In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marbury like this:
MARBURY, a village, a township, and a parish, in Nantwich district, Cheshire. The village stands adjacent to the Ellesmere canal, 1 mile NW of the Crewe, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury railway, 1¼ N of the boundary with Salop, 3 NW of Wrenbury r. station, and 3¼ NNE of Whitchurch; occupies a charming site, engirt with lakelets, aggregately covering 32 acres; presents a pleasing appearance of quaint, clean, white buildings, picked out with black; commands picturesque views in all directions; and is noted for salubrity.-The township bears the name of Marbury-with-Quoisley, and comprises 2,105 acres. ...
Real property, £3,389. Pop., 387. Houses, 85.—The parish contains also the township of Norbury, and comprises 3,638 acres. Post town, Whitchurch. Real property, £5,607. Pop., 779. Houses, 169. The property is divided among a few. Marbury manor belonged to the Breretons; passed to the Tattons and others; and, with Marbury Hall, belongs now toH. Poole, Esq. Norbury manor belongs to the Marquis of Cholmondeley. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Whitchurch, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is later English, with a chancel of 1824; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a fine tower; and has a memorial E window to Capt. W. Poole, who fell in the attack on the Redan at Sebastopol. There are a Wesleyan chapel in Norbury, an endowed school with £18 a year in Marbury, and charities £27.
Marbury through time
Marbury is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district. Click here for graphs and data of how Crewe and Nantwich has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marbury, in Crewe and Nantwich and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2124
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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