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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
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- 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:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1861 | R.G. 9 / 2251 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3226 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2492 |
- 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.
- Tim HEATON has a photograph of St. John the Baptist Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.
- David THOMPSON also has a photograph of Glooston Parish Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1564.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (first portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough Registration District.
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.
- Mat FASCIONE provides a photograph of the Village sign along Harborough Road on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007. You may wish to submit a new sign, perhaps more artistic or historical for the parish to consider.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Glooston to another place.
- The parish was largely used for grazing land.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Old Barn Inn on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP751958 (Lat/Lon: 52.55487, -0.893753), Glooston which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
There is a Roll of Honour for World War One framed and mounted inside St. John the Baptist Church.
There is also a white marble plaque mounted in the church to honour two men from World War One and one from World War Two who died.
- The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of the Vilalge Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007. The Hall is shared with the parishes of Cranoe and Stonton Wyvill.
- The citizens of this parish have decided to forgo a formal parish council. Instead, they hold periodic Parish Meeting to discuss civic and political issues.
- District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
- 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 the first Friday of each month.
Year Inhabitants 1801 129 1841 157 1851 153 1871 127 1881 105 1891 73 1901 63 1911 70 1921 71 1931 65 1951 64 1961 48