Marston on Dove

Marston on Dove (historically Marston Upon Dove) is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, nine miles (14 km) south west of Derby and two miles (3.2 km) east of Tutbury. The Church of St Mary at Marston has the oldest bell in Derbyshire, which was cast in Leicester in 1366 and inscribed with the words "Hail Mary" by John de Stafford.[1]

Marston on Dove
The 13th-century church of St Mary
Marston on Dove is located in Derbyshire
Marston on Dove
Marston on Dove
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK235297
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDERBY
Postcode districtDE65
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

History

The village is mentioned the Domesday Book as being in the Hundred of Appletree and the County of Derbyshire, with 18 villagers, meadows, woodlands and a church.[2] At the time of the Domesday survey, the village and surrounding land were held by the monks from the Priory of Tutbury, "a dependency of the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierresur-Dives in Normandy."[3] The name of the village derives from Old English Mersc-tūn - a "marsh farm/settlement" (on the River Dove).[4] The village lies on the River Dove and is six miles (9.7 km) north west of Burton on Trent, close to the Staffordshire border.[5] Historically referred to as Marston upon Dove, the village was the largest in the parish which contained Hilton and Hatton.[6]

The grade I listed Church of St Mary was built in the 13th century,[7] but before this a church stood on the same site, as mentioned in the Domesday Book.[8] It is believed to have the oldest bell in the Diocese of Derby.[9] The churchyard has some Commonwealth War Graves from both the First and Second World Wars.[10]

The River Dove used to run right to the south of the village, but at some time the meander was cut off and the river now passes further south.[11] The Old River Dove site in the village is now a SSSI.[12]

The village is not served by public transport, despite being close to the Crewe–Derby line.[13] However, Tutbury and Hatton railway station is only 1.2 miles (2 km) to the west.[14] National Cycle Network route number 549 runs through the village between Hurdlow and Waterhouses.[15][16]

The population statistics are included in those for Hilton parish, which in the 2001 Census had 3,909,[17] and in the 2011 Census had 7,714.[18]

See also

References
  1. Derbyshireuk.net accessed 23 February 2008
  2. "Marston [-on-Dove] Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "Alien houses: The priory of Tutbury | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. "History of Marston on Dove in South Derbyshire | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. MarstononDove: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
  7. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (Grade I) (1334544)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. Cox, Charles (1875). Notes on the churches of Derbyshire. 3 The hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley. Chesterfield: Palmer and Edmunds. pp. 201–204. OCLC 1074670935.
  9. Franklin, Ashley (20 February 2013). "The villages of Hilton, Marston upon Dove and Foston". derbyshirelife,co,uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. "MARSTON-ON-DOVE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. "Natural Heritage" (PDF). staffs-wildlife.org.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  12. "Old River Dove, Marston" (PDF). designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  13. "Hilton Area Profile" (PDF). southderbyshire.gov.uk. p. 15. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  14. "259" (Map). Derby. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244562.
  15. "Route 549". sustrans.org.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  16. "OS Maps: online mapping and walking, running and cycling routes". osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  17. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Hilton/Marston on Dove Parish (17UK024)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  18. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hilton Parish (E04002908)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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