Marton

Other current and historical names

Meretone

Parish/Community: Marton
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°12'41"N 2°13'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 385149, 368306
OS Grid: SJ851683
Mapcode Local: GBR 11R.NKZ
Mapcode Global: WHBBT.TJ6S

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Marton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Marton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Marton, township and vil., Prestbury par., Cheshire, 3½ miles N. of Congleton, 2194 ac., pop. 308; P.O.

Marton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hamestan hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric of Lawton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Woodland: 20 perches
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric of Lawton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Norman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Norman
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Woodland: 20 perches

British Place Names

Marton, Cheshire East

Marton is a village in Cheshire East

Marton in historic gazetteers

Marton in the Domesday Book