Coston

Other current and historical names

Castone

Parish/Community: Garthorpe
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°47'25"N 0°44'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 484901, 322160
OS Grid: SK849221
Mapcode Local: GBR CQ6.52H
Mapcode Global: WHFK2.K4N4

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

Coston in historic gazetteers

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

Coston.-- par., N. Leicestershire, 7 miles NE. of Melton Mowbray, 1745 ac., pop. 133; P.O.

Coston in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 1 smallholder; 12 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Coston, Leicestershire

Coston is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Coston in historic gazetteers

Coston in the Domesday Book