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Glooston

Description in 1871:
"GLOOSTON, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; on an affluent of the river Welland, 3¼ miles NNW of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 5¼ NNE of Market-Harborough. Post town, Kibworth-Harcourt, under Leicester. Acres, 660. Real property, £1,440. Pop., 157. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £180.* Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. The church is of the 13th century. There are some small charities."
"John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough 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.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
  
  
• The church was built in the 13th century. This is believed to be the second church on this site.
  
  
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1867.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1564.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (first portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Glooston is a parish and a small village in Leicestershire. It is about 96 miles north of London, 13 miles southeast of Leicester city and 6 miles north of Market Harborough. The parish covered just 660 acres in 1881, but that increased to 9049 acres in 1881, then to 973 acres by 1891.

The village is bisected by a stream that flows into the River Welland. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, it is probably easiest to take the B6047 arterial road north out of Market Harborough for about 5 miles and turn right (east) at Tur Langton and continue to Glooston.
  
  

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History

• The parish was largely used for grazing land.
  
  

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Manors

• There is no mention of a manor house here in the old directories.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 7595.
  
  
• 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

• The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1871	127
1881	105
1891	73
1901	63
1911	70
1921	71
1931	65
1951	64
1961	48

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school at the Countess of Cardigan's School in Cranoe parish.
  
  

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