In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marston like this:
MARSTON, a chapelry in Yardley parish, Worcester; around Hall-Green, adjacent to the boundary with Warwick, 1½ mile SW of Acocks-Green r. station, and 3½ SE by S of Birmingham. Post town, Hall-Green, under Birmingham. The chapelry has no defined limits. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £290. * Patrons, Trustees. The church was bnilt, by Job Marston, in the time of Queen Anne. There is a branch of the Yardley free grammar school.
The location is that of Marston Chapel, as marked and named on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 "England - Worcestershire: 011/NW" map of 1887 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55144&sheetid=9257&ox=4350&oy=1258&zm=2&czm=2&x=605&y=93, accessed 28 Sept 2011). Additional information about this locality is available for Yardley
Marston through time
Marston is now part of Birmingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Birmingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marston, in Birmingham and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25737
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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