South Luffenham
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My life in South Luffenham
Born in November 1942 I was christened, confirmed and married in St Mary's. My father cleaned, stoked the boiler, wound the clock, and cut the grass. I in turn sang in the choir, served at the altar and rang the bells and stoked the boiler when dad was at work on night shift, a spooky experience in the dead of winter for a young lad. I married in 1966 and moved away, visiting until mum and dad moved to Oakham.
Contributed by leonard harries
Leicestershire memories
My life in South Luffenham
Born in November 1942 I was christened, confirmed and married in St Mary's. My father cleaned, stoked the boiler, wound the clock, and cut the grass. I in turn sang in the choir, served at the altar and rang the bells and stoked the boiler when dad was at work on night shift, a spooky experience in the dead of winter for a young lad. I married in 1966 and moved away, visiting until mum and dad moved to Oakham.
A memory of South Luffenham contributed by leonard harries
my grandfather
I have a picture of the cottage that my grandfather lived in with his family. His name was Cecil Stafford. His father was a thatcher and hedgerow maker as I understand. The picture I have is of the family in front of their thatched cottage that my grandmother said was right across from the church. I would love to know more about the town and if anyone knew the Staffords. I know there were 10 or eleven children. My grandfather married my grandmother who was a governess and from Switzerland. There was one sister named Olive and I am sorry that I do not know any more. Cecil had three children, John, Mary ...read more here
A memory of Empingham contributed by jackie kiefer
Castle hit by storm
Not 100% sure if it was 1966 or 67, but I do remember that the castle roof was covered with a tarp for quite some time after lightening hit the castle during a storm.
A memory of Oakham contributed by Janet Saw
Extracts From South Luffenham & Leicestershire books
South Luffenham on the river Thater
is a 7th-century Saxon settlement
with North Luffenham, now adjacent
to the A6121 Uppingham to Stamford
road to the north, an attractive village
of narrow streets and good limestone
houses. St Mary’s Church, with a very
fine two-bay 12th-century north nave
arcade, lies to the south-east, along
with the rectory and the Hall. This
later 17th-century house is
unattributed, but it does have much
in common with Lyndon Hall,
designed by John Sturges in 1668.
The photograph shows the entrance
to the village across the stream,
which is not improved by a pierced
concrete Council parapet.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
Once this was a water
splash, then a footbridge
and now a modern
bridge has been built
with a wider road and
footpath. The stone
houses beyond cluster
together as the lane goes
uphill. This part of the
village is separated from
the rest by the stream.
An extract from from"Uppingham Photographic Memories".
This is a beautiful photograph of Rutland at its best. Pollarded willows line the stream, which appears to have trapped the
wheels from a large cart. The curving footpath was probably on the original road line from Pilton to Barrowden. The setting
of the 14th-century battlemented tower and its crocketed recessed steeple is ideal. Internally, the church has a good late
12th-century north arcade and a later south arcade. The great Gothic Revival architect George Edmund Street (1824-81)
restored the building in 1852 and 1861.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
St Mary’s Church has
a 14th-century
‘curiously crocketed
spire’ (Arthur Mee).
Pevsner thinks it is
‘small and fussy’.
G E Street restored the
church 1852-61. The
building on the right
may have been a tithe
barn. Note that the
village is well above
flood level. A tablet
records that in 1794 a
gypsy girl, Rose
Boswell, was buried in
the church despite
prevailing objections.
An extract from from"Uppingham Photographic Memories".
The inn is well placed near the busy Stamford Road. Once a coal business and a shoemaker’s, it
acquired its name from the last occupation - the Boot and Shoe Inn. Opposite was the village spring
and pump. Note the thatched roof gives way to tiles. The school sign on the right refers to the new
school (1875-1969).
An extract from from"Uppingham Photographic Memories".