In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marton like this:
MARTON, a chapelry in Chirbury parish, Salop; adjacent to the boundary with Wales, 3 miles E of Offa's dyke, 4½ EN E of Forden r. station, and 6 NE of Montgomery. Post town, Chirbury, Salop. Pop., 328. Houses, 72. The chapelry was constituted in 1859. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £45.* Patron, the Vicar of Chirbury.
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Marton through time
Marton is now part of South Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marton in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24091
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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