LEA MARSTON - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"LEA MARSTON, a parish in the Atherstone division of the hundred of Hemlingford, county Warwick, 4 miles N. of Coleshill, its post town, and 10 from Birmingham. It is a small agricultural parish, situated on the river Tame and near the Fazeley canal, and Birmingham and Derby railway. It contains the hamlet of Marston, and has a good light soil. A portion of the land is in meadow. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1775.

The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Worcester, value £110. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has a square tower. The interior contains several monuments of the Adderley family. The church, which is situated in the park, is partly hidden from view by the trees that surround it. Hams Hall is a stone mansion, situated in a park; it is the seat of the Right Hon. Charles B. Adderley, M.P., who is lord of the manor, and principal landowner. There are National schools for both sexes."

"MARSTON, a hamlet in the parish of Lea Marston, county Warwick, 4 miles N. of Coleshill. It is situated on the banks of the river Tame."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]