A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MARSTON, a township-chapelry in St. Mary and St. Chad parish, Staffordshire; partly suburban to Stafford, but averagely 2 miles WSW of Sandon r. station, and 2¾ N of Stafford. Post town, Stafford. Real property, £3,200. Pop. in 1851,206; in 1861,345. Houses, 67. The increase of pop. arose from the erection of houses in the part adjoining Stafford. The property is divided among a few. A considerable common was enclosed in 1800. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicage of Whitgreave, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £180.* Patron, the Rector of St. Mary. The church is good, and has a bell-turret.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Marston |
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