LIDDINGTON, a parish in the hundred of WRANDIKE,
county of RUTLAND, 2 miles (S. by E.) from
Uppingham, containing 594 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Prebendary of Liddington in the Cathedral Church of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £8. 2., and in the
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The
church is dedicated to St. Andrew. At Caldecott, in this
parish, is a chapel of ease. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. In 1721, Mary Parnham bequeathed
£200 to be laid out inland, desiring the rental
to be applied in educating five poor children of this parish,
and five of Lavington; the proportion of income
to each school is £9. 16. 10. per annum. A palace, formerly
belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln, a fine structure
in the early style of English architecture, and consisting
of a large hall with painted windows, has been
converted into an hospital for a warden, twelve brethren,
and two nurses, which charity was founded, in 1600, by
Sir Thomas Cecil, Knt., Lord Burghley, and called Jesus
Hospital.