Marsworth

Marsworth is a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Tring, Hertfordshire and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Aylesbury.

Marsworth

All Saints Church, Marsworth
Marsworth
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population741 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP920145
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTRING
Postcode districtHP23
Dialling code01296
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
For the nearby reservoir, see Marsworth reservoir

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 belonging to the Bishops of Ely, and later passed into the hands of Brictric, a thegn of Edward the Confessor.[2] After the Norman Conquest Marsworth (Missevorde) is recorded in the Domesday Book as 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.

By 1319 records show there were still several overlords controlling various parts of Marsworth including a descendant of Isabel Bassett, John de Beauchamp Lord of the Manor at Hawridge. This is the first indication of a tie-up between Marsworth and the detached manor or Hawridge, possibly to provide woodland and hilltop summer pasture for the estate across the narrow isthmus of Hertfordshire.

There were connections between another estate in Marsworth and the Savoy Hospital in London whom the Boughton family granted lands in 1514 in the honour of Henry III. It subsequently became an endowment for St Thomas' Hospital and in 1876 was swapped for lands in Essex by William Brown of Tring.

There are records of a church in Marsworth since the 12th century. All Saints Church was further extended in the 14th and 15th centuries. Despite further restoration in the first part of the 19th century, by 1880 the church was in a deplorable condition and the newly appointed vicar, the Rev. F. W. Ragg set about with the help of parishioners to restore it over the next 25 years.

Marsworth today
Marsworth Top Lock

The construction of the Grand Union Canal, which passes through Marsworth brought with it many new business opportunities and the village expanded greatly as a result. Within the parish boundary of Marsworth, to the south of the main village where the canal cross the Lower Icknield Way is the hamlet of Startop's End. In 2010 the during building work engineers dug up over 40 bodies in un-marked graves which were subsequently interred in a ceremony conducted by the vicar. Nearby are three of the four Tring Reservoirs, one of which is named Marsworth reservoir.

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References
  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. "Marsworth". British History Online. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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