Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARBURY

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nantwich RegD/PLU       Cheshire AncC
Place: Marbury

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