Muston, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire

Parish History
Muston (pronounced Musson) St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish.

MUSTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Grantham, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 5½ miles (W. by N.) from Grantham; containing 351 inhabitants. The Grantham canal passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 13. 1½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £400. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 359-362.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Muston like this:

MUSTON, a village and a parish in the district of Grantham and county of Leicester. The village stands on the river Devon, adjacent to the boundary with Lincolnshire, near the Grantham canal, 1½ mile E S E of Bottesford r. station, and 5½ W by N of Grantham; and has a post-office under Nottingham. The parish comprises 1, 623 acres. Real property, £2, 694. Pop., 360. Houses, 74. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a handsome structure; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and two porches, with central tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school. The poet Crabbewas rector.

The poet George Crabbe (1754-1832) moved to Muston Rectory from Stathern, Leicestershire in 1789, remaining as incumbent of Muston and of West Allington, Lincolnshire until 1792. His 'Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir' was a pioneering study of the district.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Deposited records are found at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office

Contact: The Record Office Telephone: 0116 2571080 Fax: 0116 2571120 E-mail: recordoffice@leics.gov.uk

Diocese of Leicester: Muston Bap 1561 - 1877 Marr 1561 - 1995 Bur 1561 - 1988

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Grantham Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Leicestershire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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