Miss Marple at an Italian finishing school with Americans Ruth Van Rydock and Caroline "Carrie" Louise Serrocold. While Miss Marple is described as 'an old lady' in many of the stories, her age is mentioned in "At Bertram's Hotel", where it is said she visited the hotel when she was fourteen and almost sixty years have passed since then. Excluding "Sleeping Murder", 41 years passed between the first and last-written novels, and many characters grow and age. An example would be the Vicar's nephew: in "The Murder at the Vicarage", the Reverend Clement's nephew Dennis is a teenager; in "The Mirror Crack'd
Marple, Greater Manchester Slazenger North East Cheshire League and mixed teams in the East Cheshire Winter League. There is a junior section and extensive coaching programme. Marple Golf Club, founded in 1892, is located in Hawk Green, Marple. It is an 18-hole private members' course. Marple, Greater Manchester Marple is a small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Goyt southeast of Manchester, north of Macclesfield and southeast of Stockport. In 2011, it had a population of 23,686. Historically in Cheshire, the town lies along the Peak Forest Canal, containing the Marple Lock Flight and Marple Aqueduct.