| 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 |
| Coordinates: | 52.616°N -3.055°W |
| Official Name: | Marton |
| 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 |
Marton, also known as Marton-in-Chirbury, is a small village in Shropshire, England, 8km (05miles) 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.[1]
The B4386 road (which runs between Montgomery and Shrewsbury) passes through the village. The border with Powys is close by.[2]
There are two public houses in the Marton area: the Lowfield Inn (outside the village towards Shrewsbury) and the Sun Inn (within the village).[3] 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).[4] 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.[2] 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;[5] 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 [6] in a half-timbered house called Bray's Tenement.[7]