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"HARSTON, or HARESTON, a parish in the district of Grantham and county of Leicester; adjacent to Lincoln, near Belvoir Castle, 6 miles WNW of Grantham station. Post town, Woolsthorpe, under Grantham. Acres, 1,009. Real property, £1,408. Pop., 164. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborongh. Value, £282. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has an embattled tower, and is good. There is a national school.
from John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72".
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Note: There is a parish called Harston in Cambridgeshire, also.
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The Library at Grantham will prove useful in your research.
- The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
- After the Registration District 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:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1841 | H.O. 107 / 587 |
1861 | R.G. 9 / 2348 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3356 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2583 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels.
- The church was apparently built before 1602.
- The church chancel was rebuilt in 1871.
- The church nave was rebuilt in 1888.
- The church seats 120.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
- Richard CROFT also has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2014.
- The church is listed Grade II* with English Heritage.
- Richard CROFT also has a photograph of a Celtic Cross and the Church lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2008.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1707.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (first portion).
- Harston marriages from 1562-1837 are in Pallot's Marriage Index.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
- After the Registration District was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
Harston is both a parish and a village about 116 miles north of London, 5 miles southeast of Redmile and on the border with Lincolnshire. The parish coers just over 1,040 acres.
The River Devon flows past the village. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A607 trunk road southwest out of Grantham for about 3 miles to Denton. Pass through Denton village and take the back roads to Harston.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Harston to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK839318 (Lat/Lon: 52.877136, -0.754811), Harston 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.
- The parish was in the eastern division of the county in the ancient Framland Hundred (or Wapentake).
- In April, 1936, this Civil Parish was abolished and all 1,041 acres amalgamated into Belvior Civil Parish.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Belvoir petty session hearings.
Year Inhabitants 1801 136 1841 181 1851 177 1861 164 1871 162 1881 165 1891 159 1901 182 1911 157 1921 184 1931 182