Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARSTON-MONTGOMERY

MARSTON-MONTGOMERY, a village and a parish, in the district of Uttoxeter and county of Derby. Thc village stands 1¾ mile E of the river Dove at the boundary with Stafford, 2½ ESE of Rocester-Junction r. station, and 4¾ NE of Uttoxeter; is a scattered place; and has a post office under Ashborne. The parish comprises 2,471 acres. Real property, £3,950. Pop., 405. Houses, 87. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £140. Patron, the Rev. J. Greene. The church stands on an eminence; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6. s.


(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 Montgomery AP/CP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Marston Montgomery

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