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
, 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
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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