Marown

Marown
  • Manx: Skeerey Varooney
Parish of Marown, Isle of Man
Population2,246 [1]
OS grid referenceSC3265278833
SheadingMiddle
Crown dependencyIsle of Man
Post townISLE OF MAN
Postcode districtIM4
House of KeysMiddle
List of places
Isle of Man
54°11′N 4°34′W / 54.183°N 4.567°W / 54.183; -4.567

Marown (/məˈraʊn/ mə-ROWN, rhymes with "gown"; Manx: Marooney) is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. It is the only landlocked parish on the Island.

It is located in the centre of the island, in the sheading of Middle, though historically, from 1796 until 1986, it was in the sheading of Glenfaba.[2][3]

Settlements in the parish include Braaid, Crosby and Glen Vine.

  1. ^ "2016 Isle of Man Census Report" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Common Law Courts Act 1796 (AN ACT for the better Regulation of the Court of Common Law.)" (PDF). Isle of Man Government On-line Legislation. Isle of Man Government. 1796. p. 5. Retrieved 9 April 2019. Island divided into Districts, etc
  3. ^ Broderick, George (2000). Placenames of the Isle of Man. Vol. Five. Sheading of Middle (Kirk Braddan, Kirk Marown, and Kirk Santan). Tübingen: Niemeyer. p. xli. ISBN 3484401338.