- Edith Weston
Edith Weston is a village and
civil parish in the county ofRutland in theEast Midlands ofEngland . It is on the south-eastern shore ofRutland Water and is home of the main [http://www.rutlandsc.co.uk sailing club] with a [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/161609 fishing lodge] .The village is named after queen
Edith of Wessex (1029–1075), the wife ofEdward the Confessor and sister ofHarold Godwinson . The church is St Mary the Virgin. The village pub is the " [http://www.everards.co.uk/pubs/wheatsheaf_145 Wheatsheaf] " on "King Edward's Way".St George's Barracks is located to the south and east of the village; this was [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/334485 previously]
RAF North Luffenham . This has housed the [http://www.army.mod.uk/korbr/index.htm 1st Battalion] of the [http://www.korbr.co.uk Kings Own Royal Border Regiment] but in August 200716th Regiment Royal Artillery , equipped with the Rapier FSC, moved here from Woolwich in southeast London.External links
* [http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=15 RutNet]
* [http://www.edithwestonsteam.co.uk Edith Weston Vintage Fayre]
* [http://www.edithwestonprimaryschool.co.uk Primary school]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZRmc6wRC18 Rutland Cycle Classic 2007]
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