The Parish of Long Marston includes the villages of Angram, Hutton Wandesley and Long Marston and is located in the Deanery of New Ainsty. The villages of Long Marston and Hutton Wandesley are mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
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Battle of Marston Moor was fought just west of the village. During the English Civil War the Battle of Marston Moor took place near to the village on the 4th July 1644. This was the largest battle ever fought on British soil and is considered by some historians to be the second most decisive battle of that War. There is a monument to the battle on the
Tockwith Road to the north of the village and each year the Sealed Knot holds a service of commemoration at the site of the battle.
All Saints’ Church in Long Marston dates from 1180 with much of its fabric remaining including the main doorway credited to the Norman period, a late Norman Arcade to the North Aisle and original windows. The West Tower, which dates from the 15th Century, contains three bells. Major changes undertaken by the Victorians in 1869 include the East Window, entitled ‘Resurrection’, which is the work of Hardman. The Transept was re-ordered in 2005 to create a multi-functional room that can be used for meetings, display facilities and education resources together with a disabled toilet and small kitchen area. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the Church as a ‘significant building’.
The cache is a micro cache and located along the Angram Road (B1224) and can be found between the two villages of Long Marston and Hutton Wandesley. Please bring something to sign the log with and replace cache carefully back where found. There is parking available on side of road close to the cache, however it is worth taking some time to visit the church and the monument. if you have time also.
More information on the village can be found at www.longmarston.com