OAKHAM

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OAKHAM , a market town, and the county town of Rutland, England, 94 M. N. by W. of London by the Midland railway. Pop. (1901) 3294. The church of All Saints ranges in style from Early English to Perpendicular, belonging in

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

mainly to the latter style. Of Oakham Castle, founded in the reign of

Henry

II., the principal remnant is the notable Norman

hall

, used as the county

hall

. The manor came in the time of935

Henry

II. into the hands of Walcheline de

Ferrers

FERRERS
FERRERS, LAURENCE SHIRLEY, 4TH EARL (1720-1760)

, and subsequently passed, through many owners, to the duchy of Bucking-ham, whence it descended to the earls of Winchelsea. A peculiar custom attaching to the manor is to claim a horseshoe from every peer who, for the first time, passes through the town. Flore's

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

in the main street is an interesting building dating from the 13th century. Oakham school was endowed as a grammar school by Robert Johnson, archdeacon of Leicester, in 1584; it now has classical and modern sides. Not far from the town are the kennels of the Cottesmore hunt.

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