Glaston
GLASTON (or Glayston) is a pleasant village and parish, on the road from Uppingham to Stamford and Wansford, 2 miles north-west from Seaton and Uppingham station on the London, Midland and Scottish and London and North Eastern railways, and about 3 south from Manton station on the Syston and Peterborough branch of the London, Midland and Scottish railway and 2 east-by-north from Uppingham, in the hundred of Wrangdike, union of Uppingham, rural deanery of Rutland (third portion), archdeaconry of Oakham and diocese of Peterborough. The London, Midland and Scottish railway traverses the parish by means of a tunnel, constructed in 1875-80. The church of St. Andrew, erected in the 12th century, with alterations in the 13th and 14th centuries, is a building of stone, chiefly in the Decorated style, and consisting of chancel, cleirestoried nave, north aisle, south porch and a central tower with spire, containing a dock and 3 bells, dated 1598, 1616, 1622 : the clock strikes upon a bell outside the spire, which has been described as a sanctus bell, but belongs to the 18th century: on the north side of the sacrarium is a 13th century coffin slab of Purbeck marble, incised with a floriated cross, above which is the matrix of the head and shoulders of an ecclesiastic, and the slab bears this inscription in Lombardic characters: " . . . erd. De. Wileby. gist. ici. Deu. D. Sa Alme. eyt. mercy;" another slab has an incised cross, on the base of which is the inscription, much defaced: " See. Virginis. M. C.: " there are monuments to William Roberts esq. Edward Roberts, formerly rector of Thistleton, Thomas Roberts and Dorothy Roberts, who were buried in the north-west part of the churchyard: in the church is also a tablet containing thft names of the lords of this manor, from 1650 to 1715, who with their families are buried in the church: there are two memorial windows to Mrs. Algernon Turnor, of Bisbrooke Hall, who died in 1868 : the church was restored about the year 1864, and the porch was rebuilt in 1880: there are 165 sittings. The register dates for baptisms from 1558. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and held since 1924 by the Rev. John Henry Woods M.A. of that college. There are charities of about £60 yearly value for distribution, left by Michael Bingham in 1635; Dr. Richardson, master of St. Peter's college, Cambridge, in 1729, and the Hon. G. Watson, in 1824; in 1725 William Roberts esq. left an endowment of £5 a year for teaching 10 children reading and the Church catechism. An ancient mansion here, of the middle of the 17th century, formerly belonging to the Sherards, Earls of Harborough, was pulled down in 1891. Glaston house is the residence of Victoria Lady Carbery. George Edward Monokton esq., who is lord of the manor, the Hon. Mrs. P. C. Evans-Freke and Victoria. Lady Carberry are the principal landowners. The soil varies greatly, stony and sandy in parts, and strong clay and loam in parts; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, bariey, turnips, and a large portion of the land is in pasture. The area is 1,170 acres; the population in 1921 was 191.
Churchwardens, Thomas Shelton & Gerrald Grey
Post, T. & T; E. D. Office. Letters through Uppingham, which is the nearest M.O. office
Carbery Victoria, Lady, Glaston house
Woods Rev. John Henry M.A. [rector], Rectory
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Barnett Elsie M. (Miss), shopkpr. & post office
Barnett Frank, farmer
Barnett Joseph Henry, farmer
Berridge Thos. Monckton Arms P.H
Dams George, farmer
Drake Wm. Thos. & Son, bakers
Earl Jas. farm foreman to Northans frm
Garratt Malcolm Geo. motor engineer
Gray Gerald, farmer
Greasley Thos. Wm. Three Horse Shoes P.H
Shelton Thomas, farmer
Warren Eliza (Mrs.), butcher
Woods Wm. Hy. farmer, Lonsdale farm