February 6th 2017

Barnsdale Country Hotel - Oakham Railway Station - Oakham Castle - Oakham Museum

Barnsdale Hall Hotel, Rutland
British Rail Class 66
Oakham Railway Station
Oakham Signal Box, 1899
Achieved fame as the prototype for the Airfix kit signal box.
British Rail Class 170 Turbostar
Oakham Railway Station
Jeffery Hudson 1619 – 1682
17th-century Dwarf.
England's Smallest Man.
Hudson's Cottage, Oakham
Home of Rutland's Smallest Man
19 inches at the age of 30
Hudson's Cottage, Oakham
One of Oakham's many thatched cottages
Some of the quaint old houses of
Dean Street, Oakham
All Saints, Oakham
Church Micro 5736
Trinity Chapel Stained Glass Window designed by Sir Ninian Comper
All Saints, Oakham
Nave Arcading
All Saints, Oakham
'Humility, Principle and Humanity'
'Innocence, Sympathy and Justice'
In Memory of
Charles Knowlton Morris d.1905
by
J. Dudley Forsyth, 1906
All Saints, Oakham
All Saints Organ was installed in 1996 and has
1,318 pipes
All Saints, Oakham
Organ designed by
Nicholas Plumley,
carved by Derek Riley and built by Peter Collins Ltd.,
Melton Mowbray
Oakham School Chapel
All Saints, Oakham
C12th Font
The Rutland Dwarf was baptised in this font in 1619
All Saints, Oakham
Early C14th Corbel depicting the 'Expulsion from the Garden of Eden'
All Saints, Oakham
Early C14th Capital, displaying
fox, geese and other creatures
All Saints, Oakham
Capital displaying 'The Green Man'
All Saints, Oakham
Decorated Chancel Ceiling
All Saints, Oakham
Decorated North Chapel Ceiling
All Saints, Oakham
Oakham Coat of Arms
All Saints, Oakham
Oakham School Chapel
Apse
Oakham School Chapel
Oakham School Emblem
Oakham Castle Hall with
All Saints Church in the background
Oakham Castle Hall in the grounds of Oakham Castle Bailey
Oakham Castle Hall
The oldest surviving horseshoe is said to have been given by
Edward IV c.1470
Oakham Castle
Famous for its collection of commemorative horseshoes donated by Peers of the Realm
Oakham Castle
Over 230 horseshoes hang on the walls of the Great Hall
Oakham Castle
For over 500 years every Peer of the Realm has donated a horseshoe on their first visit to Oakham
Oakham Castle
The most recent horseshoes were given by HRH the Prince of Wales in 2003,
HRH Princess Alexandra 2005, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall in 2014 and the
6th Earl of Gainsborough in 2016
  Oakham Castle
The Butter Cross, Oakham
Oakham Village Sign Geocache
Peacock in the Park, Oakham
Floral Display
Peacock in the Park, Oakham
Hand Weaving Loom
Oakham Museum
Sock Machine and Niddy-Noddy
Oakham Museum
Hand Operated,
Circular Sock Knitting Machine

Oakham Museum
Pattisson Golf Course Tractor, 1911
Oakham Museum
Reaper Binder, 1848
Oakham Museum
Saunderson Tractor, 1916
Oakham Museum
Jethro Tull Seed Drill, 1701
Oakham Museum
Early Medieval Cloak Pins
Oakham Museum
Turret Clock, 1650
Oakham Museum
Tinwell Coin Hoard
Oakham Museum
The Great Seal of Elizabeth I
Oakham Museum
Second Seal of Elizabeth I
Oakham Museum

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