The Marland Family

History in print

From James Butterworth, History of the Town and Parish of Ashton under Lyne and Village of Dukinfield (1823)

p.104 Hamlet of Hartshead

Brown Edge, from whence a sand is obtained of superior quality and whiteness. There is a small farm which lies on the border of this uncultivated edge, occupied by Mr George Marland, whose family have long been dealers in the article of sand.

p.106 Hamlet of Hartshead

Twirl Hill or Twarl Hill is situated on the left, on an ancient part of the building are the initials I.M.E. with the date 1723. It is occupied by Mr Obadiah Marland, who according to his own account, he has struck out some original ideas in mechanism. [sic]

p111 Hamlet of Hyrst, or Hurst

Cocks of the Oaks and Broadoak, contains forty-four acres under the assessment of 1618; they appear to have belonged to Thomas Cock and Roger Marland

pp131 et seqq Custom-roll and Rental of the Manor of Ashton-under-Lyne 1 Henry 6 (1422)
Contains no marlands or merlands
[However "uxr johis de merler" has a seat in the 3rd form on the north at the nether end of the Kirk, according to the transcript of the same document in Chetham Soc v.74 p.115]

p155 Copy of Assessment 15 James 1 (1618) for the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne
 

Hartshead			acres	£sd
	Miles Marland		4	½d
	John Marland		13	2d
		more in common	½
Hurste/Hirst/Hurst
	Roger Marland		60	2½d
		more for the Park		4d
	Miles Marland		1¼	½d
	William Marland		21	3d
		more in new ground
	John Marland			1½d