Marple, Greater Manchester, England
Marple Wharf
Marple Hall
Marple Hall was located close to where Marple Hall School now stands, though very little remains of it other than the foundations on the corner of Marple Hall Drive. The hall was the ancestral home of the Bradshaws and passed to the Isherwoods. It was demolished in 1959 after it was offered to the council in 1954 by the writer Christopher Isherwood, who had inherited it. A memorial stone marks the spot where the house once stood.
According to Coxe, the ghost of King Charles II was seen here.
Marple Hall Drive,
Marple,
Stockport,
SK6 6JN.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D Hippisley Coxe.
River Goyt
The River Goyt runs through Marple and is reputedly haunted by the apparition of a woman. Local lore suggests that it is the daughter of Henry Bradshaw, murdered for being from a Roundhead family and falling in love with a Cavalier.
However, according to Coxe, others suggest that this is a water spirit and therefore of much older origin.
Unconfirmed
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D Hippisley Coxe.
Location
Visitor Information
Marple is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.
It lies on the River Goyt 9 miles southeast of Manchester, 9 miles north of Macclesfield and 4 miles southeast of Stockport.
Pictured left is Marple Wharf courtesy of Alan Murray-Rust. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
