Marston Moretaine
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Marston Moretaine is a large village and civil parish located on the A421 between Bedford
and Milton Keynes
. It has a population of 3,684, and is served by Millbrook
railway station, which is about a mile away, on the Marston Vale Line
.
On the outskirts of the village sits the Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park in the heart of the Forest of Marston Vale
. The village now has several shops, one public house, a doctor's surgery, an Indian restaurant and two Lower schools, across the main village and the adjoining hamlets of Upper Shelton
, Lower Shelton
and Wood End.
Sir Thomas Snagge
lived in the village in the 16th century. He owned the manor of Marston Moretaine.
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
and Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
. It has a population of 3,684, and is served by Millbrook
Millbrook, Bedfordshire
Millbrook is a small village and civil parish near Bedford. It has a population of 130. Millbrook railway station, on the Marston Vale Line is about two miles from the village....
railway station, which is about a mile away, on the Marston Vale Line
Marston Vale Line
The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford in England. It is one of two surviving passenger-carrying sections of the "Varsity Line" between Oxford and Cambridge....
.
On the outskirts of the village sits the Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park in the heart of the Forest of Marston Vale
Forest of Marston Vale
The Forest of Marston Vale is an evolving community forest in Marston Vale, which runs south west from the towns of Bedford and Kempston in Bedfordshire, England towards the M1 motorway. It is operated by a registered charity called the Marston Vale Trust....
. The village now has several shops, one public house, a doctor's surgery, an Indian restaurant and two Lower schools, across the main village and the adjoining hamlets of Upper Shelton
Upper Shelton
Upper Shelton is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.Upper Shelton contains a pub called "The Exhibition"...
, Lower Shelton
Lower Shelton
For other settlements with the name Shelton in Bedfordshire, see Shelton, BedfordshireLower Shelton is a village in Bedfordshire county of England, In the parish of Marston Moreteyne....
and Wood End.
Sir Thomas Snagge
Thomas Snagge
Sir Thomas Snagge was an M.P., lawyer and wealthy landowner who served as Speaker of the English House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland and as the Queen's Sergeant.-Life:...
lived in the village in the 16th century. He owned the manor of Marston Moretaine.