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Marton, Cheshire

Historical Description

Marton, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish formerly in Prestbury parish, Cheshire. The village stands S½ miles N by W of Congleton, and has a post office under Crewe; money order and telegraph office, Congleton. The township comprises 2194 acres; population, 290. The property belongs to the Bromley-Davenport family. Marton Hall was formerly the seat of the Davenport family, and is a black and white half-timbered building, now used as a farmhouse. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £93. The church was built about 1343, consists of nave, chancel, and a turret, with short wooden spire, and is a curious black and white half-timbered structure.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCheshire 
Civil parishPrestbury 
HundredMacclesfield 
Poor Law unionMacclesfield 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Marton from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Marton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.

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