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[[England]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland Parishes]] | ||
Guide to '''Exton, Rutland family history and genealogy.''' Parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites. | Guide to '''Exton, Rutland family history and genealogy.''' Parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites. | ||
[[Image:St+Peter+Paul Exton Rutland.jpg|thumb|right]] | [[Image:St+Peter+Paul Exton Rutland.jpg|thumb|right|St+Peter+Paul Exton Rutland.jpg]] | ||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
EXTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a '''parish''', in the union of Oakham, hundred of Alstoe, county of Rutland, 5¼ miles (N. E. by E.) from Oakham. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50953 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England | EXTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a '''parish''', in the union of Oakham, hundred of Alstoe, county of Rutland, 5¼ miles (N. E. by E.) from Oakham. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50953#s20 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 04 December 2013.</ref> | ||
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The exterior was much restored in 1850 after a lightning strike in 1843. "There are no churches in Rutland and few in England in which English sculpture from the 16th to the 18th centuries can be studied so profitably and enjoyed so much as at Exton" (Nikolaus Pevsner).<br> | The exterior was much restored in 1850 after a lightning strike in 1843. "There are no churches in Rutland and few in England in which English sculpture from the 16th to the 18th centuries can be studied so profitably and enjoyed so much as at Exton" (Nikolaus Pevsner).<br> | ||
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:EXTON, a village and a parish in Oakham district, Rutland. The village stands on an affluent of the river Gwash, 5 miles ENE of Oakham r. station; and was known, at Domesday, as Exentune. | :EXTON, a village and a parish in Oakham district, Rutland. The village stands on an affluent of the river Gwash, 5 miles ENE of Oakham r. station; and was known, at Domesday, as Exentune. | ||
The ''Victoria County History'' of Exton (1935) is available | The ''Victoria County History'' of Exton (1935) is available. It includes a history of the manor, church, advowson, and charities.<ref>''A History of the County of Rutland'', Volume 2'' (1935). [http://british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=528 ''A History of the County of Rutland'']. Adapted. Date accessed: 04 December 2013.</ref> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Rutland]] | [[Category:Rutland]] | ||