Marton

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Marton is a village in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Mertune

Parish/Community: Chirbury with Brompton
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'53"N 3°3'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 328661, 302421
OS Grid: SJ286024
Mapcode Local: GBR B4.86J6
Mapcode Global: WH8C2.1JGP

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, eccl. dist., Chirbury par., Shropshire, pop. 281; Marton Hall, seat, near Marton Pool, is 4 miles NE. of Chirbury.

Marton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wittery hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of St Chad Shrewsbury
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Shrewsbury St Chad
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward son of Almund (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 riders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Woodland: 50 pigs

British Place Names

Marton, Shropshire

Marton is a village in Shropshire

Marton in historic gazetteers

Marton in the Domesday Book