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Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1866.

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MARSTON-MORETAINE:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1866.

[Transcribed information from The Imperial Gazatteer of England & Wales, 1866-9]

"MARSTON-MORETAINE, a parish and a village in Ampthill district, Beds. The village stands on a branch of the river Ouse, 1 mile W of the Bedford and Bletchley railway, and 3½ NW of Ampthill; was once a market-town; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Ampthill, both of the name of Marston. The parish comprises 4,171 acres. Real property, £6,586. Pop. in 1851, 1,183; in 1861, 1,270. Houses, 259. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to H. Alington, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £1,130. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church comprises later English nave and aisles, early English chancel, and a massive detached tower; contains two brasses of the 15th century, and a fine marble monument; and was repaired in 1865. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a new national school, and charities £60."

[Description(s) transcribed by Craig Pickup ©2002]