Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARSKE

MARSKE, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the coast, and on the Middlesbrough and Saltburn railway, 4¾ miles NNE of Guisbrongh; is frequented as a watering-place; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office, of the name of Marske-by-the-Sea, under Redcar. The township comprises 2,910 acres of land, and 536 of water. Real property £10,527; of which £1,571 are in iron-works. Pop. in 1851,571; in 1861,1,470. Houses, 279. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of of iron-stone mines.—The parish contains also part of Redcar township. Pop. in 1851,1,430; in 1861,2,314. Houses, 449. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Marske Hall, belongs to the Earl of Zetland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £205. * Patron, the Earl of Zetland. The old church stands near the edge of a cliff, at some distance from the village; was erected in 1821; and is a neat small edifice, with tower and spire. The new church stands on a site more convenient for the increasing population; was erected in 1866, with aid of a free site and at least £2,000 from the Earl of Zetland; and contains 610 sittings, all free. The p. curacy of Redcar is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £6. The father of Capt. Cook, the circumnavigator, was interred in the old burying-ground.—The sub-district contains also Upleatham parish, and parts of two other parishes. Acres, 17,618. Pop., 4,803. Houses, 996.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Marske AP/CP       Marske SubD       Guisborough RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Marske

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