Marston on Dove

Marston on Dove (historically Marston Upon Dove) is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, nine miles (14 km) south west of Derby and two miles (3.2 km) east of Tutbury.

[2] At the time of the Domesday survey, the village and surrounding land were held by the monks from the Priory of Tutbury, "a dependency of the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierresur-Dives in Normandy.

[4] The village lies on the River Dove and is six miles (9.7 km) north west of Burton on Trent, close to the Staffordshire border.

[5] Historically referred to as Marston upon Dove, the village was the largest in the parish which contained Hilton and Hatton.

[14] National Cycle Network route number 549 runs through the village between Hurdlow and Waterhouses.