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MARSTON-MORETAINE, a parish in the hundred of REDBORNESTOKE, county of BEDFORD, 4 Miles (N.W.) from Ampthill, containing 899 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £33.17.3½, and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Mary is in the later style of English architecture: the tower is detached. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Marston Moretaine can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Book 4 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The church of St. Mary is a large and ancient edifice, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and massive Perpendicular tower, standing about 50 feet from the church, and containing 5 hells: in the chancel are brasses to the Snagqe family: there is a tie marble monument in the south aisle chancel chapel to Sir Thomas Snagge, Speaker of the House of Commons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth: the interior has been restored and will seat 600 persons. The register dates from the year 1703.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Non-conformist
Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Church of England
The parish record transcripts for St Mary are available on microfiche for the period 1703-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
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