Marston, Lincolnshire

Marston

St Mary's Church, Marston
Marston
 Marston shown within Lincolnshire
Population 417 (2001)
OS grid referenceSK890434
   – London 105 mi (169 km)  S
DistrictSouth Kesteven
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district NG32
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentSleaford and North Hykeham
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Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°58′52″N 0°40′28″W / 52.981079°N 0.674421°W

Marston is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It lies 5 miles (8 km) north from Grantham, 8 miles (13 km) south-east from Newark, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north from the A1 near Long Bennington.

Marston Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary, and is of 12th-century origin, with an 1881-82 chancel by C. Kirk.[2] Pevsner gives the date of the chancel as 1878,[3] restored and partly rebuilt in Early English style. St Mary's holds monuments to members of the Thorold family.[4]

Marston Hall is a Grade II* late 16th-century country house, with further alterations up to the 18th century.[5] Pevsner records a 1962 "gothick" style garden gazebo, designed by John Partridge, with pinnacles by Christopher Blackie and murals by Barbara Jones.[3]

The village has a church, a hall, the Old Barn Hotel, the Thorold Arms public house, a fishery, and the Marston Thorold Primary School.[1] The school, still somewhat supported by the Dame Margaret Thorold Educational Foundation,[6] is now Church of England voluntary aided.[7] The building dates from 1861.[8]

Marston school

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Parish Council web site". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St. Mary, Marston (1146946)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire pp. 603, 604; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096208
  4. ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 227, 228; Methuen & Co. Ltd.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Marston Hall, Marston (1062854)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dame Margaret Thorold Educational Foundation". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "School web site". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "School building (504153 )". PastScape. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

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