WARDLEY, a parish in the soke of OAKHAM,
county of RUTLAND, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Uppingham,
containing 52 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, with the vicarage of Belton annexed,
in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of
Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £10. 16.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. The parish is bounded on the
south by the river Eye, which separates it from Leices-
tershire.