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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Muston

Census

• The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Union was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham 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 St. John the Baptist.
  
  
• The church was built in the 14th century.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1875.
  
  

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Church Records

• Muston marriages from 1562-1812 can be found at Michael Gray's website.
  
  
• Muston marriages from 1562-1812 can also be found at Guy Etchell's website.
  
  
• The Free Methodists built a chapel here in 1802.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Union was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Muston is both a parish and a village about 100 miles north of London and they lie in the Vale of Belvoir. The county boundary of Lincolnshire lies to the east and south. The town of Grantham is 5 and a half miles to the east, Melton Mobray is 16 miles to the south and Newark is 12 miles to the north. The River Devon runs through the west side of the parish. The parish covers about 1,500 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Muston Meadows, just southwest of the village, is a National Nature Reserve with Green-winged Orchids.
  
  
• The village is just south off of the A52 trunk road between Grantham and Nottingham.
  
  
• Check out the village website.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8237.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• The village name is pronoused "Musson" by locals.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred.
  
  
• Parish boundaries have shifted over time, so check neighboring parishes for your familes.
  
  
• The parish was abolished as a civil parish in 1936 and merged with Bottesford. The villages share a parish council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A National School was built here prior to 1871.
  
  

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[Last updated: 28-September-2008 - Louis R. Mills]