MARSTON (LONG), a parish in the ainsty of the
city, and East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Angram, Button, and Long
Marston, and containing 579 inhabitants, of which
number, 388 are in the township of Long Marston, 6
miles (N. by B.) from Tadcaster. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £24. 3. 9. Sir R. T. Lawley,
Bart, was patron in 1821. The church, dedicated
to All Saints, was erected about 1400. A National
school has been established here, and is partly supported
by a rent-charge of £10, the bequest of Richard
Roundle, and the interest of £150 left by the Rev.
Marmaduke Buck, in 1757 Within the parish is
Marston Moor, the scene of a memorable and most
obstinately disputed battle, fought on July 2, 1644, between
the royalists under Prince Rupert, and the parliamentarians,
commanded by Fairfax, in which fifty
thousand British troops were opposed to each other,
and which ended in the total defeat of the king's
army.