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Marston, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Marston, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on the river Witham, 1 mile SSW of Hougham station on the G.N.R. main line, and 5½ miles NNW of Grantham, and has a post office under Grantham; money order office, Caythorpe; telegraph office, Hougham (R.S.) The parish comprises 2470 acres; population of the civil parish, 302; of the ecclesiastical, with Hougham, 589. The manor and most of the land belong to the Thorold family. Marston Hall was formerly the seat of the Thorolds, but is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Hougham, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross value, £378 with residence. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles; consists of chancel with S chantry chapel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower with a broach spire. It contains many monuments of the Thorolds, and was thoroughly restored in 1881-82. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, ans several useful charities.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishMarston St. Mary 
Poor Law unionNewark 
WapentakeLoveden 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Marston:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1707-18741755-17741709-17901707-1911

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Marston from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Marston are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG32
Post TownGrantham

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