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MARSTON

Historical Geography
Maps
Politics
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Voting Registers

"MARSTON, a township in that part of the parish of GREAT-BUDWORTH which is in the hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Northwich, containing 404 inhabitants. The Grand Trunk canal passes through the township." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

Marston was a township in Great Budworth ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 6776), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The population was 284 in 1801, 559 in 1851, 878 in 1901, 729 in 1951, and 525 in 2001.

Cemeteries

Anglican
St Paul, Marston, Church of England

Churches

Great Budworth: St. Mary & All Saints (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Marston.
Marston: St. Paul (Church of England). Built in 1874 as a chapel to Great Budworth: St. Mary & All Saints, becoming the district church for most of Marston in 1875. Closed in 1965.

Anglican
St Paul, Marston, Church of England

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Civil Registration

Northwich (1837-1974)
Vale Royal (1974-98)
Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
Cheshire (2007-09)
Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Court Records

Bucklow (1828-71)
Leftwich (1871-99)
Northwich (1899-1974)
Vale Royal (1974-2012)
West Cheshire (2012+)

Description and Travel

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Historical Geography

1889 March 24 — Lost a detached part to Wincham (272 acres, pop. 18 in 1891), including Jackson's Fam and Barber's Farm)

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ669754 (Lat/Lon: 53.274543, -2.497819), MARSTON which are provided by:

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StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
OpenStreetMap
Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
Elgin Road Works
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Politics and Government

Northwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
Northwich Rural District (1894-1974)
Vale Royal (1974-2009)
Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Northwich

Voting Registers

North Cheshire (1832-67)
Mid Cheshire (1868-85)
Northwich (1885-1974)