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Numerous original and photocopied photographs received by the society from various sources relating to the Old Vicarage and the Residents between 1930 and 1940.
1930's Old Vicarage drive (PRO/06/07)
1930's Mellor church, north side field belonging…

Handwritten and typed correspondence from people with memories / information requests and general notes relating to the Old Vicarage.
Handwritten letter from Erik Knussen from 2001 with a story of the "Ghost of Mellor Church"
Also photograph sent…

Numerous newspaper cuttings / handwritten notes on cards / handwritten pages / typed information and photocopied newspaper reports from various dates and newspapers relating to the Old Vicarage and Residents from 1920 - 2000.
2000 Tommy gun found…

Three page typed document from handwritten notes/jottings written by Ann Hearle. Typed in 2015 when she was the current resident.
Assorted information, research notes, jottings from various dates relating to the Old Vicarage

Correspondence (nine letters) 1963 - 1965, between Dr Roberts and Cheshire County Council with regard to the purchase of land for Mellor Primary School and access to it for mowing machines, etc.
Also site plan with relevant area outlined in red.

Photocopy of legal charge dated 1943 between Albert Stuart Knussen and George Birks Chell.
Miscellaneous correspondence and receipts :
1. Provision of installation of Telephone service 1946
2. Ernest Renshaw invoice for work carried out for…

Three typed transcripts and one photocopy of the original cutting, of newspaper articles from the High Peak Reporter giving information on the transformation of the Vicarage, referred to as the Old Parsonage, into a Children's Hospital in…

Letter dated 23 September 1999 from Ann Hearle requesting information on George Birks Chell, umbrella manufacturer of Manchester, with reply that no information could be found.
Letter from Gloucestershire County Council Librarian dated 13 October…

Typed Voters Lists for 1904 - 1945 (sixteen pages), held at Derbyshire Records Office Matlock.
Letter from Derbyshire County Council giving details of residents of the Old Vicarage for 1926 & 1927.
Photograph of Stuart Knussen, resident of the Old…

Solicitors Ransom & Hutton of Nottingham, correspondence from 1909 - 1913 regarding right of way dispute between Mr Eubank and Mr Chell.
For photograph displayed see PRO/06/015.

Photocopy of typed schedule of deeds and documents relating to the property known as The Old Vicarage from Halifax Building Society 1974.
Also twenty page photocopy of typed Abstract of Title for the same property dating from 1784 between T Chetham…

Invoice for Tree ring sampling, analysis and report on the Old Vicarage, Mellor 2000 also ground floor and first floor plan showing the various ages from pre 18 century to modern.

Photocopy of extract from Church Magazine from October 1948 written by Rev R H Simmons, VIcar. In it he gives information on the history of the Patronage of St Thomas's Mellor and includes the names of the Vicars of Mellor Church.

Three page typed document entitled "2lst October 1998 : Chronology of the Old Vicarage (site and house) Drought of 1996 and archaeological dig started 1998. 10,000 years of occupation on the Hill Top."
Entries from 1571 to 1999.

Typed 14 page draft document. Script for a talk given by Ann Hearle on 4th March 2005 at Hazel Grove on "The Old Vicarage, Mellor" giving history of the building and residents and explaining why, despite its name it had never been a vicarage.

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Two pages of research notes / jottings on the Old Vicarage by Ann Hearle, current resident, typed from notes in 2015 and briefly covering the years 1874 to 1984, giving information on former residents and the property.

Email correspondence dated 2000 between Janet Packer from Scotland and Ann Hearle regarding the Freemans giving details of the family. Also two photographs, one of a group of people outside the Vicarage and the other of a choir outside an…

Typed list of legal documents dated 1728 and 1782 from Thomas Chetham regarding rents, acreage and Tenants.
Photograph showing outbuildings at Mellor Hall

Two punched hole pockets containing Census / Church / Rating Valuation Records and Voter Lists relating to properties and people living around the Old Vicarage :
1. Transcribed selected census information 1841 to 1891 and photocopies of original…

Material on Matthew & Thomas Freeman :
a. Original black and white photograph of Rev Thomas Matthew Freeman standing outside the old "Vicarage" circa 1900.
b. A4 black and white photograph of Thomas Freeman : date unknown.
c. Typed biography of…

Extract from The Cheshire Sheaf from August & April 1906, pages 31, 32 and 37 with details of the life of the Rev Thomas Whitaker, Perpetual curate of Ringway Chapel in Bowden.
Highlighted section on Page 32 explains that Rev Whitaker's wife was…

Material on Rev Matthew Olerenshaw :
(a) A4 black and white photograph of Rev Matthew Olerenshaw
punched sheet showing three generations of the Vicars of Mellor and their relationships with each other - Rev Matthew Olerenshaw (grandfather), Rev…

Handwritten schedule of the Land Rates for Ashes Estate dating from 1780 and starting with present Vicarage detailing occupier, landlord and rates charged.

Photocopied pages 369, 370, 375, 376, 377 and 378, from the Annals of Lyme mentioning Mellor and Ludworth with topography and lines of communication at the time of writing. Thanks are also given to Rev. Ollerenshaw, clergyman of Mellor for the…

Handwritten extract from Prescott's Manchester Journal dated 8th April 1780 giving details of the sale of the dwelling house of John Pickford, Innkeeper of Mellor with details of the property called Bradshaw Hall with outhousing and 36 acres of…