Marsworth
Sign in to saveMarsworth is a village and a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about north of Tring, Hertfordshire and east of Aylesbury.
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Place details
- Locality
- Marsworth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 741
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- All Saints Church, Marsworth - geograph.org.uk - 325892.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- All Saints' Church, Marsworth
- UK place.official_name
- Marsworth
- UK place.population
- 741
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Marsworth
- UK place.unitary_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Aylesbury
- UK place.post_town
- TRING
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Buckinghamshire
- Population
- +741
- Image
- Marsworth Top Lock - geograph.org.uk - 697545.jpg
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Marsworth today
- References
- External links
Marsworth is a village and a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about north of Tring, Hertfordshire and east of Aylesbury.
==Early history== The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, Mæssanwyrth, and means 'Mæssa's enclosure'. Marsworth is first mentioned in the will of Aelfgyfu (before 975) as granted to Edgar of England who in turn passed it to St Etheldreda's Church in London (belonging to the Bishops of Ely), and later passed into the hands of Brictric, a thegn of Edward the Confessor. After the Norman Conquest Marsworth (Missevorde) is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being in the possession of Robert D'Oyly and was connected to Wallingford, an association which continued into the 17th century. The tenants at this time were the Bassett family and the land was split between six sisters, and through their line the estates passed to the Goldingtons, at which time the manor becomes recorded as Marsworth with Goldringtons.