Coston, Leicestershire

{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}

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| official_name = Coston

| civil_parish = Garthorpe

| country = England

| region = East Midlands

| coordinates = {{coord|52|47|25|N|0|44|33|W|type:city|display=title}}

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| shire_district = Melton

| shire_county = Leicestershire

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| static_image = Coston parish church.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Andrew's parish church

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Coston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Garthorpe in the Melton district,[http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/highways/land_charges_searches/localsearches/townsandvillages.htm#towns-c County council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430004359/http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/highways/land_charges_searches/localsearches/townsandvillages.htm |date=30 April 2010 }} in the eastern part of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 74.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10374479/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Coston AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 October 2022}}

History

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Katr'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Coston|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810070148/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Coston|url-status=live}}

On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Garthorpe.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10374479|title=Relationships and changes Coston AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 October 2022}}

Church

The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is thought to date back to the 13th century and was restored in 1846.{{NHLE|num=1061273 |desc=|accessdate=10 December 2013}}

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