Marston, Lincolnshire
Marston | |
St Mary's Church, Marston |
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Marston |
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Population | 360 (2011) |
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OS grid reference | SK890434 |
– London | 105 mi (169 km) S |
District | South Kesteven |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Grantham |
Postcode district | NG32 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
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Coordinates: 52°58′52″N 0°40′28″W / 52.981079°N 0.674421°W
Marston is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 360.[2] It lies 5 miles (8 km) north from Grantham, 8 miles (13 km) south-east from Newark, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north from the A1 near Long Bennington.
Marston Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary, and is of 12th-century origin, with an 1881-82 chancel by C. Kirk.[3] Pevsner gives the date of the chancel as 1878,[4] restored and partly rebuilt in Early English style. St Mary's holds monuments to members of the Thorold family.[5]
Marston Hall is a Grade II* late 16th-century country house, with further alterations up to the 18th century.[6] Pevsner records a 1962 "gothick" style garden gazebo, designed by John Partridge, with pinnacles by Christopher Blackie and murals by Barbara Jones.[4]
The village has a church, a hall, the Old Barn Hotel, the Thorold Arms public house, a fishery, and the Marston Thorold Primary School.[1] The school, still somewhat supported by the Dame Margaret Thorold Educational Foundation,[7] is now Church of England voluntary aided.[8] The building dates from 1861.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Parish Council web site". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St. Mary, Marston (1146946)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire pp. 603, 604; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096208
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 227, 228; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- ↑ Historic England. "Marston Hall, Marston (1062854)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "Dame Margaret Thorold Educational Foundation". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "School web site". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Historic England. "School building (504153)". PastScape. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
External links
- Media related to Marston, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons