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OAKHAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 935 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OAKHAM , a See also:

market See also:town, and the See also:county town of See also:Rutland, See also:England, 94 M. N. by W. of See also:London by the Midland railway. Pop. (1901) 3294. The See also:church of All See also:Saints ranges in See also:style from See also:Early See also:English to Perpendicular, belonging in See also:appearance mainly to the latter style. Of Oakham See also:Castle, founded in the reign of See also:Henry II., the See also:principal remnant is the notable See also:Norman See also:hall, used as the county hall. The See also:manor came in the See also:time of935 Henry II. into the hands of Walcheline de See also:Ferrers, and subsequently passed, through many owners, to the duchy of Bucking-See also:ham, whence it descended to the earls of See also:Winchelsea. A See also:peculiar See also:custom attaching to the manor is to claim a horseshoe from every peer who, for the first time, passes through the town. Flore's See also:House in the See also:main See also:street is an interesting See also:building dating from the 13th See also:century. Oakham school was endowed as a See also:grammar school by See also:Robert See also:Johnson, See also:archdeacon of See also:Leicester, in 1584; it now has classical and See also:modern sides. Not far from the town are the kennels of the Cottesmore See also:hunt.

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