. Fludyer. The church is good: and there is an endowed school with £36 a year.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thistleton CP/AP       Oakham RegD/PLU       Rutland AncC
Place: Thistleton

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