More information : (SJ 92102769) St Leonard's Church (NAT) (1)
Marston Chapel is mentioned in an Assize of 1273. (4)
In 1563, it was a chapel with cure, but without institution in
Newcastle Deanery (2). It would seem that Marston Church stands
on its original site (3). (2-4)
No extant trace of the Md chapel was seen. A board in the porch
of the modern church is dated 1811 and records the benefaction
to the parish in 1697. (5)
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2385 MARSTON
Church of St Leonard
SJ 92 NW 16/1 15.1.68.
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A small Georgian fabric with later vestry and porch. The nave is
of ashlar and the rest brick, with timber and tiled bellcote.
Round C12 font now in churchyard and replaced by modern one of
alabaster. The windows have semi-circular heads. (6)
A parish church built in 1794 by William Dudley, possibly re-using older masonry for the nave. In the late 19th or early 20th century a vestry was added. It was constructed of local grey sandstone. The chancel was built of hand-moulded bricks and the roof is tiled. The plan consists of a nave with a lower and narrower chancel, a north vestry, a west porch and a west bellcote. Inside the church is plastered. An alabaster font is dated to 1933. Most of the furniture is from the earlier 20th century. A stained glass window from the early 20th century made by William Pearce depicts the Good Shepherd. The church was listed as Grade B on 15th January 1968. It was re-graded to Grade II on 22nd March 2010. (7) |