Marston Meysey
Marston Meysey, pronounced and sometimes also spelt Marston Maisey, is a village in Wiltshire, England, lying three miles north east of Cricklade on the county boundary with Gloucestershire.
The village has a pub called the Old Spotted Cow,[1] and not far away is RAF Fairford.[2] The nearest major town is Swindon.
History
Marston Meysey was part of the hundreds of Highworth, Cricklade and Staple and of the diocese of Gloucester.[3]
The population was 240 in 1831, but only 185 in 1951.[2]
A chapel of ease was built by the de Meysey family in the late 13th century, and a new chapel in 1648, which was in disrepair by the 1870s. In 1869 the Rev. W. H. Ranken became Rector of St Mary's in Meysey Hampton and Vicar of Marston Meysey and soon mounted a public appeal for funds for new buildings. Money collected mainly within Marston Meysey paid for a new church, a vicarage and a Church of England school. The school was closed in 1924, as the number of children had fallen to eighteen, and since then the old school building has been used as a village hall. It is now a grade 2 listed building and is owned by the village.[4]
The 19th century parish church is called St James's.[5]
Governance
Most significant local government services are provided by Wiltshire unitary council. At the parliamentary level, the parish is part of the North Wiltshire county constituency and its current member of parliament is James Gray (Conservative).
See also
References
- ^ pub's website, theoldspottedcow.co.uk
- ^ a b Marston Meysey at genuki.org.uk
- ^ John Gorton, A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland (1833), p. 773
- ^ Village Hall at marston-meysey.info
- ^ St James's church, Marston Meysey at geograph.org.uk
External links
- village web site, marston-meysey.info
- The Manor, Marston Meysey, at geograph.org.uk
- Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record for Marston Meysey, at wiltshire.gov.uk
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