MARSTON MORETAINE PARISH

Introduction

Marston Moreteyne (or Marston Moretaine) is a large English village and civil parish located on the A421 between Bedford and Milton Keynes in the county of Bedfordshire. The population was 4,560 at the 2001 census, and 4,556 at the 2011 census. The village is served by Millbrook railway station, approximately a mile away on the Marston Vale Line. The place-name 'Marston Moretaine' is first attested in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 969, where it appears as Mercstuninga. It appears as Merestone in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name derives from the Old English mersc-tūn meaning 'town or settlement by a marsh'. It was held by the family of Moretaine, from Mortain in Normandy in France. Local roadsigns use either the "Moreteyne" and "Moretaine" spellings inconsistently. The official name of the civil parish was changed in 2018 from Marston Moretaine to Marston Moreteyne following a consultation by Central Bedfordshire Council.Sir Thomas Snagge lived in the village in the 16th century. He owned the manor of Marston Moreteyne.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	1,734 hectares
Population	6,062 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	350 people/km²
Mean age	37.4
Ward	Cranfield and Marston Moretaine
District	Central Bedfordshire
Postcodes	MK43, MK45
ONS ID	E04011967