Muston, Leicestershire

Muston (pronounced Musson) is a village in north Leicestershire, fifteen miles east of Nottingham, 12.5 miles north of Melton Mowbray and five miles west of Grantham on the A52.

It lies on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire county border, two miles east of Bottesford. The Viking Way lies a half-mile to the east in the direction of Sedgebrook. The River Devon (pronounced Deevon) flows through the village. The Muston Gap pub lies on the A52, a hundred metres from the Nottingham to Grantham Line. The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is in the Belvoir Group of parishes, based in Bottesford. Muston Meadows is a nearby nature reserve with Green-winged Orchids. It has a café, "The Old Forge Tea Rooms", which serves a variety of cakes and treats as well as local fruit juices.

Famous resident

The poet George Crabbe (1754-1832) moved to Muston Rectory (later Glebe House)^[1] from Stathern in 1789, remaining as incumbent of Muston and of West Allington, Lincolnshire until 1792.^[2] His 'Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir' was a pioneering study of the district.^[3]

References

1. ^ Retrieved 19 September 2010.
2. ^ [George Crabbe]: The Life of George Crabbe by his Son (London: Cresset Press, 1947), pp. x, 118-19 and 128-30; The Poetical Works of George Crabbe. Edited by A. J. and R. M. Carlyle (London: Oxford University Press, 1908). Introduction, pp. xvi-xvii. Further detail on the Bottesford History Group website: Retrieved 19 September 2010.
3. ^ Bibliotheca Topographia Britannica, VIII, Antiquities in Leicestershire, 1790. Reproduced on the Harby website. Retrieved 31 March 2011: [1]

External links

• Parish Council (shared with Bottesford)
• Leicestershire Villages