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Coston

Description in 1871:
"COSTON, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on an affluent of the river Wreak, 3¾ miles NE of Saxby r. station, and 7 ENE of Melton-Mowbray. It has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 745. Real property, £2, 556. Pop., 179. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. Coston House is the seat of the Phelps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £334. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is neat, and was recently restored."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-1872"

NOTE: There is a Coston parish in Norfolk, as well. Make sure you are researching the correct one!

Census

• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
  
  
• The church may date back to the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1846.
  
  
• The church seats 160.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1561 (one source gives 1551).
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Coston is a small village and a small parish (until 1936) 10 miles southwest of Grantham, 7 miles east-northeast of Melton Mowbray and 120 miles north of London. The parish is in the Wold Hills and is just a few miles from the border with Lincoln county to the east and Rutland county to the south. The parish covered about 1,766 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B676 arterial road east out of Melton Mobray toward Colsterworth (Lincolnshire). The road bisects Coston village.
  
  

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History

• Much of the parish land was held in pasturage.
  
  

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Manors

• The webpage author could find no mention of a Manor House or Hall in Coston.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8422.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish of the county and a Civil Parish as well until 1936.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,766 acres given over to Garthorpe Civil Parish to administer.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	147
1861	179
1871	164
1881	133
1891	104
1901	91
1911	78
1921	75
1931	74

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school at Garthorpe.
  
  

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