Coston

There is a cemetery about a mile east of Coston on the north side of the B676 road across from the Grange Farm, but the web page author could find no history or description of the cemetery.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of some Churchyard gravestones on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016.

• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 587
1861	R.G. 9 / 2304
1871	R.G. 10 / 3298
1891	R.G. 12 / 2546

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is located on the eastern edge of the village.
   
• The church may date back to the 13th century, although traces of 11th century architecture exist in the structure.
   
• The church was restored in 1846.
   
• The church is a Grade I structure with English Heritage.
   
• The church seats 160.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
   
• Andrew TATLOW also has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1561 (one source gives 1551).
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
   
• The Salt Lake City Family History Library has Marriages at Coston, 1561 - 1812 on microfilm and microfiche.
   
• The Family History Library also has the Bishop's transcripts for Coston, 1578 - 1877 on microfilm.
   
• The National Burial Index (NBI) lists 206 burials between 1813 and 1891.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transferred to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   

Coston is a small village and a small parish (until 1936) 10 miles south-west of Grantham, 7 miles east-north-east of Melton Mowbray and 120 miles north of London. The parish is in the Wold Hills and is just a few miles from the border with Lincoln county to the east and Rutland county to the south. The River Eye runs through the parish just east of the village. The parish covered about 1,766 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B676 arterial road east out of Melton Mowbray toward Colsterworth (Lincolnshire). The road bisects Coston village.
   
• Alex MacGREGOR has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2013.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Coston to another place.

• Much of the parish land was held in pasturage.
   

• The webpage author could find no mention of a Manor House or Hall in Coston.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK848222 (Lat/Lon: 52.790717, -0.743933), Coston which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• This place was an ancient parish of the county and a Civil Parish as well until 1936.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
   
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,766 acres given over to Garthorpe Civil Parish to administer.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
   
• District governance is provided by the Melton Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Melton Mowbray petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	147
1861	179
1871	164
1881	133
1891	104
1901	91
1911	78
1921	75
1931	74

The Coston Postcode district is LE14 2.

• The children of this parish attended school at Garthorpe.