St. Mary Mead St. Mary Mead St. Mary Mead was the fictional village created by popular crime fiction author Dame Agatha Christie. The quaint, sleepy village was home to the renowned detective spinster Miss Marple. However, Christie first described a village of that name prior to Marple's introduction, in the 1928 Hercule Poirot novel "The Mystery of the Blue Train". In that novel, St. Mary Mead is home to the book's protagonist Katherine Grey. The village was first mentioned in a Miss Marple book in 1930, when it was the setting for the first Marple novel, "The Murder at the Vicarage". Miss Marple's
Marple North (Stockport electoral ward) Marple South,and Offerton it constitutes the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Marple North electoral ward is represented in Westminster by William Wragg MP for Hazel Grove. The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors: Marple North (Stockport electoral ward) Marple North is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth. It covers the northern part of Marple and has two rail stations, both Marple Station and Rose Hill Marple. The ward