Loddington, Leicestershire

Description
Loddington, a parish, with a village, in Leicestershire, on the river Eye, adjacent to Rutland, 1 1/2 mile N from East Norton station on the G.N. and L. & N.W. Joint railways, and 5 1/4 miles WNW of Uppingham. Post town, Leicester; money order office, Billesden; telegraph office, East Norton station. Acreage, 1873; population, 123. The manor belongs to the Earl of Norton. A petrifying spring is near the church. An ancient camp, supposed to be Roman, is at Filton. Loddington Hall is used as a hunting-box by the Earl of Norton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £136 with residence. The church is a building of stone in the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a low square tower.