Monument record 15462 - Marton Mere

<1> Leah, MD; Wells, CE; Appleby, C; Huckerby, E, 1997, The Wetlands of Cheshire (North West Wetlands Survey 4) (Monograph). SCH3260.

Marton Mere was listed by the North West Wetlands project, an archaeological and paleoecological study of the varied wetlands of Cheshire, undertaken between 1993-95. It was one of a series of wetlands in the area extending from Wilmslow in the north to Macclesfield in the east and Sandbach and Congleton in the south. Within this region a variety of wetland types are present from small basin mires west of Macclesfield to large mosses such as Danes Moss and Lindow Moss. The wetlands also display a wide variation in their degree of preservation. The group comprises two contrasting landscapes with the majority of wetlands in a region termed the ‘marginal belt’, with a smaller group centred around Bag Mere, on the fringes of the Cheshire Plain. Small meres, frequently surrounded by peat, are a common feature in this part of Cheshire and place-names evidence show they were once more prolific. The majority of the wetlands have developed in depressions and hollows in the surface of the varied glacial deposits. Marton mere, which once covered circa 14 acres, was drained in 1848-9.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol I, p.82 (Book). SCH3228.

<3> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

Potentially the earliest reference of Marton mere is Burdett's map of 1777.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 266/2 Marton 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Two adjacent plot names of "Marton Mere" and "Croft and Marton Mere".