Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARSTON-TRUSSELL

MARSTON-TRUSSELL, a village and a parish in the district of Market-Harborough and county of Northampton. The village stands adjacent to the boundary with Leicester, 1¾ mile E of Theddingworth r. station, and 3 W by S of Market-Harborough. The parish, in some sense, includes also Thorpe-Lubenham, which otherwise is an extra-parochial tract. Post town, Marlket-Harborough. Acres, with T. L., 1,640. Real property, exclusive of T. L., £2,432; inc. of T. L., £3,376. Pop., exc. of T. L., 219. Houses, 48. Pop., inc. of T. L., 244. Houses, 50. The manor-farm, with Marston-Trussell Hall, belongs to B. E. Bennett, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Valne, £500.* Patron, the Rev. W. Law. The church is of the 14th centnry; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower. There are a parochial school, and charities £6.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Marston Trussel AP/CP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Marston Trussel

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.