MARBURY, a parish in the hundred of NANTWICH,
county palatine of CHESTER, containing, with the townships
of Marbury with Quoisley, and Norbury, 833 inhabitants,
of which number, 395 are in the township
of Marbury with Quoisley, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from
Whitchurch. The living is a perpetual curacy, with the
rectory of Whitchurch, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Chester. The church, an ancient structure, has an
elegant chancel, rebuilt by the late Earl of Bridgewater.
A branch of the Chester canal passes through the parish,
A school-house was erected in 1688, by subscription
among the inhabitants. Courts are held annually for
the manors of Marbury and Norbury, at -which constables
are appointed.