Description
Glooston, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, on an affluent of the river Welland, 3 1/2 miles W from Hallaton station on the G.N. and L. & N.W. Joint railway, and 5 1/4NNE of Market Harborough. Post town. Market Harborough; money order office, Hallaton; telegraph office, East Langton. Acreage, 973; population, 73. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £245 with residence. Patron, the Countess of Cardigan. The church is of the 13th century. There are some small charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
