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3 unusual facts about Marston Bigot


Eleanor Vere Boyle

In 1845 she married Richard Cavendish Boyle (1812–86), a younger son of the 8th Earl of Cork; R. C. Boyle served as the rector of Marston Bigot in Somerset (1836–75) and later as Queen Victoria's chaplain.

Marston Bigot

The small stone church, dedicated to St Leonard, was built on the site of an older one and was opened to the public in 1789.

Marston House and its grounds were used by the US Army during World War II, and were finally rescued from dereliction in 1984 by John and Angela Yeoman of Foster Yeoman Ltd, and used as the company headquarters.



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