Glaston

Glaston is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish remained unchanged between the 2001 and the 2011 census'.

Glaston
St Andrew's church
Glaston Location within Rutland
Area	1.83 sq mi (4.7 km^2) [1]
Population	185 2001 Census[2]
• Density	101/sq mi (39/km^2)
OS grid reference	SK896005
• London	79 miles (127 km) SSE
Unitary authority	Rutland
Shire county	Rutland
Ceremonial county	Rutland
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OAKHAM
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01572
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton

The cartwash

Glaston is about 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) south of Rutland Water and is situated on the A47, 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) 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 and villagers are trying to get a bypass for the village. The parish church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building[3] 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.[4]

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".[5]

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 1505-06.[6] Robert was almost certainly born in Glaston, where the Colley family were Lords of the Manor from about 1400.[7] Richard Colley (c. 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 but was supposed to add the last name of Wellesley not Wesley as Garrets father was Garret Wellesley so Richard could carry on the Wellesley Coat of Arms to get the inheritance, this is why the Duke & his brother corrected the last name from Wesley to Wellesley while in India.[8]

Colley Cibber (1671 – 1757), English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate was the eldest child of Jane née Colley, from the Glaston family.[9][10]

References

1. "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
2. "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Andrew  (Grade II) (1264584)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
4. Historic England. "Cartwash  (Grade II) (1236505)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
5. "Glaston Early Upper Palaeolithic Project". University of Leicester Archaeological Services. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
6. Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926 Vol.1 p.203
7. Gloucestershire Notes and Queries 1890 p.564
8. Lundy 2011, p. 10645 § 106449 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFLundy2011 (help) cites Cokayne 2000, p. 235 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFCokayne2000 (help).
9. Ashley, L. R. N. (1965), Colley Cibber, New York: Twayne p. 17
10. Barker, R. H. (1939), Mr Cibber of Drury Lane, New York: Columbia University Press, OCLC 2207342 p. 4