Fleet Marston

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Fleet Marston
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latitude= 51.841735
longitude= -0.876478
civil_parish= Fleet Marston
population = 39(est. 2001 census) [ [http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk/webview/index.jsp?mode=cube&cube=http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk:80/obj/fCube/JD027C_C1&study=http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk:80/obj/fStudy/JD027C MK Observatory 2001 Census - derived from deducting from combined Waddesdon / Fleet Marston data] ]
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Aylesbury
post_town= AYLESBURY
postcode_district= HP22
postcode_area= HP
dial_code= 01296
os_grid_reference= SP7716

Fleet Marston is a small village and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is to the west of Aylesbury, just off the main A41 that leads to Waddesdon.

The village name 'Marston' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'marsh farm'. The prefix 'Fleet' refers to a stream in the parish, and was added to distinguish the village from nearby North Marston. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as "Mersetune".

The A main line railway, the Great Central and Metropolitan Joint line ran through the parish though this has long since been downgraded to a single, freight only line. All that remains of the village today is a small number of houses and a farm, and the parish church of St Mary the Virgin.

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