Marston St Lawrence

"MARSTON ST. LAWRENCE, a parish in the hundred of Kings Sutton, county Northampton, 51, miles N.W. of Brackley, its post town, and 5 N.E. of Banbury. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. The parish includes the hamlet of Westrop, and is watered by several tributaries of the river Ouse. There are quarries of building stone, and some of the women are employed in making pillow lace. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1759. The living is a vicarage with the curacy of Warkworth annexed, in the diocese of Peterborough, value £316. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient structure, with a square embattled tower, containing five bells and 5 clock. In the chancel are some monuments to the Blencowe family, and an altar of carved oak. There is an infant school built and supported by J. J. Blencowe, Esq., who, with Mr. Thomas Wyatt, are lords of the manor." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]