St Nicholas' Church, Marston Trussell
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St Nicholas's Church is an
Anglican Church Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
and the parish church of
Marston Trussell Marston Trussell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. Marston Trussell was first recorded as 'Mersitone', meaning marsh settlement. The parish includes Thorpe Lubenham. At the time of the 2001 census, its populati ...
. It is a Grade I
listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
and stands on the south side of Lubenham Road at the eastern edge of the village. The record made in 1086 for Marston Trussell in the
Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
does not mention the presence of a priest or a church. The main structure of the present building was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries. It now consists of a nave, north and south aisles, chancel and west tower. A detailed description appears on the Historic England website. The parish registers survive from 1561, the historic registers being deposited at Northamptonshire Record Office. Marston Trussell is part of a united benefice along with
Sibbertoft Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population (including Sulby) was 343 people, increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means 'curtilage o ...
and Welford. Each parish retains its own church building.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marston Trussell, Saint Nicholas Grade I listed churches in Northamptonshire Church of England church buildings in Northamptonshire 13th-century church buildings in England 14th-century church buildings in England