Rutland Local History & Record Society
Copyright © Rutland Local History and Record Society
Registered Charity No 700273
The Rutland Series
No 1: Tudor Rutland: The County Community under Henry VIII
Edited by Julian Cornwall (1980)
Transcripts of the county’s Military Survey of 1522 and the Lay Subsidy of 1524,
with introduction. Includes lists of men in every village who were available for
military service and similar lists of those liable to pay the lay subsidy.
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No 2: The Weather Journals of a Rutland Squire -
Edited by John Kington (1988)
Thomas Barker of Lyndon Hall, brother-in-law of Gilbert White, kept detailed
weather, farming and countryside records for over 60 years in the 18th century,
which now form an invaluable resource for meteorologists and environmental
historians. Introduction, commentaries, maps, illustrations, glossary, index.
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No 3: Stained Glass in Rutland Churches - By Paul Sharpling (1997).
Complete survey and gazetteer of the county’s surviving church glass;
introduction; lists of glaziers, subjects, dedicatees, donors, heraldry.
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No 4: Time in Rutland - By Robert Ovens and Sheila Sleath (2002)
A history and gazetteer of the bells, scratch dials, sundials and clocks of Rutland.
Definitive work covering everything to do with the measurement of time in
Rutland’s churches and domestic buildings, from simple sundials to complex
clocks. Historical introduction, full gazetteer and description of clocks, dials,
bells and ringing customs. Details of clock-makers, watchmakers and
bell-founders. Many quotations from primary archive sources. Bibliography,
appendices and indices.
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No 5: The Heritage of Rutland Water
Compiled and edited by Robert Ovens and Sheila Sleath (2nd impression 2008)
Publishing the results of a Heritage Lottery Fund supported project to study the area
of Rutland Water in detail, recording its history, archaeology, people, villages,
buildings, landscape, geology and natural history; chapters on the construction of
the reservoir, sailing, fishing, birdwatching, flora and fauna; bibliography and index.
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No 6: Improving Agriculture in Nineteenth Century Rutland:
The Life and Achievements of Richard Westbrook Baker (1797 - 1861),
Steward of the Exton Estate - By Vanessa Doe
R W Baker was the most important and influential improver of agriculture in
Rutland in the early nineteenth century, a period of rapid agricultural change.
As estate steward for Sir Noel Noel Bt he became a leading breeder of
Shorthorn cattle, winning many medals and prizes. He helped to found the
Rutland Agricultural Society, designed an improved type of plough, set up
ploughing meetings, introduced spade allotments, and endeavoured to
improve the lot of poor farmer labourers. This biography by Vanessa Doe
celebrates his achievements and demonstrates the profound effect he had on
many aspects of rural life in the county.
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