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unusual facts about Uppingham


Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham

The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in Uppingham, Rutland.


Bisbrooke

The Gate was run by Ruby D’Arcy from 1968 to 2012 and many a schoolboy from Uppingham School (Stephen Fry, Rick Stein, Jonathan Agnew, David Whitaker and Johnny Vaughan among them) has slipped across the fields from Uppingham to relax, away from their masters’ watchful gaze.

Nevill Holt

In 2000, the Hall was bought and restored by Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross who had visited the prep school which a friend of his at Uppingham School had attended.

Rowlatts Hill

The Leicester General hospital is located near Goodwood on Coleman Road which is south of Uppingham Road (the A47).

Uppingham School

Uppingham has one of the largest private theatres in the country, in a building based on the original Leipzig Gewandhaus.

W. G. Grace in the 1871 English cricket season

During July, Grace made two appearances for the USEE at Uppingham and Broughton, both being "odds" matches with 11 against 22.


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