Uppingham

"Disambiguation: "Uppingham" is the colloquial name for Uppingham School"infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.5900
longitude= -0.7222
official_name= Uppingham
population = 3,781
unitary_england= Rutland
lieutenancy_england= Rutland
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Rutland and Melton
post_town= OAKHAM|postcode_district = LE15
postcode_area= LE |dial_code= 01572
os_grid_reference= SP865999

Uppingham is a small market town in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located on the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, about 6 miles south of the county town, Oakham. The bypass opened in June 1982.

Uppingham is notable as the home of Uppingham School, an independent school founded in 1584. It is claimed that the school has the largest playing fields of any school in the country, although that is contested by Christ's Hospital.

There is also a state secondary school (Uppingham Community College) where Mrs. Turner is the headmistress and Miss. Joanna Patridge is head girl and Mr. Tom Hemmings is Head Boy. The school received excellent GCSE results in 2008 with 78% of students receiving 5 or more A* to C grades. There are two primary schools — Leighfield and Uppingham Church of England School. A proposal to replace the primary schools with a newly built school was rejected in 2007.

Uppingham ward, which includes the neighbouring parish of Beaumont Chase, has three councillors on Rutland County Council. It is the only ward in the county to have more than two representatives.

Uppingham railway station, at the end of a branch line from Seaton, was opened in 1894 and was located at the bottom of Queen Street. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1960 and the line closed completely in 1964. The station area has now been redeveloped as an industrial estate.

Uppingham workhouse was first recorded in 1777 with space for 40 inmates. Until 1834 it was a parish workhouse, but in 1836 the Uppingham Poor Law Union began, and a new Union workhouse was built on the Leicester Road to house 158 people to a design by architect William Donthorne. In the Great War, the building was used as an auxiliary hospital staffed by a Voluntary Aid Detachment. The workhouse was closed in 1929, and taken over by Uppingham School who use the building as a boarding house.

External links

* [http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=52 Rutland Website: Uppingham]
* [http://www.uppingham.co.uk Uppingham School]
* [http://www.ucc.rutland.sch.uk Uppingham Community College]
* [http://www.leighfieldschool.co.uk/ Leighfield School]
* [http://uppinghamprimary.co.uk/ Uppingham Church of England Primary School]
* [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Uppingham/Uppingham.shtml Uppingham Workhouse]