Blaston, Leicestershire

Description
Blaston St Michael and St Giles, two ecclesiastical parishes in Leicestershire, which conjointly form a village and township, 1 1/2 mile NE of Hallaton station on the G.N.R., and 5 miles SW of Uppingham, which is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Hallaton. Acreage, 1287 ; population of the township, 100 ; of the ecclesiastical parishes of St Giles, 70, and Blaston St Michael, with Hallaton, 785. The living of St Michael is a donative annexed to Hallaton rectory ; joint gross yearly value, £720 with residence. the living of St Giles is a donative rectory; gross value, £229 with residence. Both livings are in the diocese of Peterborough. The churches of both parishes are small Gothic buildings of stone. The Manor House and Blaston Hall are chief residences.