Marthall is a village in the unitary authority of

Cheshire East Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council. Towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Co ...

and the ceremonial county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, England. It is around 3 miles from

Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. Knutsford is south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and 12.5 miles (20 km) south-east of Warrington. The population at the 2011 Census wa ...

. The village is small; it has a village hall, a church and a pub (the Egerton Arms, on the outskirts of the nearby village of

Chelford Chelford is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, near to the junction of the A537 and A535 roads six miles (10 km) west of Macclesfield and six miles south-east of Knutsford, and is part of the Tatton constituency. The civil ...

). In 1976, Marthall

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

was formed in its present state by including the neighbouring village,

Ollerton Ollerton is a town in the Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries. It forms part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton. OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: ...

. Although they still keep their old identities and village boundaries, they come together in a shared parish council and other facilities. As the population measured at the 2011 Census was only minimal, details are included in the civil parish of

Ollerton, Cheshire Ollerton is a village in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is approximately south east of the town of Knutsford, and had a population of 323 in 2001, rising marginally to 329 at the 2011 Census. Lo ...

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Ollerton & Marthall Website

Church Website
Villages in Cheshire Civil parishes in Cheshire {{Cheshire-geo-stub

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