Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Marston, Long

Marston, Long, par., township, and vil. (ry. sta. Marston), E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par., 4595 ac., pop. 530; township, 2846 ac., pop. 363; vil., 2 miles S. of sta. and 6 W. of York; P.O., called Marston; 1½ mile NW. of vil. is the battlefield of Marston Moor, where, in 1644, Fairfax and Cromwell defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Long Marston AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: LONG MARSTON     |     MARSTON     |     MARSTON LONG
Place: Long Marston

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