Marston in 1859

MARSTON, a chapelry, in the parish of ST. MARY, STAFFORD, union of STAFFORD, S. division of the hundred of PIREHILL, N. division of the county of STAFFORD, 2 miles (N.) from Stafford; containing 178 inhabitants. The district comprises about 1500 acres of land, of which the soil is a rich loam; a considerable extent of waste was inclosed in 1800, when 125 acres were given to the parishioners in lieu of their right of common.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £41; patron, Rector of St. Mary's, Stafford. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £242, payable to the trustees of the Stafford charities, and the small tithes for £100. The chapel is a neat edifice of stone, with a campanile turret. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]