Lyddington

Lyddington
Lyddington
	The road into Lyddington from the south
	Lyddington Location within Rutland
Area	3.32 sq mi (8.6 km2)
Population	397 2001 Census
• Density	120/sq mi (46/km2)
OS grid reference	SP875969
• London	78 miles (126 km) SSE
Unitary authority	Rutland;
Shire county	Rutland;
Ceremonial county	Rutland;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OAKHAM
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01572
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton;
	List of places UK England Rutland 52°33′47″N 0°42′32″W / 52.563°N 0.709°W

Lyddington is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 397 at the 2001 census, and had fallen to 366 at the 2011 census.^[3]

The village's name origin is uncertain. Perhaps, 'farm/settlement of Hlyda' or 'farm/settlement with a noisy stream'.^[4]

Lyddington Bede House, owned by English Heritage, is a Grade I listed building^[5] incorporating parts of a medieval bishop's palace. In 1547 it was seized on behalf of the king from the Bishops of Lincoln and later passed to Lord Burghley. In 1600 part of the palace was converted into an almshouse and it continued in this use until 1930. The remains of the fishponds of the bishop's palace are nearby.

St Andrew's Church is also Grade I listed.^[6]

There are two public houses, The Marquess of Exeter and The Old White Hart.

Broadband connection

Residents of Lyddington raised £37,000 to offer 200 homes the super-fast broadband that BT could not deliver. The broadband connection was upgraded in 2010 by Rutland Telecom using a technique called sub-loop unbundling and residents had broadband speeds of up to 25 Mbit/s.^[7] This was the first time in the UK that fibre to the cabinet technology was used in a rural village.^[8]

References

^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ Historic England. "The Bedehouse (1264528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ Historic England. "Church of Saint Andrew, Church Lane (1236656)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ BBC News; Rutland Telecom offers villagers fast broadband
^ "Ultrafast broadband". Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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[1] "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

[2] "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

[3] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

[4] "Key to English Place-names".

[5] Historic England. "The Bedehouse (1264528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[6] Historic England. "Church of Saint Andrew, Church Lane (1236656)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[7] BBC News; Rutland Telecom offers villagers fast broadband

[8] "Ultrafast broadband". Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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