Lyddington

Not to be confused with Liddington, Wiltshire.

Lyddington
The road into Lyddington from the south
Lyddington Location within Rutland
Area	3.32 sq mi (8.6 km2)  [1]
Population	383 (2021 census)
•  Density	115/sq mi (44/km2)
OS grid reference	SP875969
•  London	78 miles (126 km) SSE
Civil parish	Lyddington
Unitary authority	Rutland
Ceremonial county	Rutland
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oakham
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01572
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton
List of places UK England Rutland 52°33′47″N0°42′32″W / 52.563°N 0.709°W / 52.563; -0.709

Lyddington is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the parish was 383 at the 2021 census.

The village's name origin is uncertain. Perhaps, 'farm/settlement of Hlyda' or 'farm/settlement with a noisy stream'. ^[2]

The Bedehouse

Lyddington Bede House, owned by English Heritage, is a Grade I listed building ^[3] incorporating parts of a medieval bishop's palace. In 1547 it was seized on behalf of the king from the bishops of Lincoln and later passed to Lord Burghley. In 1600 part of the palace was converted into an almshouse and it continued in this use until 1930. The remains of the fishponds of the bishop's palace are nearby.

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

St Andrew's Church is also Grade I listed. ^[4]

There are two public houses, The Marquess of Exeter and The Old White Hart.

Broadband connection

Residents of Lyddington raised £37,000 to offer 200 homes the super-fast broadband that BT could not deliver. The broadband connection was upgraded in 2010 by Rutland Telecom using a technique called sub-loop unbundling and residents had broadband speeds of up to 25 Mbit/s. ^[5] This was the first time in the UK that fibre to the cabinet technology was used in a rural village. ^[6]

Demographics

Census population of Lyddington parish

Census	Population	Female	Male	Households	Source
2001	397	204	193	162	[7]
2011	366	189	177	160	[8]
2021	383	200	183	168	[9]

References

1. "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
2. "Key to English Place-names".
3. Historic England. "The Bedehouse (1264528)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 August 2015.
4. Historic England. "Church of Saint Andrew, Church Lane (1236656)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 August 2015.
5. BBC News; Rutland Telecom offers villagers fast broadband
6. "Ultrafast broadband" . Retrieved 9 March 2012.
7. "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
8. "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
9. "Parish Profiles". 2021 United Kingdom census. Office for National Statistics. GSS E04000653 (Lyddington parish) in tables PP001 (Number of Households) and PP002 (Sex). Retrieved 5 August 2024.

External links

Media related to Lyddington at Wikimedia Commons