Marsworth, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Marsworth is an Ancient Parish mostly in Buckinghamshire and partly in Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Long Marstone and Ashthorpe, Long Marston, Astrope, and Asthorpe.

Alternative names: Masworth

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1720
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575; 1600

Nonconformists include:

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Marsworth

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARSWORTH, or MASWORTH, a village and a parish in the district of Berkhampstead and county of Buckingham. The village stands adjacent to the Grand Junction canal, near the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile NNE of Icknield-street, 2¾ S of Cheddington-Jnnction r. station, and 2¾ N of Tring; and has a post office under Tring.

The parish includes also parts of Long Marston and Asthorpe hamlets, and comprises 880 acres. Real property, £2,393. Pop. in 1851, 479; in 1861, 549. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. Urns, ancient coins, and other relics of antiquity have been found. A large reservoir of the Grand Junction canal is here, and is a resort of anglers.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is later English, in good condition; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains some ancient monuments of the West family.

There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £4.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Marsworth, 1 mile S, Ivinghoe. P. 484

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Long Marston

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARSTON (LONG), a chapelry in Tring parish, Herts, and Marston parish, Bucks; 1 mile SE by S of Marston-Gate r. station, and 3¾ NW by N of Tring. Post town, Tring. Real property, £3,922. Pop., 440. The manor and much of the land belong to W. Kay, Esq. The limits include Long Marston and Asthorpe hamlets, and Betlow lordship. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of Tring. The church includes some very ancient portions. There is a Baptist chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].