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Edith Weston
| Edith Weston | |
|---|---|
 View towards the Church of St Mary the Virgin across Rutland Water from the Hambleton Peninsula | |
  Edith Weston Location within Rutland | |
| Area | 2.89 sq mi (7.5 km2) [1] |
| Population | 1,042 2001 Census[2] |
| • Density | 361/sq mi (139/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK927053 |
| • London | 82 miles (132 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OAKHAM |
| Postcode district | LE15 |
| Dialling code | 01780 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 1,042 at the 2001 census, including Normanton and increasing to 1,359 at the 2011 census.[3] It is on the south-eastern shore of Rutland Water and is home of the main sailing club and a fishing lodge.[4] The village is named after Edith of Wessex (1029–1075), the queen of Edward the Confessor and sister of Harold Godwinson.
The Grade I listed church[5] is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and includes stained glass by Paul Woodroffe and Hugh Arnold; the organ is by Samuel Green of London and dated 1787.
The village pub is the Wheatsheaf on King Edward's Way.
St George's Barracks is located to the south and east of the village; this was previously RAF North Luffenham. In August 2007 16th Regiment Royal Artillery, equipped with the Rapier FSC, moved here from Woolwich.
Edith Weston features in the Alan Sillitoe novel Down From the Hill, with the main character stopping off in the Wheatsheaf for a shandy.
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Rutland Sailing Club Website". Rutland Sailing Club. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1073962)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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