Marsett is one of three settlements in around Semer Water in Raydale, a small side dale off Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. Marsett is only a hamlet and lies to the south-west of the lake, at a point where a smaller side dale, Bardale, joins Raydale.
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OS grid reference | SD903862 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Leyburn |
Postcode district | DL8 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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The hamlet consists of two farms and ten permanent dwellings, together with a number of holiday cottages.[1] There is also a Methodist chapel, built in 1897.[2]
The name, first recorded in 1283 as Mouressate, is from the Old Norse Maures sætr, meaning 'the shieling of a man named Maurr' (a nickname meaning 'ant').[3]
In 2016, Marsett's red telephone box was scheduled to be demolished, but following a successful campaign where local councillors pointed out that there is no mobile phone reception in the area, it was renovated instead. The phone box has also been earmarked as a possible location for a defibrillator unit.[4]
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