Marston Trussell
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Marston Trussell | |
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Location within Northamptonshire | |
Population | 157 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SP6985 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Market Harborough |
Postcode district | LE16 |
Dialling code | 01858 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Marston Trussell is a village and
The villages name means 'Marsh farm/settlement'. The village was held by Richard Trussel in 1233.[3]
The
The River Welland was in flood at the time of the Battle of Naseby in 1645 which led to a massacre of retreating Royalists who were trapped between the river and the church; this area is known locally as Slaughterford field.
The late 17th century
There are around 60 houses, St Nicholas' Church and a village hall.
The village has a 3-acre (12,000 m2) lake, two minutes walk to the west, which primarily stocks
Alongside the lake resides the cricket pitch. The cricket team was started in the mid-1980s, predominantly playing friendlies on a Sunday. The team at one point could field five sets of brothers, Daniel (now at Wokingham Cricket Club) and Oliver Reddyhough, David and John Reddyhough, Simon and Sam Smith (now Gumley Cricket Club), Charles and Robert Mathew and Shaun and Ashley Burbery.[citation needed]
The village holds an annual Beer Festival, over a weekend in mid-June. The Victorian village hall becomes The Rising Sun (the old village pub, The Sun Inn, closed some time ago), complete with pub sign, hand pumps and a variety of real ales, and ciders, including some from the local Welland Valley vineyard.
The village is now (2017) enabled for high speed ultrafast (over 100 Mbit/s) broadband via Zippynet.[4]
Notable people
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Marston Trussell CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 14 November 2009
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ [1] Zippynet website
External links
- Map sources for Marston Trussell