Beaumont Chase

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Beaumont Chase
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View from Beaumont Chase towards Stockerston and the Eye Brook valley
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Beaumont Chase
Location within Rutland
Area0.72 sq mi (1.9 km2)  [1]
Population0  2001 Census [2]
  Density 0/sq mi (0/km2)
OS grid reference SP842986
  London 79 miles (127 km) SSE
Unitary authority
Shire county
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OAKHAM
Postcode district LE15
Dialling code 01572
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Rutland
52°35′N0°46′W / 52.59°N 0.76°W / 52.59; -0.76

Beaumont Chase is a civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is to the west of Uppingham, north of Stoke Dry, and on a hillside overlooking Leicestershire. Formerly an extra-parochial area, it was created a separate parish in 1858.

The civil parish's name means 'Beautiful hill'. 'Chase' is a later addition which means a place for breeding and hunting wild animals. [3]

There is only a single occupied building, a farmhouse. According to the 2001 census, Beaumont Chase had a population of zero.

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References

  1. "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  2. "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. "Key to English Place-names".