The suburbs takes its name from Samuel Marsden (1764-1838), a Church of England priest and landowner in the area.[2]

The suburb includes a caravan park, a golf driving range, a Hamrun Maltese Club and a chicken farm. The suburb is currently being developed with new residential and commercial areas. Sydney Business Park is a new commercial precinct in the suburb, adjacent to the Westlink M7 Motorway.[4] The site includes an IKEA store, Costco warehouse with Costco Fuel Station,[5] Bunnings Warehouse, a Woolies and Aldi supermarket, a Lindt Factory Outlet, a Dulux paint store, a Home Hub centre, a Home Consortium centre with Rebel Sport, Bing Lee. Commercial businesses include a Toll Group and Linfox logistics centre and a Swire Cold Storage. There is also a Shell petrol station with a Coles Express and a 7/11 convenience store here. It formerly had Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us. [6]

Local cafes and fast-food restaurants: 24-hour McDonald's, Domino's, KFC, Boost Juice, Zambrero, The Barista Shed, Choice Sushi, Paradise Charcoal Chicken, Pizzahut, Oporto & Starbucks at 7/11 .  (Wikipedia)