Burley, Rutland

Burley, or Burley-on-the-Hill, is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 577 at the 2001 census, including Egleton but reducing to 325 at the 2011 census. It is located two miles (3 km) north-east of Oakham. In the parish, north of the village, is Alstoe, the site of a possible small motte-and-bailey castle. Alstoe was the name of a hundred. The Old Smithy on the village green was used in advertisements for Cherry Blossom shoe polish in the 1920s.

Burley, Rutland

Burley, or Burley-on-the-Hill, is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 577 at the 2001 census, including Egleton but reducing to 325 at the 2011 census. It is located two miles (3 km) north-east of Oakham. In the parish, north of the village, is Alstoe, the site of a possible small motte-and-bailey castle. Alstoe was the name of a hundred. The Old Smithy on the village green was used in advertisements for Cherry Blossom shoe polish in the 1920s.