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Photograph of Change of Use Notice for Orlando House to 7 Residential apartments. dated 6th May 2014. Downloaded Gasgoigne Halman estate agents details for sale of Orlando House : £385.000 Two Colour photocopied pictures of George Hotel and grounds…

Two colour advertisments for Gartside & Company making CEPEA Shirting and Pyjama Fabrics at Compstall Mill. Date unknown.
1. How the mill workers defended the Mill from Luddites in 1827.
2. Description of Lily Wheel in 1838 and water turbine.

Various information on Compstall and Edwards family:1. Typed information from Manchester Mercury 1794, 1798, 1799 : Compstall Estate for Sale.2. Typed information taken from Stockport Advertiser 1848 re sale on 7 March 1848 of estates owned in…

Four page typed draft document (possibly written as a chapter by Mrs Taylor ) giving history of Andrews family, their building and development of Compstall Mill, installation of the 'Lily Wheel' and construction of the model village, the church and…

Material on ( Green Hill ) later Compstall Hall :1. Typed document listing owners / residents with dates for Compstall Hall from 1824 to 1982 2. Photocopied extract from Stockport Ancient & Modern on Compstall. Page 215 Volume 2, Higginbotham.…

Two page letter to Marple Local History Society from GKA Limited requesting local organisations to join in a consultation on the regeneration of the estate by their clients Ask Property Developments.letter gives dates of the public…

Two draft typed copies of a lecture on the history of the Andrews family, Compstall and Compstall Mill given to Mellor Lodge of Freemasons at George Hotel, Compstall circa 1934/5 by Joseph Swindells.

Undated colour photograph showing the Chimney at Compstall Mill. Demolished by Graham Collins, Steeplejack & Building of Glossop in early 1970's Several sheets of colour photographs showing the demolition and redevelopment of the Printworks Site…

Typed 3 page document for information pack relating to the Andrew Family and the village of Compstall by Jean Gent.Pack initially intended for 14 - 16 year old students of Marple Hall School, containing information on topic which would link to…

Handwritten list of important dates from 1086 Domesday to 1970 that relate to development of Compstall, the Mill and Andrew Family.
Source unknown

Original tender to supply pipes for Turbine at Compstall Mill addressed to George Andrew at Mosley Street Manchester from Thorncliffe Iron Works and Collieries Sheffield, dated June 24th 1880 price quoted £259.0s0d.

Article from Calico Printers Association magazine The Star Spring 1951. Volume 1 Number 1 under the Heading The Textile Industry an integral part of the fabric of Britain's Histoy and of her future and entitled "The Romance of Compstall…

Original single page handwritten letter from Montague Woodmass dated 4th October 1898 thanking "Gentlemen" for their kind and sympathetic feelings"

Original handwritten correspondence to George Andrew from Macadam Brothers, Soho Foundry, Belfast regarding water wheel dated 1878 - 1880. Arrangements made for visit and for date of erecting the turbine. Bill of lading also included.Original…

Correspondence from Mr Threlfall of Cambridge to Mr Thelwall relating to genealogical research into Mr Threlfalls wife's family connection to the Andrew Family of Compstall. She was the fifth daughter of George Andrew II. letters dated June - July…

Birth Certificate : Alice Maude Andrew 1860 Marriage Certificates : Edith Alice Andrew 1867, Alice Maude Andrew 1880, Grace Andrew 1864, Death Certificates : Thomas Andrew 1843, Sarah Jane Andrew 1842, George Andrew 1854, George Andrew 1873, Ellen…

Typed family Tree of the Rev Kenrick Prescot 1831 - 1919 who was married to Grace Andrew in 1864.
Extracts from Foster : Alumni Ozoniensis 1888 & Crockfords Clerical Directory.