- Burley, Rutland
Burley or Burley-on-the-Hill is a
village in the county ofRutland in theEast Midlands ofEngland . It is located two miles north-east ofOakham . In 2001 it had a population of 321.The Old Smithy on the village green was used in advertisements for "Cherry Blossom" shoe polish in the 1920s.
Burley-on-the-Hill Mansion
The village is well-known for the mansion which overlooks
Rutland Water . This greatPalladian house was built in the 1690s by the second Earl of Nottingham, and converted into apartments in the 1990s byKit Martin .The church of the Holy Cross, adjacent to the mansion, is in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust . It contains a moving 18th-century memorial by SirFrancis Chantry to Lady Charlotte Finch.Cricket venue
George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea lived at the mansion in the late 18th century and used its grounds to stage a number ofcricket matches, eight of them first-class, between 1790 and 1793 [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Grounds/11/2461_misc.html list of matches] ] . As late as 1814, the venue was used for a Rutland v Nottingham game.References
External links
* [http://www.britannia.com/tours/lincs/swlinc19.html Burley on the Hill mansion photo]
* [http://www.leicestershireccc.com/club_info/history.html Leicestershire CCC history]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/matches.html Classification of cricket matches from 1697 to 1825]
* [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Grounds/11/2461.html CricketArchive]Bibliography
*
G B Buckley , "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
*Arthur Haygarth , "Scores & Biographies", Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
*H T Waghorn , "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906
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