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Andrew Alston - 17 Aug 2007

The Markland and Martland surnames are pretty much interchangeable. Could you guess which someone was saying? The spelling seemed to remain the same for the duration of the vicar's tenure. In the Bolton area, it stuck as Markland. One of my relatives moved to Ormskirk from there and is thereafter stuck with a T in his name. Markley is only a very slightly different version. Don't you wish that education had been compulsory earlier in history?

A little local knowledge on places:- St Mary the Virgin, Eccleston, despite being the source of the placename, is actually separated by fields from the village which is to its south. It looks today very much as it did to our ancestors. The parish stretched from the boundary with Leyland all the way to the Douglas Chapel close by the river at Parbold - over six miles - taking in the townships of Heskin, Wrightington and Parbold. Quite a few families from Lathom (part of Ormskirk parish) would use Douglas Chapel, and so would travel to Eccleston for marriages. Our ancestors were fitter than we are! (apologies to my Aunt Hilda who is 81 tomorrow, walks MILES and visits the gym twice a week)

Charnock Richard is easy to find on current maps. Charnock Richard services on the M6 are actually at the west end of the township, where it meets Heskin.

Welch Whittle is now treated as part of Charnock Richard. It used to be the area between the A49 and the B5250, but has been bisected by the M6. It is still signposted as the area centred on the Hind's Head at the junction of the A49 and Chorley Lane.

Clenkets Lane is now Clancutt Lane. It is at the north end of Coppull and runs NNW from the B5251 vaguely parallel with the railway. Footpaths from the end lead on to Charnock Richard. In 1861, an engineer living there would probably be working in one of the pits in the Yarrow valley, or at the bleaching and printing mill at Birkacre. This area (my childhood playground) now forms the Yarrow Valley Country Park.

There would be many mills and coal mines where an engineer could be employed. Steam power was the norm.

We are descendants Of James Martland

James Martland married someone unknown. Their child was Joseph Martland who was born about 1821 in Orrell, Lancashire, England and died in 1860 in Chorley, Lancashire, England aged about 39. Another name for Joseph was Joseph Markland. Joseph married Jane Robinson, daughter of John Robinson and someone unknown, on 26 Nov 1839 in Eccleston By Chorley, Lancashire, England. Jane was born about 1819 and died in 1853 in Chorley, Lancashire, England aged about 34.

Children from this marriage

Thomas Martland was born about 1844 in Welsh Whittle, Lancashire, England and was christened on 30 Jun 1844 in St Mary the Virgin, Eccleston, Lancashire, England. Another name for Thomas was Thomas Markland.

Joseph Martland was born about 1846 in Welsh Whittle, Lancashire, England and was christened on 19 Apr 1846 in St Mary the Virgin, Eccleston, Lancashire, England. Another name for Joseph, incorrectly recorded, was James Markland.

Edward Markland was born about 1851 in Channock Road, Lancashire, England.

Henry Markland was born on 25 Apr 1853 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England and died on 29 Mar 1917 in 35 Pilling Lane Chorley, Lancashire, England aged 63.

Mary Martland was born in 1841 in Eccleston By Chorley, Lancashire, England.

James Martland was born about 1842 in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

John Martland was born about 1842 in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Richard Martland was born in Dec 1847 in Chorley, Lancashire, England and was christened on 26 Dec 1847 in Eccleston By Chorley, Lancashire, England.

William Martland was born in Aug 1849 in Chorley, Lancashire, England and was christened on 5 Aug 1849 in Eccleston By Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Joseph next married Elizabeth Booth about 1855. Elizabeth was born about 1813 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England.

The child from this marriage

Robert Markland was born in 1856 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England and was christened on 27 Jul 1856 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Robert married Ann. Ann was born about 1857.

Henry Markland was born on 25 Apr 1853 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England and died on 29 Mar 1917 in 35 Pilling Lane Chorley, Lancashire, England aged 63. Another name for Henry was Henry Markley. Henry married Mary Elizabeth Collinson, daughter of Edward Collinson and Ann Mather, on 25 Oct 1873 in St George's Church, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Mary was born on 31 Jan 1855 in Chorley, Lancashire, England and died before 1901.

Children from this marriage

Jane A Markland was born in 1875 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Jane married Henry Gorton in 1898 in Salford, Lancashire, England.

Mary Markland was born in 1876 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Mary married James Wignall in 1915 in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Sarah Markland was born on 22 Mar 1877 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England, was christened on 29 Apr 1877 in Coppull, Lancashire, England, and died on 5 Nov 1946 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales aged 69. The cause of her death was Senile Dementia. Another name for Sarah was Saire Markland. Sarah married John Edgar Marks, son of William Marks and Mary Ann, on 17 Jul 1897 in Chorley, Lancashire, England. John was born on 15 Jun 1870 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales and was christened on 29 Jun 1870 in Saint John, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.

Margaret Ellen Markland was born in 1879 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England and was christened on 26 Jan 1879 in Coppull, Lancashire, England. Another name for Margaret was Maggie Markland. Margaret married John Bowling in 1903 in Chorley, Lancashire, England. Margaret next married Henry Garner.

Edward Markland was born in 1881 in Chorley, Lancashire, England and died in 1882.

Joseph Markland was born on 27 Nov 1882 in Chorley, Lancashire, England. Joseph married Ada Alice Walmsley, daughter of Richard Walsmley and Elizabeth Ann Allsup, on 23 Jul 1903 in Parish Church Of St George, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Ada was born on 5 Aug 1882 in Spring Bank, Wheelton, Lancashire, England.

Martland Mill HouseAda Alice Markland was born in 1884 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England, died on 20 Jul 1959 in Christchurch, New Zealand aged 75, and was buried on 22 Jul 1959 in Ruru Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand. Ada married Victor Robert Pendreigh, son of James Pendreigh and Unknown, in 1912 in Preston, England. Victor was born in 1889 in Scotland and died in 1923 in York, Toronto, Canada aged 34. Another name for Victor was Victor Penderville.

Lena Markland was born in 1886 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Another name for Lena was Helena Markland. Lena married Jack Odonnell.

Edward Markland was born on 12 May 1890 in Chorley, Lancashire, England and died on 6 Jan 1962 in Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand aged 71. Edward married Esther Willcock, daughter of Charles T Willcock and Esther, on 11 Apr 1911. Esther was born on 10 Oct 1887 in Rainford, Lancashire, England and died on 1 May 1979 in Wellington, New Zealand aged 91.

Lillian Markland was born in 1891 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Lillian married Albert Victor Bergstrom.

Henry Markland next married Margaret Nelson. Margaret was born in 1852 in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England.

Martland Mill House

The above is a reproduction of a drawing made by Mr. Tom Wall in 1904, of the building which is now known as Martland Mill House or 'The Meadows'. A stone slab on one of the walls bears the inscription: M. R.E. 1689 (Markland, Ralph & Elizabeth)

This extract is from 'The beauties of england and wales; Or delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county. Embelished with engravings.' By John Britton FSA, Edward Wedlake Brayley Published 1807. VOL IX: - In the vicinity of Wigan originally stood the ancient family mansion of the Marklands. The estate was appropriately called the Meadows, and on the site of the old dwelling has recently been errected a substabntial farmhouse. From a deed of the 29th of Henry VIII. the Meadows appears to have been a hereditary estate of the Markland family, who were seated in this county as early as the reign of Edward the First.