UPPINGHAM, a market-town in the county of Rutland, in the hundred of Martinsley, eighty-nine miles from London and seven from Oakham. It is a clean and well-built town, standing on an eminence, and consisting principally of one long street, with a hospital and a free school, both erected in 1584, and a fine Gothic parish-church. It
has a well-frequented market on Wednesday, and two large fairs, one in March, the other in July. The population amounted in 1821 to 1630, and in 1831 to 1757.