Miss Marple Morton adapted the novel for the stage, he replaced the character of Caroline with a young girl. This change saddened Christie and she determined to give old maids a voice: Miss Marple was born. Christie may have taken the name from Marple railway station, through which she passed, or from Marple Hall, near her sister Madge's home at Abney Hall. The character of Jane Marple in the first Miss Marple book, "The Murder at the Vicarage", is markedly different from how she appears in later books. This early version of Miss Marple is a gleeful gossip and not an especially
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.