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Long Marston
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A brief note about the area
The ghost of a murder victim |
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Long Marston, with its population of 509 residents, is a typical Chilterns village being centred on a cross-roads. The village contains a mediaeval church but all that now remains is the west tower hidden amongst trees. The current church, built in the nineteenth century, was constructed without a tower, possibly because one already existed locally. The new church contains features of the old with a fifteenth century screen and seventeenth century pulpit.
On April 22nd 1751 Ruth Osborne and her husband were brutally murdered after Ruth was accused of being a witch (see the Gubblecote entry for the full story).
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