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Original 33 page booklet entitled Mellor Township, Measure and Valuation of the Township of Mellor, effected by Mr J Treasurer of Uttoxeter in the years 1836-7.
Under headings :
Buildings and Land Attached
Building & Cottages without…

6 typed pages giving biography of Sir Percy Woodhouse 1856 - 1931 who was a resident of Marple Bridge and married to Louisa Wainwright, daughter of Joel Wainwright Manager of Strines Printworks.Research includes census information and biographical …

Selection of small photographs passed to the society by the Nephew of Frank Barton along with information of Frank & Ida lives at Rose Cottage, Strines and their involvement with St Paul's Church Strines.
Many of the photographs relate to church…

Research material into a datestone at Lower Bradshaw Farm (TTW 1799). including photographs and email correspondence with the owner of Lower Bradshaw Farm carried out by Hilary Atkinson after the owner contacted MLHS with enquiry with regard to…

Two small photographs of Gravestones (location unknown) giving information of Joseph Hayes from 1911 census & Frank Taylor Dawson with additional information from census and Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Original Photographs :1. Kirkwood Cottage, Chadkirk x 1 2. Postcards : Torkington Lane, Offerton, Marple : Rowarth Valley x 2 3. Church Lane Corner, Romiley : Long Lea Hall, Rowarth x 2 4. Harrison Brow Hatherlow : Barlow Fold Romiley x 2 5. Rowarth…

Original Photographs : 1. Postcards : Strines Road x 8 2. Postcards : views around Strines x 4 3. Images of buildings : Priestfield x 2; Sportsmans Arms ; Manor Fold Farm? x 2; Derelict building near Strines Printworks x 1; Woodend Printworks x 24.…

Original Photographs :1. Directors of Strines Printworks ; large print in Map drawer 9 : No 10 x 1 2. Pigeon cote Strines (one a postcard) x 3 3. Strines Printworks x 4 4. Whitecroft Cottage, Strines x 2 5. Brookbottom, Strines : Fox Inn ; Cottages x…

Original Photographs :1. ARP Exercise near Goyt Mill (postcard) x 1 2. Marple Camp, for Beyer Peacock Apprentices : article on card x 13. Rhode Houses x 1 4. Turner Family x 1 5. Hawk Green cricket clubhouse ; Hawk Green Reading Room 1995 x 2 6.…

Original Photographs :1. Mrs Hilda Bailey, Art Group x 1 2. Crown Hotel ; Group of gentlemen ; Drag Hunt 1966 ; Mixed group (one a postcard) x 4 3. Hawk Green, 1906 x 1 4. Hawk Green Reading Room, laying of foundation stone (Goyt Mill written on…

Original Photographs :1. Compstall Hall (2 are postcards) x 4 2. Ernocroft Hall (all are postcards) x 3 3. Rose Brow (3 are postcards) x 4 4. Compstall Brow (all are postcards) x 6 5. Views over Compstall (all are postcards) x 9 6. Compstall…

Original Photographs :1. View of Church & Vicarage Compstall (postcard) x 1 2. Saint Paul's Church walking group;Compstall Church (p/c) x 23. Menfolk of Jubilee Methodist Church with names ; Jubilee Church (p/c) x 2 4. St Paul’s Strines WW1…

Original Photographs :1. Postcards :- (a) Roman Bridge / Windybottom Bridge x 19 (b) Roman Lakes x 17 (c) Floodgates : Weir : Viaduct x 7 (d) Lumb House, etc x 3 2. Roman Bridge / Windybottom Bridge x 4 3. Roman Lakes and café x 6 4. Floodgates…

Original Photographs :1. Postcards x 4 2. Mellor Mill and damage from fire of 17 Nov 1892 x 7 3. Mellor Mill 1938 onwards and during excavations x 25 4. Corn Mill, Mellor Mill x 2 5. Mellor Lodge x 5 6. Mellor Lodge stables x 3 7. Marple…

Original Photographs :1. Samuel Oldknow images x 5 2. Items with a connection to Samuel Oldknow x 6 3. Relatives of Joseph Oldknow x 3 4. Sir Richard Arkwright x 1

Original Photographs :1. Bottoms Hall x 5 2. Bottoms Hall Farm x 4 3. Road to Bottoms Hall (one a postcard) x 2 4. Oldknow’s Seat ; Arthur Hulme on Oldknow’s seat with accompanying note x 3 5. Webbs Tea Room and viaduct 1906 x 1 6. Oldknow’s weir…

Original Photographs :1. Mellor Sports Club 1994 x 3 2. Cobden Edge x 3 3. Oddfellow’s pub 2003 x 1 4. Moor End x 4 5. Waller’s End chimney, Moor End x 2 6. Newhouse Hill x 2 7. Barn at Hollywood 2007 x 1 8. Scouts – plaque 2001 ; 1920s scout camp x…

Original Photographs :1. The Garden House (one a postcard) x 3 2. Marple Lodge (one a postcard) x 2 3. Mellor Lodge (one an original sketch) x 3 4. Mellor Hall and barn x 5 5. Owner (Craven) of Mellor Hall in 1900s x 1 6. Mellor Mill (painting) x 1…

Original Photographs :1. Tablet on wall of Newhouse Hill Chapel : Mrs S M Pridham2. Longhurst Lane : Recreation ground (2 are postcards)x63. Longhurst Lane road repairs 1990s x 5 4. Small lime kiln at Low Lea, Mellor 1970s ; Garage near Conservative…

Original Photographs :1. Postcard hand tinted : Mellor x 1 2. House : The Buzzard x 1 3. Mellor Sports Club notice 1994 : Cricket match 1998 x 2 4. The original Mellor Cross with note x 1 5. Culvert at Moor End flooding circa 1964? x 5 6. Primitive…

Original Photographs :1. Postcards of Linnet Clough scout camp x 4 2. Views of Mellor (4 are postcards and one is a 6 view letter card) x 13 3. Houses : The White House (postcard); Cross Gates Farm ; Strawberry Hill ; Vale Cottage, Holly Vale 1970s x…

Original Photographs :1. Mellor churchyard, Thomas Oldknow’s vault x 1 2. Hearse House x 6 3. Mellor churchyard view ; sundial ; relaying gravestones 2004 ; foundations to church extension x 8 4. Reverend Simmons, Vicar of Mellor 5. Mellor…

Original Photographs :1. Parish Church (black and white and colour images, 10 are postcards) x 152. Views of Parish Church in the landscape aa x 14 3. Interior views of Mellor Parish Church, pulpit, font, organ, etc (5 are postcards) x 22 Paper…

Original Photographs :1. Postcard : view down Hollins Lane to Town Street, Marple Bridge x 12. Marple Bridge end of Hollins Lane (but wrongly labelled ‘Mill Brow’) x 13. Postcard : United Reformed Church, Marple Bridge x 14. Postcard : interior of St…

Original Photographs :1. Postcards : showing old Co-op building x 2 2. Postcards : Glossop Road & Rock Tavern:Glossop Road, Windsor Castle x 2 3. Postcard : Glossop Road the Devils Elbow 4. Ludworth Moor Colliery 1979 x 4 5. S Bowden & Son,…