Marske is a

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and

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in the

Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat ...

district of

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, England, situated in lower

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on the boundary of the

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, the village is approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Richmond. According to the

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, the population of the parish of Marske, including

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was 127. The parish includes the hamlets of Applegarth, Clints, Feldom and Skelton.

History

The Church of St Edmund King and Martyr dates back to the 12th century. In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marske as:

"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."

Marske Hall

Marske was long associated with the Hutton family, landowners and

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. Matthew Hutton, the archbishop of Canterbury, was born in Marske.

Marske Hall Marske Hall is a 17th-century former mansion house, now a Valorum Care Group residential care home, in Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. It has Grade I listed building status. The building is constructed of squared stone in t ...

, on the outskirts of the village, was bought in 1596 by the then

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, Matthew Hutton. Initial work on the hall was started by Matthew's son, Timothy, and after a remodelling in the 1730s, a stable block was added in 1750 by John Hutton II, the son of the former member of parliament for Richmond bearing the same name, whose racehorse Marske was best known for siring the undefeated Eclipse. The ornamental gardens were added in 1836, and the grounds, as well as the stables remain separated from the hall by a road providing access to the village. During the

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, the hall was used to house pupils from

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. In the 1960s the estate was sold to local builder George Shaw and converted into ten apartments, however the mansion was put on the market in 2012 for the sum of £2.5 million. In 2020, proposals were made to convert the grade II listed building into 20 holiday lets. Marske Hall - geograph

Governance

The civil parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parish of

, known as Marske & New Forest Parish Council. The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the

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. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. Marske is part of the Richmondshire District Council electoral ward of Lower Swaledale and Arkengarthdale.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Swaledale