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Marston Trussell is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Marston Trussell was first recorded as 'Mersitone', meaning marsh settlement. At the time of the 2011 census, its population was 163 people.

The manor house in the village, Marston Trussell Hall, dates from circa 1606 and is an Elizabethan-style mansion with fine wood panelling interiors in the drawing room; in later years the existing house was dwarfed by a Victorian extension which no longer exists. A priesthole was discovered in the mid-1950s. The 12-acre (49,000 m2) grounds of the hall have gardens and a newly added sunken Italian garden. Also of note are the 10 Wellingtonia trees. Rumour has it that when planted in the late 19th century, the village idiot was employed to bang a drum all day to keep birds off the branches to ensure they grew tall and true.

A Richard Trussell was lord of the manor in 1233. The Trussells of Marston died out in the 14th century and the hall was eventually re-established as the seat of the Barwell-Ewins Bennett family. There is a hatchment in the parish church of Henry Barwell who died in 1763.

Local Folklore states that King Charles 1 hid in the Hall grounds when retreating defeated from The Battle of Naseby (1645). (This is folklore as King Charles seems to have hidden up every oak tree, hence the popular pub name, The Royal Oak.) The River Welland was in flood at this time which led to a massacre of retreating Royalists who were trapped between the river and the church; this area is known locally as Slaughterford field.

The late 17th century wrought-iron carriage gates of Marston Trussell Hall were originally made for the house of Erasmus Norwich at Brampton Ash. They were moved to the entrance of the hall in the mid-1700s. Some of the original wrought-iron railings are still used to partition fields at the hall. However, during the First World War, like many country houses, a lot of the wrought-iron was removed and used in the war effort for the manufacture of arms and munitions.

Nowadays the village comprises around 60 houses, including the village hall and St Nicholas Church.

The village has a 3-acre (12,000 m2) lake, two minutes walk to the west, which primarily stocksroach, perch and pike.

Alongside the lake resides the cricket pitch. The cricket team was started in the mid-1980s, predominantly playing friendlies on a Sunday.