Harston, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Harston or Hareston, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, adjacent to Lincolnshire, near Belvoir Castle, 6 miles W from Grantham, and 4½ E from Redmile station on the The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
The parish register dates from the year 1707. Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Harston: The church of St. Michael and All Angels is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, west porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells, dated respectively 1602, 1662 and 1873: the chancel, rebuilt by the Rev. W. H. E. Welby M.A. late rector and his family, in 1871, is Early English, and the tower Early Decorated: the east window is stained and there are several other small stained windows: in 1888 the nave was rebuilt and a western porch added in the Early English style, at a cost of £1,150, the nave being at the same time reseated by the children of T. C. Beasley esq. J.P. in memory of their father and mother: there are 120 sittings. We have transcribed the entry for Harston from the following:
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Online maps of Harston are available from a number of sites:
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online:Administration
Ancient County Leicestershire Ecclesiastical parish Harston St. Michael Hundred Framland Poor Law union Grantham Church Records
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