Bisbrooke
| Bisbrooke | |
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 St John the Baptist Church |
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 Bisbrooke
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| Bisbrooke shown within Rutland | |
| Area | 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km2) |
| Population | 211 2001 Census |
| • Density | 117/sq mi (45/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SP886996 |
| • London | 79 miles (127 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OAKHAM |
| Postcode district | LE15 |
| Dialling code | 01572 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Bisbrooke is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Uppingham close to the A47. In 2001, it had a population of 219, falling to 204 at the 2011 census.
Bisbrooke was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 then spelt "Bitlesbroch". Over the centuries the spelling has gone through as many as 19 name changes including Bitelesbroke, Pysbroke and Butlisbroke before the present spelling was adopted. At the time of the Norman survey, about half of the land was owned by the King and the rest by Countess Judith of Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire. Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century, in 1547 the land was granted by King Edward VI to Sir Richard Lee who soon afterwards settled it on Anthony Andrews. The land was still in the Andrews family nearly a century later with Bisbrooke or Pisbroke as it was then spelled, being owned by Anthony’s great, grandson Edward, Sheriff of Rutland. In the Civil War Edward initially supported the King but afterwards embraced the Parliamentarians’ cause. Fined for his earlier Royalist tendencies, he seemed to have been unable to meet his debts and his land was sold. The Bisbrooke estate was acquired during the Commonwealth by Sir George Manners and so, most of Bisbrooke passed into the Duke of Rutland’s Belvoir Estate. It was auctioned in 1918.
The parish church of St John the Baptist dates from 1871 in its present form, though the tower was only finished in 1914. It was listed Grade II in 1955. There are a number of fine gravestones, which pre-date the present building. Samuel Thomas Bloomfield was vicar here from 1814 until his death in 1869. Chess player George Alcock MacDonnell was vicar, 1887-99.
Bisbrooke Hall is to the north of the A47 within the parish boundary but actually nearer to the village of Glaston. The Hall was substantially remodelled and extended by Lord Carbery around 1840.
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