Marston

Parish/Community: Lea Marston
District/Borough: North Warwickshire
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'7"N 1°41'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 420858, 294971
OS Grid: SP208949
Mapcode Local: GBR 4GC.YCG
Mapcode Global: VHBW8.L3DT

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Marston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Marston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Marston, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles NE. of Lea Marston, Warwickshire. See LEA MARSTON.

Marston in the Domesday Book

A village in Coleshill hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer uncle of Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric uncle of Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the hunter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 1/2½ in 1086
- Meadow: 3 acres

British Place Names

Marston, Warwickshire

Marston is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Marston in historic gazetteers

Marston in the Domesday Book