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Marske by the Sea, town and eccl. dist. (ry. sta.
Marske), Marske near Redcar par., North-Riding York-
shire, 3 miles SE. of Redcar, pop. 3467;
P.O., T.O.; is a
watering-place ; the population has nearly trebled since
1851, owing to the opening of ironstone mines in vicinity.

Marske near Redcar, coast par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 4½ miles NE. of Guisbrough, 4574 ac., pop.
7410; Marske Hall (time of Charles I.) is the pro-
perty of the Earl of Zetland.

Marske near Richmond, par., North-Riding York-
shire, 6759 ac., pop. 268; contains
Marske, vil., on
river Marske, near its influx to the Swale, 4½ miles W.
of Richmond ; P.O.; near vil. is Marske Hall, seat.

Marston.—3½ miles NW. of Ampthill, Bedfordshire;
P.O. See Marston Moretaine.—2. Marston, town-
ship and vil., Great Bud worth par., Cheshire, on Trent
and Mersey Canal, 2 miles NE. of Northwich, 1113
ac., pop. 969;
P.O., T.O. ; has extensive salt mines and
salt works ; one salt mine, the most noticeable, was
visited by the Emperor Nicholas of Russia in 1844.—3.
Marston, par. and vil., Lincolnshire, on river Witham,
5 miles NW. of Grantham, 2430 ac., pop. 307 ; P.O.

4. Marston, par. and vil., Oxfordshire, on river Cher-
well, 2 miles NE. of Oxford, 1175 ac., pop. 515;
P.O. ;
here the Royalists made a formal surrender of Oxford
in the wars of Charles
I.—5. Marston, ry. sta., 5 miles
NE. of Yeovil, Somerset. See
Marston Magna.—6.
Marston,
township, in par. and N. vicinity of Stafford,
1487 ac., pop. 664.
—7. Marston, hamlet, Church Eaton
par., Staffordshire, 5½ miles W. of Penkridge.—8.
Marston, hamlet, Wolston par., AYarwickshire, on
river Avon,
miles W. of Rugby.—9. Marston, ham-
let, in par. and 2 miles NE. of Lea Marston, Warwick-
shire. See
Lea Marston. —19. Marston, curacy,
Yardley par., Worcestershire, 3½ miles SE. of Birming-
ham.—II.
Marston, ry. sta., in co. and 6 miles NW. of
York;
P.O. See Marston, Long.

Marston, Long.—vil. (ry. sta. Marston Gate), Tring
par., Herts, and eccl. dist., partly also in Drayton
Beauchamp par., Bucks—dist., pop. 494 ; vil., 3¾ miles
NAY. of Tring;
P.O.—2. Marston, Long, par., town-
ship, and vil. (ry. sta. Marston), E. div. AYest-Riding
Yorkshire—par., 4595 ac., pop. 530; township, 2846 ac.,
pop. 363; vil., 2 miles S. of sta. and 6 AY. of York;
P.O.,
called Marston; 1½ mile NAY. of vil. is the battle-
field of
Marston Moor, where, in 1644, Fairfax and
Cromwell defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert.

Marston, North, par. and vil., Bucks, 4 miles S. of
Winslow, 1983 ac., pop. 649;
P.O.; the church has a
handsome E. window and reredos, erected by Queen
Victoria, in memory of J. C. Nield, who bequeathed
(1852) to her his fortune of about £250,000.

Marston, South, curacy, High worth par., Wilts.

Marston Bigott, par. and vil., Somerset, 2½ miles
SW. of Frome, 2207 ac., pop. 357 ;
Marston House is
the seat of the Earl of Cork and Orrery.

M arston Butlers, AYarwick. See Butlers Marston.

Marston Fleet, Bucks. See Fleet Marston.

Marston Gate, ry. sta., Herts, 4¼ miles NE. of Ayles-
bury. See
Marston, Long.

Marston Green, vil. with ry. sta., Bickenhill par.,
Warwickshire, 6¼ miles E. of Birmingham;
P.O. ; in
vicinity is
Marston Hall, seat.

Marston Jahhett, vil., Bulkington par., AYarwick-
shire, 2 miles SE. of Nuneaton.

Marston Magna, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Marston),
Somerset, 5 miles NE. of Yeovil, 1068 ac., pop. 305;
P.O.

Marston Maisey, par. and vil., Wilts, 3 miles NE. of
Cricklade, 1334 ac., pop. 185.

Marston Montgomery, par. and vil., Derbyshire, 4¼
miles NE. of Uttoxeter, 2475 ac., pop. 379 ;
P.O.

Marston Moor. See Marston, Long (Yorkshire).

Marston Moretaine, par. and vil., Bedfordshire, 3½
miles NW. of Ampthill, 4171 ac., pop. 1179;
P.O.,
called Marston.

Marston Potters, Leicester. See Potters Marston.

Marston Priors, Warwick. See Priors Marston.

Marston St Lawrence, par. and vil., Northamp-
tonshire, 5 miles E. of Banbury, 1230 ac., pop. 416 ; in
vicinity of vil. is
Marston House, seat.

Marston Sicca, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Long Marston),
Gloucestershire, 5½ miles SAY. of Stratford-on-Avon,
1680 ac., pop. 367 ;
P.O., called Long Marston.



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