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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MARPLE, a village, a township-chapelry, and a subdistrict, in Stockport district, Cheshire. The village stands on the Peak Forest and Macclesfield canal, and on the Manchester, Hyde, and New Mills railway, near the river Goyt at the boundary with Derbyshire, 4 miles SE by E of Stockport; and has a station on the railwa y, and a post office‡ under Stockport.—The chapelry is in Stockport parish, and comprises 3,210 acres. Real property, £11,808. Pop. in 1851,3,558; in 1861,3,338. Houses, 684. Marple Hall and much of the land belong to T. Bradshaw Isherwood, Esq., a descendant of the brother of John Bradshaw, who presided at the trial of Charles I., and was a native. The cotton ma nufacture is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rector of Stockport. The church was rebuilt in 1812; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel; and contains a monument to Oldnow, who planned the canal. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £15. The Independent chapel was built in 1865.—The sub-district contains also two other townships of Stockport parish, and an extraparochial tract. Acres, 6,230. Pop., 5,128. Houses, 1,059.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township-chapelry, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stockport RegD/PLU Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Marple |
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