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Marden is a village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire.

Marden village is approximately 7 miles (11 km) due north of the city of Hereford, and is contiguous with the hamlets of Walker's Green and Paradise Green. The parish also includes the hamlet of Burmarsh to the south of the village. According to the historian Michael Lapidge, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia was murdered in the village in 794 on the order of Offa of Mercia. [1]

The parish church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, has been designated a Grade I listed building since 26 January 1967. [2] The earliest part of the present building dates back to the 13th century, but the church has its origins in the 8th century . [3] [4] It is situated on the banks of the River Lugg. [5]

The Marches Way long-distance footpath passes through the village and, heading south, then crosses Sutton Walls Hill Fort. [6]

In 2009 a company growing, packing, importing and exporting soft fruit and asparagus was based in the village, and employed more than 2,400 people, predominantly Romanians and Bulgarians, to work on its farms in Herefordshire and Kent. [7]

The cattle breeder, Richard de Quincey, lived in Marden from 1922 until his death in 1965. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Lapidge, Michael (1993). Anglo-Latin Literature 900–1066. London, UK: The Hambledon Press. p. 401 n. 67. ISBN   978-1-85285-012-8.
  2. ↑ "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Marden - 1302203 | Historic England".
  3. ↑ "St Mary the Virgin, Marden | Visit Herefordshire Churches".
  4. ↑ "Marden Parish Church | Marden Links".
  5. ↑ "Marden: St Mary the Virgin".
  6. ↑ Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Maps) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN   978-0-319-22953-8
  7. ↑ Taylor, Jerome (9 July 2009). "Revealed: Scandal of Britain's fruit-farm workers". The Independent . Retrieved 14 March 2016. Registration required.
  8. ↑ "Mr R. S. de Q. Quincey". The Times. No. 56517. London. 31 December 1965. p. 12.

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