Marple, Cheshire Genealogy

England Cheshire  Marple

Parish History
Known as Merpille by the early 13th century, probably from the words maere and pyll meaning "a pool or stream near the boundary"

Historically part of Cheshire,Marple is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Goyt southeast of Stockport.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration Districts

 * Stockport (1837–1937)
 * North East Cheshire (1937–74)
 * Stockport (post 1974)

registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Stockport St Mary was the Ancient parish for Marple.

Marple All Saints was a chapelry of Stockport and then became an ecclesiastical parish.

High Lane St Thomas

Low Marple St Martin

Non-Conformist Churches
Marple Bridge, St. Mary (Roman Catholic), Hollins Lane. Founded 1859, rebuilt in 1945. Marple, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Founded 1803, rebuilt in 1876. Registers 1804–1840 are at the Cheshire Record Office. Marple, Methodist Church (Primitive), Market Street. Founded 1832, rebuilt in 1876. Registers of baptisms 1832–1862 are at Manchester Central Library. Marple, Methodist Church (Primitive). Built in 1892, rebuilt in 1869. Marple Bridge, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Founded 1662 at Mill Brow.

Church records, 1761-1837 Births, baptisms and burials, 1761-1837. Marple Bridge United Reformed Church was formerly Mill Brow Independent, Congregational, then United Reformed. RG-4 series nos. 943 and 505.

Microfilms of registers 1761–1840 are at the Cheshire Record Office and Derbyshire Record Office, with some later records other than registers at Derbyshire Record Office.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions

 * | Stockport

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain