MARSKE, a village and a parish in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the rivulet Marske, a little above its inflnx to the Swale, 5½ miles W of Richmond r. station; and has a post office under Richmond, Yorkshire. The parish contains also the hamlets of Feldon and Skelton, and comprises 6,557 acres. Real property, £3,217. Pop., 263. Houses, 52. The property belongs to J. T. D. Hutton, Esq. Marske Hall is Mr. H.'s seat; and the grounds contain an obelisk 60 feet high, to the memory of Capt. M. Hutton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £376.* Patron, J. T. D. Hutton, Esq. The church is ancient and good, has a Norman doorway, and contains an old font. The charities inclnde an endowed school, and amount to £76 a year. Dr. M. Hutton. Archbishop of Canterbury, was a native.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))