In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marston Moretaine like this:
MARSTON-MORETAINE, a village and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The village stands on a branch of the river Ouse, 1 mile W of the Bedford and Bletchley railway, and 3½ NW of Ampthill; was once a market-town; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Ampthill, both of the name of Marston. ...
The parish comprises 4,171 acres. Real prolperty, £6,586. Pop. in 1851,1,183; in 1861,1,270Houses, 259. The property is divided among. a fewThe manor belongs to H. Alington, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely Value, £1,130.* Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church comprises later English naVe and aisles, early English chancel, and a massive detached tower; contains two brasses of the 15th century, and a fine marble monument; and was repaired in 1865. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a new national school, and charities £60.
Marston Moretaine through time
Marston Moretaine is now part of Mid Bedfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Bedfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marston Moretaine itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marston Moretaine in Mid Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3565
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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