Glaston
| Glaston | |
| Rutland | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK896005 |
| Location: | 52°35’42"N, -0°40’41"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 185 (2001[1]) |
| Post town: | Oakham |
| Postcode: | LE15 |
| Dialling code: | 01572 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rutland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rutland and Melton |
Glaston is a village and parish in the county of Rutland. The population of the civil parish remained unchanged between the 2001 and the 2011 censuses.
Glaston is about four miles south of Rutland Water and is situated on the A47 road, two miles 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. The parish church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building[2] and has an unusual central spire.
A rectangular pond is a cartwash of circa 1740, used for soaking cartwheels to prevent the wood shrinking from iron tyres and also for horses' hooves to prevent hardening.[3]
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'.[4]
Wellington and Colley
Glaston has a connection with the Duke of Wellington. Although his family adopted the name Wesley or Wellesley, their original name was Colley, and they were possibly descended from the English-born judge Robert Cowley or Colley who came to Ireland about 1500.[5] Robert was almost certainly born in Glaston, where the Colley family were Lords of the Manor from about 1400.[6] Richard Colley (circa 1690 – 1758), the grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, changed his surname to Wesley in 1728 when he inherited estates on the death of his cousin, Garret Wesley.[7]
Colley Cibber (1671 – 1757), actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate was the eldest child of Jane née Colley, from the Glaston family.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1264584: Church of St Andrew (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1236505: Cartwash (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Glaston Early Upper Palaeolithic Project.". University of Leicester Archaeological Services. http://www.le.ac.uk/ulas/projects/glaston_discovery.html. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ↑ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926 Vol.1 p.203
- ↑ Gloucestershire Notes and Queries 1890 p.564
- ↑ Lundy 2011, p. 10645 § 106449 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 235.
- ↑ Ashley, L. R. N. (1965), Colley Cibber, New York: Twayne p. 17
- ↑ Barker, R. H. (1939), Mr Cibber of Drury Lane, New York: Columbia University Press, OCLC 2207342 p. 4
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