MARTINSTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of MARTINSLEY, county of RUTLAND, 3 miles (N.) from Uppingham, containing 4 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £6. 0. 5. The Duke of Devonshire was patron in 1801. The church, which was dedicated to St. Martin, is now in ruins.