Glaston

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Coordinates: 52°35′42″N 0°40′41″W / 52.595°N 0.678°W / 52.595; -0.678
Glaston

St Andrews church
Glaston

 Glaston shown within Rutland
Area  1.83 sq mi (4.7 km2) [1]
Population 185 2001 Census[2]
    - Density  101 /sq mi (39 /km2)
OS grid reference SK896005
    - London  79 miles (127 km) SSE 
Unitary authority Rutland
Shire county Rutland
Ceremonial county Rutland
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OAKHAM
Postcode district LE15
Dialling code 01562
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Rutland and Melton
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Glaston is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

Glaston is about four miles (6 km) south of Rutland Water and is situated on the A47 two miles (3 km) east of Uppingham. There are approximately 80 houses in total with one public house 'The Old Pheasant' on Main Road (A47) (previously the Monckton Arms), and a flooring warehouse 'Glaston Carpets'. There is an active Parish Meeting that is held once a month and villagers are currently trying to get a bypass for the village. The parish church of St Andrew has an unusual central spire.

Early history

Archaeologists working in the parish in 2000 discovered a late Pleistocene (c. 30,000 b.p.) faunal assemblage in association with an Upper Palaeolithic flint 'leafpoint'.[3]

Duke of Wellington

Glaston has a strong connection with the Duke of Wellington. Although his family adopted the name Wesley or Wellesley, their original name was Colley, and they were descended from the English-born judge Robert Cowley who came to Ireland about 1500. [4]Robert was almost certainly born in Glaston, where the Cowley family were Lords of the Manor from about 1400.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 February 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. Retrieved 11 February 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Glaston Early Upper Palaeolithic Project.". University of Leicester Archaeological Services. Retrieved 11 February 2009. 
  4. ↑ Ball, F.Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926 Vol.1 p.203
  5. ↑ Gloucestershire Notes and Queries 1890 p.564

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