Marston Trussell

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Marston Trussell is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Marston Trussell is first recorded as 'Mersitone', meaning marsh settlement.

The manor house in the village, Marston Trussell Hall, dates from the 17th century (circa 1606) and is an Elizabethan style mansion with fine wood panelling interiors in the drawing room; in later years the existing house was dwarfed by a Victorian extension which no longer exists. A priesthole was discovered in the mid 1950s. The 12-acre grounds of the Hall have gardens and a newly-added sunken Italian garden. Also of note are the ten Wellingtonian trees. Rumour has it that when planted in the late 19th century, the village idiot was employed to bang a drum all day to keep birds off the branches to ensure they grew tall and true.

A Richard Trussell was lord of the manor in 1233. The Trussells of Marston died out in the fourteenth century and the Hall was eventually re-established as the seat of the Barwell-Ewins Bennett family. There is a hatchment in the parish church of Henry Barwell who died in 1763.

Local folklore states that King Charles I hid in the Hall grounds when retreating defeated from The Battle Of Naseby (1645), however this is folklore as King Charles seems to have hidden up every oak tree, hence the popular pub name, The Royal Oak. The River Welland was in flood at this time which led to a massacre of retreating Royalists who were trapped between the river and the church; this area is known locally as Slaughterford field.

The late 17th century wrought-iron carriage gates of Marston Trussell Hall were originally made for the house of Erasmus Norwich at Brampton Ash. They were moved to the entrance of the hall in the mid 1700s. Some of the original wrought-iron railings are still used to partition fields at the hall. However, during the First World War, like many country houses, a lot of the wrought-iron was removed and used in the war effort for the manufacture of arms and munitions.

Nowadays the village comprises around 60 houses, including the village hall, The Sun Inn public house and hotel and St Nicholas Church (Church Of England).

The village has a 3-acre lake, two minutes walk to the west, which primarily stocks roach, perch and pike.

Alongside the lake resides the picturesque cricket pitch. The cricket team was started in the mid 1980s, predominantly playing friendlies on a Sunday. The team at one point could field five sets of brothers, Daniel and Oliver Reddiough, David and John Reddiough, Simon and Sam Smith (now Gumley CC), Charles and Robert Mathews and Shaun and Ashley Burbery.

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