Marple, Cheshire Genealogy

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.

Church Records
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, Cheshire

Low Marple St Martin,Cheshire

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.

Poor Law Unions

 * Stockport    http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Stockport/Stockport.shtml

Registration Districts

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

registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

Probate Jurisdictions
Cheshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes L-R

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851