Wing, Rutland

Wing
Wing
	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton;
	List of places UK England Rutland 52°37′12″N 0°40′55″W / 52.620°N 0.682°W

Wing is a village and

civil parish in the East Midlands county of Rutland, England. The population was 315 at the 2001 census and 314 at that of 2011.^[3] It features a fine church and a labyrinth made of turf. Rutland Water

reservoir is nearby.

Heritage

The village name, first found as Wenge in the 12th century, probably derives from the Old Norse vengi, meaning field.^[4]

Seventeenth-century houses in Wing were built of stone quarried at nearby Barnack and Clipsham. Many are roofed with Collyweston stone slate.^[5]

The

Norman times, including the south arcade of about 1150, the slightly later north arcade, and the north doorway.^[7]

Maze

Cut into the turf beside Glaston Road is a circular "

Chartres cathedral and those at other medieval sites.^[8]

Amenities

The remaining public house is the King's Arms. The name of the Cuckoo Inn, closed in 2004, alluded to a legend that the people of Wing once tried to keep spring in the village forever by erecting a fence around a cuckoo to stop it from leaving. Naturally, it flew over the fence and away. As a result, people from the village were known as "Wing Fools".^[5] This is actually a widespread story, the best-known version probably appearing among the adventures the Wise Men of Gotham. There is a village hall.^[9]

Wing Hall has a camping and caravan site with a shop and café.

A plant outside Wing treats water extracted from

habitats.^[10]

Medical, legal and other services can be found in Oakham (6 miles, 10 km).

Transport

Wing has one or two daily weekday buses with Oakham. Hourly daytime buses six days a week between Melton Mowbray, Oakham and Corby pass through Manton 1.3 miles (2 km) away. The nearest railway station is at Oakham (6 miles, 10 km), but Corby (11.5 miles, 18.5 km) has hourly services seven days a week to London St Pancras, changing at Kettering (a little over an hour).

Also nearby (1.5 miles, 2.4 km) is the main A6003 road between Kettering and Oakham via Uppingham.

Notable people

In birth order:

Thomas Smith (c. 1556–1609), English master of requests
Francis Meres (1565–1647), churchman and author, became Rector of Wing in 1602.
Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS (1855–1944), experimental physicist, was born in Wing.^[11]

Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (born 1953), Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner, 2012–2016.^[12]

References

^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^
ISBN 978-1-85306-056-4
. Retrieved 11 March 2007.

^ "Rutland Water Benefice – Wing". Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England - Leicestershire and Rutland.
^ Maze site. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "The Village Hall". 27 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "RSPB Central England: Wing water treatment works". RSPB. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
^ McCarthy, G. J. (28 June 2005). "Boys, Charles Vernon (1855–1944)". Bright Sparcs. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
^ "Sir Clive Loader is ready to start new police role". Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links

Media related to Wing, Rutland at Wikimedia Commons
Wing Community Website
W. H. Matthews, Mazes and Labyrinths (1922). Online version of the W. H. Matthews book
Labyrinthos. Jeff Saward's website

[1] "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 March 2009.

[2] "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.

[3] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[4] "Key to English Place-names".

[LRVB-5] 
ISBN 978-1-85306-056-4
. Retrieved 11 March 2007.

[6] "Rutland Water Benefice – Wing". Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[7] Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England - Leicestershire and Rutland.

[8] Maze site. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[9] "The Village Hall". 27 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[10] "RSPB Central England: Wing water treatment works". RSPB. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.

[11] McCarthy, G. J. (28 June 2005). "Boys, Charles Vernon (1855–1944)". Bright Sparcs. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 22 March 2009.

[12] "Sir Clive Loader is ready to start new police role". Retrieved 26 June 2016.

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