Marston Jabbett

Marston Jabbett
Marston Jabbett Location within Warwickshire
District	Nuneaton and Bedworth
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°29′32.86″N1°26′48.81″W / 52.4924611°N 1.4468917°W / 52.4924611; -1.4468917

Marston Jabbet is a hamlet near Bulkington, Warwickshire, England. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 Marston Jabbett had a population of 93. ^[1]

Location

The hamlet is located about 1 mile northeast of Bulkington and 1.4 miles northeast of the city centre of Bedworth. Nuneaton is 2.4 miles to the north and Coventry is 7 miles to the south. The Ashby Canal passes through the northern part of the area.

History

Marston Jabbet was recorded in the Domesday Book as Merstone, ^[2] having 21 households with 12 villagers, 8 smallholders and 1 female slave. ^[3] William Perkins, Puritan theologian and prolific religious author, was born in Marston Jabbet in 1558. ^[4]

References

1. "History of Marston Jabbett, in Nuneaton and Bedworth and Warwickshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 August 2021.
2. "Warwickshire G-P". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
3. Powell-Smith, Anna. "Marston [Jabbett] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
4. Pastoor, Charles; Johnson, Galen K. (28 September 2009). The A to Z of the Puritans. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810870390.