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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marston like this:
MARSTON, a chapelry in Yardley parish, Worcester; around Hall-Green, adjacent to the boundary with Warwick, 1½ mile SW of Acocks-Green r. station, and 3½ SE by S of Birmingham. Post town, Hall-Green, under Birmingham. The chapelry has no defined limits. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £290. * Patrons, Trustees. The church was bnilt, by Job Marston, in the time of Queen Anne. There is a branch of the Yardley free grammar school.
Marston is now part of BIRMINGHAM District. Click here for graphs and data of how BIRMINGHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marston, in Birmingham and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25737
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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