The Village of Marton lies on the A34 just south of Capesthorne Hall. The Village is well-known for it's timber-framed church and the Marton Oak. Such a small village with so much charcater.

The Church of St. James and St. Paul is the oldest timber-framed church in Europe. Founded in 1343 by Sir John de Davenport, it is an exquisite example of the black and white style of architecture.

>> The Church at Marton

Inside the church are two defaced effigies thought to be of Sir John and his son Vivian. The sinister Davenport Crest is found under the head of each (a felon's head with a rope around the neck). Marton had been another home to the Davenports.

>> The Marton Oak

The Marton Oak Tree is believed to be about 1,244 years old. The famous sessile oak at Marton, near Macclesfield, is thought to have the thickest trunk of any tree in England, formerly one huge hollow trunk, it is now four separate parts which together have a girth of 13.4 metres.

The Fifty Great British Trees have been singled out by conservation charity the Tree Council as a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II — as a special way to mark the Golden Jubilee. From the oldest and the rarest to some of the most historically or culturally famous they highlight the fundamental importance of trees to the national heritage and form a link between past and present.


  Click here to read an interesting article by Austin Farrel at the Ancient Tree Forum.



  Click Here for a Picture Gallery of the Village of Marton and it's Church.