Buckminster, Leicestershire

Description
Buckminster, a village and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands on the verge of the county, 6 miles NE of Saxby station on the M.R., and 9 1/2 ENE of Melton-Mow-bray. The parish includes also the chapelry of Sewstern. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham. Acreage of Buckminster, 1964; population, 328; acreage of Sewstern, 1117; population, 203; total population, 531. Buckminster Park, with a fine Grecian mansion of 1798, is the seat of the Earl of Dysart. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Sewstern, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint net yearly value, £125. Patron, the Earl of Dysart. The church is ancient, of various dates, and has a tower and spire. There is a chapel of ease at Sewstern, erected in 1842, and the Wesleyans have a place of worship at Buckminster.