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Stathern (St. Guthlake)

STATHERN (St. Guthlake), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 8¾ miles (N. by E.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 549 inhabitants. This parish, of which the greater part is in the vale of Belvoir, comprises 2043 acres, whereof 120 are woodland, chiefly plantations. Of the remainder of the area, two-thirds are meadow and pasture, and one-third arable; the soil is well adapted for wheat, barley, oats, and beans. The Grantham canal passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 3. 1½.; net income, £566; patrons, the Master and Fellows of St. Peter's College, Cambridge: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1792. The church is an ancient structure, containing numerous handsome monuments.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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