Marston on Dove (historically Marston Upon Dove) is a village and civil parish in

South Derbyshire South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the local authority at the 2011 Census was 94,611. It contains a third of the National Forest, and the council offices are in Swadlincote. The district a ...

, south west of

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and east of

Tutbury Tutbury is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is north of Burton upon Trent and south of the Peak District. The village has a population of about 3,076 residents. It adjoins Hatton, Derbyshire, H ...

. The Church of St Mary at Marston has the oldest bell in Derbyshire, which was cast in

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in 1366 and inscribed with the words "Hail Mary" by John de Stafford.

History

The village is mentioned the

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as being in the Hundred of Appletree and the County of Derbyshire, with 18 villagers, meadows, woodlands and a church. At the time of the Domesday survey, the village and surrounding land were held by the monks from the Priory of Tutbury, "a dependency of the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierresur-Dives in Normandy." The name of the village derives from

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''Mersc-tūn'' - a "marsh farm/settlement" (on the River Dove). The village lies on the River Dove and is north west of Burton on Trent, close to the Staffordshire border. Historically referred to as ''Marston upon Dove'', the village was the largest in the parish which contained Hilton and Hatton. The grade I listed Church of St Mary was built in the 13th century, but before this a church stood on the same site, as mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is believed to have the oldest bell in the Diocese of Derby. The churchyard has some Commonwealth War Graves from both the

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and

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s. The River Dove used to run right to the south of the village, but at some time the meander was cut off and the river now passes further south. The Old River Dove site in the village is now a

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. The village is not served by public transport, despite being close to the

Crewe–Derby line The Crewe–Derby line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe in a south-easterly direction to Derby, via Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter. Passenger services on the line are provided by East Midlands Railway. History This line ...

. However, railway station is only to the west. National Cycle Network route number 549 runs through the village between Hurdlow and Waterhouses. The population statistics are included in those for Hilton parish, which in the 2001 Census had 3,909, and in the 2011 Census had 7,714.

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