Lyddington
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Lyddington is a village in the county of Rutland
in the East Midlands
of England
. There are two public houses, The Marquess of Exeter and The Old White Hart.
Lyddington Bede House
, owned by English Heritage
, is a Grade I listed building 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.
could not deliver. The broadband connection was upgraded by Rutland Telecom using a technique called sub-loop unbundling
and residents can now achieve broadband speeds of up to 25Mbps.
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
in the East Midlands
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. There are two public houses, The Marquess of Exeter and The Old White Hart.
Lyddington Bede House
Lyddington Bede House
Lyddington Bede House is a historic house in Rutland, England, owned and opened to the public by English Heritage.The existing Grade I listed building is a part of a former palace of the Bishops of Lincoln, situated next to the church in the village of Lyddington.After the Reformation, ownership...
, owned by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
, is a Grade I listed building 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
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
. In 1600 part of the palace was converted into an almshouse
Almshouse
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
and it continued in this use until 1930. The remains of the fishponds of the bishop's palace are nearby.
Broadband Connection
Residents of Lyddington raised £37,000 to offer 200 homes the super-fast broadband that BTBT Group
BT Group plc is a global telecommunications services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world and has operations in more than 170 countries. Through its BT Global Services division it is a major supplier of...
could not deliver. The broadband connection was upgraded by Rutland Telecom using a technique called sub-loop unbundling
Sub-loop unbundling
In the telephony business, Sub-loop unbundling is the process by which a sub-section of part of the local loop is unbundled. In practice this often means the competitor placing a small street cabinet with a DSLAM, next to a telco local copper aggregation cabinet or Serving area interface and using...
and residents can now achieve broadband speeds of up to 25Mbps.