Langham, Rutland. Open Daily. Free Admission.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langham,_Rutland

2024: "Langham is a village and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Oakham, on the A606 main road linking Oakham and Melton Mowbray. The village's name means "homestead/village which is long or hemmed-in land which is long".[3] 

It has two pubs, the Wheatsheaf and the Noel Arms, and a Church of England primary school. Langham Lodge is a Grade II listed house on the edge of the village.[4]

The Church of England parish church of Saints Peter and Paul[5] dates in part from the late 13th century and is a Grade I listed building.[6] There is also a Baptist Chapel, built in 1854.

Ruddles Brewery was based in Langham from its foundation in 1858 until it was closed in 1999. The water from the local well was said to give the beer a unique character and quality, which enhanced the brewery's reputation. The site of the brewery has now been demolished and replaced by a housing development.

The village used to have a small shop for everyday items, however this shut after campaigned against by villagers. Joan's Free range eggs sold locally farmed eggs for many years until its closing in 2022, more than 5 years after Joan's death.

Langham Engineering is based on the outskirts of the village and a leading manufacturer of precision machined components and shafts. Langham Engineering is the only business to still run from Langham having been there since its founding in the late 1970's."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddles_Brewery

" Ruddles Brewery (G. Ruddle & Co) was a brewery in Rutland, England. The brand is now owned by Greene King who still brew beers under the Ruddles name in Suffolk, although the current recipes are not those used at the original brewery.[1]

The brewery, established in 1858 in Langham, Rutland, was bought by George Ruddle in 1912.[2] Langham remained the home of the brewery until its closure in 1999. The company lost its independence in 1986 and passed into the ownership of Watneys, and then Grolsch in 1992. The value of the brewery and brands had dropped to £4.8m when it was sold to Morland & Co in 1997.[3] Morlands moved production to Abingdon only for that site to be closed by Greene King which took over Morlands in 2000.

The local Langham well water was said to give the beer a unique character and quality which enhanced the brewery's reputation. The difficulty in reproducing elsewhere the taste of the beers has led to the premier beer being jocularly referred to as "Ruddles Counterfeit".

In 1996, Rutland bitter was the third of British beers to have achieved Protected Geographical Indication status;[4] this followed an application by Grolsch Ruddles. Since Greene King closed the Langham brewery, they cannot take advantage of the registration. However, in 2010 former Ruddles head brewer Tony Davis revived Rutland Bitter, brewed at his Grainstore Brewery in Oakham, Rutland.[5][6]

A television commercial for Ruddles in 1993 featured the last appearance of Vivian Stanshall narrating as Hubert, brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson of Rawlinson End played by Mel Smith and a cross-dressing Dawn French.[7]

In 1996, Ruddles Best won the gold medal in the ordinary bitter category at the first World Beer Cup. Ruddles Best took silver in the bitter category at the Champion Beer of Britain in 1997.

Greene King have now inverted the horseshoe emblem on Ruddles branding.

Ruddles also are part of Aldi's ‘Inspired Cuisine' line with their beer in the Beef filled Yorkshire Pudding."

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Langham Village Hall

Langham

Oakham

LE15 7JE

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langham,_Rutland

https://www.langhaminrutland.org.uk/

https://www.langham-pc.gov.uk/

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