Glaston / Caston / Glaceton / Gladeston / Gladestone / Glaeston

There are two entries for Glaston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK8900/glaston/] [accessed 21 July 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "The advowson of Glaston was confirmed to the priory of Launde (co. Leic.) by Henry II [i.e., 1154-1189] [...] The earliest church on the site appears to have been a 12th-century building consisting of a small square-ended chancel and aisleless nave with intermediate axial tower, from which the plan of the existing church has developed. Of this early building the walls of the tower remain approximately to the height of the bell-chamber, together with the south-east angle of the nave, into which the walling of the tower is bonded. The nave was about 33 ft. long and the same width as at present, its extent westward being indicated by the existing masonry pier of the arcade, but few, if any, distinctly 12th-century features have survived the many subsequent alterations of the building [...] The font is modern and in the style of the 14th century [...] It takes the place of one described as 'classic' (Stamford Mercury, 6 Nov. 1863)."