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Description

Marple is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in the South East corner of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. It is close to Derbyshire and is bordered by Hawk Green, High Lane, Marple Bridge, Mellor, Moor End, Strines and Mill Brow. The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... Hawk Green is an outlying area of Marple, centred around a traditional village green, or recreation ground, and close to the hamlet of Turf Lea. ... High Lane is a village in the metropolitan borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, in North West England. ... Marple Bridge is a village beside Marple, close to Stockport, Greater Manchester in England. ... Mellor is a village close to Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England. ... Strines is a village in Greater Manchester, located in the valley of the River Goyt midway between Marple and New Mills and about six miles southeast of Stockport. ...

The area covers just over 11 square miles (28 km²) of attractive countryside, ranging from heavily wooded valleys to hill-top moorland. It rises from around 80 metres above sea level at the River Goyt to 327 metres at Cobden Edge. On a clear day it is possible to view the four counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire and the mountains of North Wales from the top of these hills. The River Goyt is a river in Derbyshire in north west England. ... Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a palatine county in North West England. ... Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ...

The population as of the 2001 Census was 23,480. Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...

The village is served by two railway stations: Marple Station (on the Hope Valley line) and Rose Hill Marple Station. It is also the junction of the Peak Forest Canal and the Macclesfield Canal. The two canals form part of the Cheshire Ring canal system^[1]. Marple Aqueduct can be found a short walk from the village centre. Marple railway station serves Marple, Greater Manchester. ... The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ... Rose Hill Marple railway station is one of two station serving Marple, Greater Manchester, the other being Marple railway station. ... South portal of Hyde Bank Tunnel, early 20th century Greens Hall Bridge near Disley, early 20th century The Peak Forest Canal runs from a junction with the Ashton Canal at the southern end of the Tame Aqueduct at Dukinfield through Newton, Hyde, Woodley, Romiley, Marple, Strines, Disley, New Mills, Furness... Marple Wharf looking towards Marple Junction, 1970s Morriss Change (Roving) Bridge at Congleton, August 1994 The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England. ... Marple Aqueduct, August 1994 Marple Aqueduct, also known as the Grand Aqueduct, carries the lower level of the Peak Forest Canal across the River Goyt at Marple, Greater Manchester, in north-west England. ...

Education

Its secondary school - Marple Hall - sits on the site of the ancestral home of Bradshaw-Isherwood family. There is also Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College (formerly Ridge Danyers College) a local college offering courses to young people and adults. There are 4 primary schools in Marple; All Saints, Peacefield, Rose Hill and The Dale John Bradshaw (1602-October 31, 1659) was one of the judges to preside over the trial and subsequent death sentence of Charles I of England. ...

Marple Athletic JFC, founded in 1985, play their home matches at Marple Hall School and at the nearby Brabyns Park. Like Rose Hill Rovers, MAJFC compete in the Stockport Metro League.

The Rosehill Rovers football team play at the Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College site, competing in the Stockport Metro League. Rosehill Rovers is a football (soccer) club founded 1990. ...

Footbridge over the River Goyt between Marple Bridge and New Mills

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History

Known as Merpille by the early 13th century, probably from the words maere and pyll meaning "a pool or stream near the boundary"^[2].

Entertainment

Since 1932 Marple has had its own cinema, in a building originally designed (in 1878) as a place of worship/refuge. After the building was purchased in 1932 by "The Marple Cinema Company" it became The Regent cinema^[3]. It remains open to this day, as one of the few independent cinemas in the UK.

Marple also hosts the Carver Theatre, originally built as a Boy's Club and gymnasium^[4].

Twin Town

Marple is twinned with the town of Motril on the eastern Costa del Sol in Spain^[5]. Motril is a town next to Mediterranean coast in the province of Granada (Spain). ... The Costa del Sol is a region which comprises the coastal towns and communities in the western part of Málaga province in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. ...

Famous Marple people

• John Bradshaw (1602-1659) President of the court that tried King Charles I.
• Tony Wilson, journalist and record label owner moved to Marple at the age of 5 with his parents^[6].
• Samuel Oldknow, the industrialist who created a huge textile empire and became Britain's leading manufacturer of muslin moved to Marple after serving an apprenticeship in Nottingham. His lime kilns can still be seen in Marple ^[7].
• Edmund Cooper (1926-1982) was a poet and prolific writer of science fiction and detective novels.

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References

1. ↑ "Inland Waterways around Greater Manchester : The Cheshire Ring Canal System", manchester2002-uk.com
2. ↑ "Districts & Townships of the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County", manchester2002-uk.com
3. ↑ "From Tearooms to Terminator - The Regent Cinema", Peter Clarke, marple-uk.com, 1 April 2001
4. ↑ "Hollins Mill - Disappeared without trace", Peter Clarke, marple-uk.com, 1 December 2000
5. ↑ "Toasting their Spanish twins", Stockport Express, 12 November 2003
6. ↑ "Anthony H Wilson : Excerpts from the Interview with Eyewitness in Manchester 30 April", Eyewitness, 30 April 1998
7. ↑ "The Lime Kilns", Mark Whittaker, marple-uk.com, 1 July 2002

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External links

• Marple UK
• Marple Bridge Association
• "Your Stockport" site for Marple
• Roman Lakes in Marple - Leisure site
• Recollections of life in Marple during World War II
• All Saints Parish Church, Marple
• Marple Methodist Chuch
• The Ridge Methodist Church
• Carver Theatre
• Regent Cinema
• Cheadle and Marple Football League