In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marthall like this:
MARTHALL, a township in Rostherne parish, and a chapelry partly also in Knutsford parish, Cheshire. The township lies 1 mile WNW of Chelford r. station, and 3½ SE by E of Knntsford. Acres, 1,733. Real property, £2,500. Pop., 253. Houses, 44. The chapelry was constituted in 1840, and is called Marthall-cum-Little Warford. ...
Post town, Knutsford. Pop., 525. Houses, 100. Ollerton Hall was built in 1728, and is the seat of R. K. M 'Gildowny, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £60.* Patron, Lord Egerton. The church is a plain brick bnilding. There are an endowed school, and charities £4.
Marthall through time
Marthall is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marthall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marthall, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3635
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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