Two strands meet - a few days ago, John Baylis told us about the grave of William George Stretton that he had found in Australia . According to the 1851 census, William was living with his family at 107 Wood Lane, Aston. His father was Thomas Stretton, a chemist, was born in Yardley, Worcester in about 1801. Small world. SUE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter R Thompson" <peter@collybs.com> To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [WAR] This week's villages-The Marstons - Marston Green > As the On-Line parish clerk for Bickenhill I would like to clear up some > confusion about Marston Green (part of Bickenhill Parish & Job Marston > (part > of Yardley Parish). > > Marston Green never has been part of Yardley parish and is historically > part > of Bickenhill Parish. Job Marston was the name of a chapel in Yardley > named > after its benefactor. This chapel later became Hall Green Parish Church.. > > Marston Culy & Wavers Marston were the two manors that formed Marston > Green, > both were part of Bickenhill Parish > (at least from medieval times) and have never been part of Yardley. (see > "Discovering Bickenhill" by Skipp & Hastings) - Parts of what became > Marston Green were in Sheldon & Coleshill parishes. Marston Green became > an > ecclesiastical parish in 1928. > > > Lewis 1838 directory describes the two Marstons as follows > > MARSTON, a quarter in the parish of CHURCH BICKENHILL, > Solihull division of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, > county of WARWICK, miles (S. S. W.) > from Coleshill. The population is returned with the > parish. > > MARSTON, a chapelry in the parish of YARDLEY, > lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, though > locally in the upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, > county of WORCESTER, 4| miles (S. E.) from > Birmingham. The population is returned with the > parish. The living is a donative. The chapel was > erected in 1704, by Job Marston, Esq. > > The BMSGH give the following as the origin of Hall Green > > HALL GREEN - The Ascension > (also known as Job Marston Chapel and also Hall Green Parish Church) > Fox Hollies Road/School Road (O.S. GR SP1081) > Daughter Parish of Yardley 1907 > Built 1703 > Parts of parish assigned to St Mary's Acocks Green and to St John > Sparkhill > 1907 > Neighbouring parishes > Castle Bromwich, Sheldon, Yardley, Bordesley, Aston > Gazetteer/Directory entries > Hall Green, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., G.W.R., in Birmingham, 4 m S.E. of > Snow Hill station; P.O.; dist., pop. 3459. [Bartholomew 1943] > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message