Greetham, Rutland
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Coordinates: 52°43′12″N 0°37′52″W / 52.720°N 0.631°W
| Greetham | |
 The main street of the village |
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 Greetham
Greetham shown within Rutland |
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| Area | 4.81 sq mi (12.5 km2) [1] |
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| Population | 609 2001 Census[2] |
| - Density | 127 /sq mi (49 /km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK925144 |
| - London | 87 miles (140 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 | 01562 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Rutland and Melton |
| List of places: UK • England • Rutland | |
Greetham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.
It lies on the B668 between the county town of Oakham and the A1 and on the north-south Viking Way long distance footpath running between the Humber Bridge and Oakham.
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has a fine spire, which can be seen from some distance.
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust owns Merry's Meadows nature reserve, a SSSI in the parish which is important for species characteristic of unimproved grassland. To the east of the village just before the Sewstern Lane junction, just north of the B668 is Greetham Lime Quarry owned by the Dickerson Group of Waterbeach.
The village is home to three pubs, the Plough, the Black Horse Inn and the Wheatsheaf, all on the B668. A garden centre lies to the west of the village and to the east is the Greetham Valley golf course. On the A1 near Stretton, was a former pub called the Olde Greetham Inn, now owned by Construction Interior Design. Towards Cottesmore on the right is the Greetham Garden Centre with Penny's Tearoom.
[edit] Notable Greethamers
- Professor Emeritus, Harold Lawton (27 July 1899 - 23 December 2005), centenarian, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and others, one of the last surviving World War One veterans, POW held in the Black Hole of Lille, Légion d'honneur.[3][4] In World War II he briefed behind the lines operatives, and was listed in The Black Book of key people to be arrested upon a successful invasion of Britain.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10170916&c_id=10001043&add=Y. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "This week, 84 years after the Great War ended, the vivid memories of a Rutland veteran of that terrible conflict remind us why we must always remember". Stamford Mercury (Johnston Press). 7 November 2002. http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/this_week_84_years_after_the_great_war_ended_the_vivid_memories_of_a_rutland_veteran_of_that_terrible_conflict_remind_us_why_we_must_always_remember_1_490943. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "First World War PoW survivor has died at 106". Stamford Mercury (Johnston Press). 29 December 2005. http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/first_world_war_pow_survivor_has_died_at_106_1_481886. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "War veteran remembered". Stamford Mercury (Johnston Press). 26 December 2006. http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/war_veteran_remembered_1_483534. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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