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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland Parishes]] | ||
[[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 (1848)''], pp. 195-206. Date accessed: 07 August 2012.</ref> | 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 (1848)''], pp. 195-206. Date accessed: 07 August 2012.</ref> | ||
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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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Exton like this: | In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Exton like this: | ||
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. | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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== Web sites == | == Web sites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Rutland]] | [[Category:Rutland]] | ||