Marown
{{short description|Parish on the Isle of Man}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|crown_dependency = Isle of Man
|official_name = Marown
|manx_name = Skeerey Varooney
|coordinates = {{coord|54|11|N|4|34|W|type:adm3rd_region:IM|display=inline,title}}
|population = 2,246
|population_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1355784/2016-isle-of-man-census-report.pdf|title=2016 Isle of Man Census Report|website=Gov.im|access-date=19 July 2019}}
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|constituency_manx_parliament = Middle
|post_town = ISLE OF MAN
|postcode_district = IM4
|postcode_area = IM
|map_type = nomap
|os_grid_reference = SC3265278833
|douglas_distance =
|static_image_name = Parish-Marown.svg
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|static_image_caption = Parish of Marown, Isle of Man
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Marown ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|r|aʊ|n}} {{respell|mə|ROWN}}, rhymes with "gown"; {{langx|gv|Marooney}}) is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. It is the only landlocked parish on the Island.
It is located in the centre of the island, in the sheading of Middle, though historically, from 1796 until 1986, it was in the sheading of Glenfaba.{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.im/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1796/1796-0001/CommonLawCourtsAct1796_1.pdf |title=Common Law Courts Act 1796 (AN ACT for the better Regulation of the Court of Common Law.) |author= |date=1796 |website=Isle of Man Government On-line Legislation |publisher=Isle of Man Government |access-date=9 April 2019 |page=5 |quote="Island divided into Districts, etc"}}{{cite book |last=Broderick |first=George |date=2000 |title=Placenames of the Isle of Man |volume=Five. Sheading of Middle (Kirk Braddan, Kirk Marown, and Kirk Santan) |location=Tübingen |publisher=Niemeyer |page=xli |isbn=3484401338 |author-link=George Broderick }}
Settlements in the parish include Braaid, Crosby and Glen Vine.
Local government
For the purposes of local government, the whole of the historic parish forms a single parish district with Commissioners.{{cite web |url=http://www.marown.im/ |title=Marown Parish Commissioners |author= |access-date=10 April 2019}}
Although Marown lies east of the watershed and is currently in the sheading of Middle, it is also grouped for various local government purposes with the west of the island: it falls under the aegis of the Peel and Western District Housing Committee, Western Traffic Management Group, Western Neighbourhood Policing etc.{{Cite web|url=http://www.marown.im/marown_commissioners|title=Marown.im}}
The Captain of the Parish (since 2001) is Charles Fargher MBE.{{cite web |url=https://www.culturevannin.im/parishcaptains/captains.html |title=Captains of the Parishes |author= |publisher=Culture Vannin |access-date=10 April 2019}} Still the same in June 2025.
Politics
Marown parish is part of the Middle constituency, which elects two Members to the House of Keys. Before 1986 it was in the Glenfaba constituency.
Geography
Marown has an area of about {{Convert|9|sqmi|sqkm|sigfig=2}} and is the only landlocked parish on the island. The River Dhoo flows through the parish.
Churches, education, historic buildings
The Church of England parish church is St Runius church in Glen Vine. The old St Runius Church is in Crosby.
{{cite web
| title = Marown parish
| publisher = isle-of-man.com
| year = 2000
| url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/parishes/mn/marown.htm
| access-date = 2008-10-28
{{cite web
| title = St Runius Church
| publisher = Isle of Man Guide
| url = http://www.iomguide.com/historical-sites/st-runius-church.php
| access-date = 2008-10-28
}} and St Luke's church. Crosby has a Methodist chapel.
{{cite web
| title = Crosby Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1833
| publisher = isle-of-man.com
| year = 2001
| url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/methdism/chapels/crosby.htm
| access-date = 2008-10-28
}}
The parish primary school, Marown Primary School, was built in the 1980s, and is located in Glen Vine. The school was expanded in 2001.
{{cite web
|title = Marown Primary School
|publisher = Isle of Man Schools
|url = http://www.sch.im/pml/Isle_of_Man_PML_service/Home.html
|access-date = 2008-10-28
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100110200426/http://www.sch.im/pml/Isle_of_Man_PML_Service/Home.html
|archive-date = 2010-01-10
}}
Marown Language Centre ({{langx|gv|Yn Ynnyd Çhengey}}), a foreign language teaching facility and training centre for teachers on the island, is located in Crosby, close to the Old St Runius Church (dedicated to St Runius or Rónán).
{{cite web
|title=Isle of Man Primary Modern Languages Service
|publisher=Isle of Man Schools
|url=http://www.sch.im/marown/Site/Marown_School_home_page.html
|access-date=2008-10-28
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927021526/http://www.sch.im/marown/Site/Marown_School_home_page.html
|archive-date=2008-09-27
}} The name of the parish is derived from this saint (cf Malew).
Historic homes in the parish include Ellerslie Manor, Ballacotch Manor and Ballavagher House.
Roads and footpaths
The Millennium Way long distance footpath runs through the parish,
{{cite web
| title = Millennium Way
| publisher = Isle of Man Guide
| url = http://www.iomguide.com/millenniumwaytrail.php
| access-date = 2008-10-28
}} as does the Heritage Trail, which follows the old Peel to Douglas railway line.
{{cite web
| title = Heritage Trail
| publisher = Isle of Man Guide
| url = http://www.iomguide.com/heritagetrail.php
| access-date = 2008-10-28
}} The Snaefell Mountain Course also runs through the parish.
Demographics
Sport
Marown A.F.C. is a football club who compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They play their home games at the Memorial Playing Fields in Crosby. The village also has the Crosby Cricket Club who play on the same site. They were founded in 1946 and are members of the Isle of Man Cricket Association.
{{cite web
|title=A Brief History of the Club
|publisher=Crosby Cricket Club
|url=http://www.crosbycc.com/clubhistory.htm
|access-date=2008-10-28
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708190207/http://www.crosbycc.com/clubhistory.htm
|archive-date=2008-07-08
}} The parish also has Marown Badminton Club based in Glen Vine, who are members of the Isle of Man Badminton Association,{{cite web
| title = clubs in glen vine
| publisher = Isle of Man Badminton Association
| url = http://www.iombadminton.com/glen_vine.htm
| access-date = 2008-10-28
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080706134321/http://www.iombadminton.com/glen_vine.htm
| archive-date = 6 July 2008
| url-status = dead
References
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External links
- [http://www.marown.im Marown Parish Commissioners]
- [http://www.marownchurch.com Marown Church]
- [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/parishes/mn/ Manxnotebook - Marown]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081031033703/http://www.braddan.gov.im/upload/map%20of%20local%20districts%20and%20parishes.pdf Isle of Man Building Control Districts showing parish boundaries]
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