Meanings
- archaicThe English county of Rutland.
It has been suggested that the school authorities at Uppingham considered the name inappropriate, because the Southern Railway had no connection with Rutlandshire.
1955 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Schools" Class Locomotive No. 923”, in Railway Magazine, page 734, about a loco named "Uppingham"
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Rutlandshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rutlandshire
“Rutlandshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rutlandshire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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