Marton, Shropshire

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{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Post office and general store, Marton - geograph.org.uk - 654268.jpg

|static_image_caption = The post office at Marton, Shropshire

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|official_name = Marton

|population =

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|civil_parish = Chirbury with Brompton

|unitary_england = Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region = West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Ludlow

|post_town = WELSHPOOL

|postcode_district = SY21

|postcode_area = SY

|dial_code = 01938

|os_grid_reference = SJ287025

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Marton, also known as Marton-in-Chirbury, is a small village in Shropshire, England, {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Welshpool. There is another Marton in Shropshire, near Baschurch, at OS grid reference SJ443239, which also has a nearby Marton Pool.

Marton forms part of the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, and Marton is a parish ward within that parish, returning 3 councillors.[https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/parish-orders/south-shropshire-parishes-order-1987.pdf South Shropshire Parishes Order 1987] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928062334/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/parish-orders/south-shropshire-parishes-order-1987.pdf |date=2013-09-28 }}

The B4386 road (which runs between Montgomery and Shrewsbury) passes through the village. The border with Powys is close by.Ordnance Survey mapping

There are two public houses in the Marton area: the Lowfield Inn (outside the village towards Shrewsbury) and the Sun Inn (within the village).[http://www.pubsurvey.co.uk/marton.htm Shropshire Pub Survey] Pubs in Marton Opposite the Sun Inn is a convenience store. There is an Anglican church dedicated to St Mark, and a nonconformist chapel built in 1829 as 'Independent' (later known as Congregationalist).[http://www.users.waitrose.com/~coxfamily/marton.htm] Shropshire's Nonconformist Chapels photo gallery By the chapel is the village hall.

Marton Pool is a body of water near the village, which is the source of the Rea Brook. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The village's name derives from mere + ton. The lake is fed mainly by the Lowerfield Brook on the north side. The Rea Brook exits at the east through a sluice, which is in disrepair. At the southwest is a drainage ditch leading from a blocked culvert under a road; this point is about 2m higher than the lake;[https://www.footprint-ecology.co.uk/reports/Underhill-Day%20J.%20-%202016%20-%20Marton%20Pool%20SSSI%20-%20Background%20Paper.pdf Marton Pool: A Consultation, 2016] another ditch flows southwest from the same point; on maps, this gives the false impression of the lake flowing into a tributary of the Aylesford Brook.

Notable clergyman Thomas Bray (1656-1730) was born in Marton {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Dr Thomas Bray |volume= IV | page=220 |short=1}} in a half-timbered house called Bray's Tenement.{{cite book|last=Dickins|first=Gordon|title=An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire|year=1987|publisher=Shropshire Libraries|pages=9, 102|isbn=0-903802-37-6}}