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Some twenty miles east from Leicester, well-heeled OAKHAM , Rutland's county town, has a long history as a commercial centre, its prosperity bolstered by Oakham School, a late sixteenth-century foundation that's become one of the country's more exclusive private schools. The town's stone terraces and Georgian villas are too often interrupted by the mundanely modern to assume any grace, but Oakham has its architectural moments - particularly in the L-shaped Market Place , where the sturdy awnings of the octagonal Butter Cross shelter the old town stocks. Footsteps from the north side of the Market Place stands Oakham Castle (April-Oct Mon-Sat 10am-1pm & 1.30-5pm, Sun 1-5pm; Nov-March Mon-Sat 10am-1pm & 1.30-4pm, Sun 1-4pm; free), comprising part of a fortified house dating from 1191. The banqueting hall is the main survivor, a good example of Norman domestic architecture, and inside the whitewashed walls are covered with horseshoes. This is the result of an ancient custom by which every lord or lady, king or queen, is obliged to present an ornamental horseshoe when they first set foot in the town.
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