Marston is a village and a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the

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as designated

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s, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". Running through the parish is the Trent and Mersey Canal. The listed buildings consist of a milepost on the canal, a farmhouse and farm building, a war memorial, and four structures associated with the

Lion Salt Works The Lion Salt Works is the last remaining open pan salt works in Marston, near Northwich, Cheshire, England. It closed as a work in 1986 and is now preserved as a museum. History John Thompson Junior and his son Henry Ingram Thompson, a membe ...

. The latter is also a

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. It is "the only substantially intact example in the county of a works producing white crystal salt by the evaporation method", and houses "the only remaining natural brine pumping open pan salt works in Europe".

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Citations Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marston, Cheshire Listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire

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