Glooston

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Glooston is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Glorstone
Cranoe

Parish/Community: Glooston
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'19"N 0°53'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 475060, 295856
OS Grid: SP750958
Mapcode Local: GBR BRD.W55
Mapcode Global: VHDQM.G11C

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Glooston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Glooston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Glooston, par., Leicestershire, 5 miles NE. of Market Harborough, 660 ac., pop. 105; has church of 13th cent.

Glooston in the Domesday Book

A village in Gartree hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Glooston, Leicestershire

Glooston is a village in Leicestershire

Glooston in historic gazetteers

Glooston in the Domesday Book