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Photocopy of original indenture and typed transcript for Thomas Hudson who was apprenticed as a Smith in 1801 and 1805 to Samuel Oldknow owned by the Holton Family who gave MLHS a copy. 2023
Typed research and extended family by Hilary Atkinson.

Photocopy of John Braddock Walmsley will dated 1856 estate & effects to wife Caroline, Codicil dated 1857.
Photocopy of Charles Walmsley will dated 1841 estate & effect to wife Betty. Codicil dated 1849.

Handwritten pedigree of the Walmsleys starting in 1799 with Charles Attorney. Research notes including BMD and Trade Directory information.

Miscellaneous Research Notes from various sources :
1. Typed account from Stockport Express dated 1854 : Mr Walmsley attempted pick pocket incident.
2. Information on Mrs Woodiwiss Mortgager.to the Carvers & Walmsley families.
3. Email with…

Photocopies of 1841 - 1911 census records for Walmsley family
1851 census records for Hollins Fold : Mill Workers.
Marriage Cert for Samuel & Adelaide 1849.
Death certificates for John Braddock Walmsley 1857
Charles Edward 1860, Margaret Ann…

Handwritten notes on death of Samuel Hodgkinson.
Typed notice from Stockport Advertiser 1899 regarding the "Strange disappearance" of William Walmsley.
Funeral notice from Stockport Advertiser 1901 for Samuel Hodgkinson JP aged 79.
Notice of death…

Photocopies of two colour photographs of Samuel & Adelaide Hodgkinson grave at All Saints Church.
Two page Email detailing the burial records of the Hodgkinson and Walmsleys family from All Saints Burial Records.

Black & White photograph of Ernest Carver b. 1861
Photocopy of portrait painting in oval frame of Alice Carver.
Ernest Carver parents: Thomas & Hannah Carver.
One of eleven children (seven of whom survived to adulthood).
Married Alice Bagshawe…

Photocopy of photograph showing egg & spoon ladies race with handwritten notes that state "Marple Thursday Afternoon Womens Meeting Summer outing to Poynton Towers. Mr & Mrs Hodgkinson on left". Undated.

Photocopy of a photograph showing portrait…

Three page typed list of Walmsleys Apprentices taken from the 1851 census return with additional information.
Author Unknown

Photocopies of photographs and inscription from Walmsley Family gravestone at All Saints Church Marple.
Email correspondence relating to above. 2014

Numerous Hodgkinson Family census records for dated 1812 - 1911 Handwritten and photocopied from census records.
Also handwritten notes/research material relating to Hodgkinson Family

Single page email from T Jones with query regarding the Carver Family arising from A Hearles Book. 2015
Handwritten note states "replied I was wrong"

Two page typed document giving suggestions on how to form a talk on Hollins Mill from A Hearle's book with ideas on changes to illustrations.
Date Unknown

Two photocopies of photographs taken of the Foundation Stones at Hawk Green Reading Library laid by Mrs Frank Barlow and W B Hodgkinson Esq of Marple on the 13th October 1906.

Three pages from "Local History & Heritage with Marple Website" downloaded from Marple-uk.com.
Written by Peter Clark, under the heading "Disappeared without Trace" giving The Story of Hollins Mill with text, maps and photographs

Email requesting information on the Carver Family, specifically Basil Carver 1914 - 1916 from Graham Winton : 2016

Indenture between W O Carver and others & M.U.D.C relating to the "Conveyance of 1914" for the Freehold messuage known as "Hollins House" with plan of area.

A collection of areial photographs A4 size, seven in total. The dates that the scenes were captured is unknown. www.britainfromabove.org.uk/

A3 copies of Ordnance Survey maps, dating from 1820's, 1881, 1930, and 1949.

British Transport Waterways, a 16th April 1959, Closure of Hollins Mill Arm Print an article on the canal arm from Pete Dixons Industral Heritage website,
http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/pfc-hollins-mill/pfc-hollins-mill.htm

Photocopy of Woodville Hall built by John Carver : from The Marple Website.
Also plan of Woodville dated 1890 showing House and surrounding parkland

Stockport Advertiser 6th Nov 1920, 'The Hollins Mill Engine', details of the new engine 1,500 HP. Letter from Edward Wilkinson to Peter Bardsley - 30 August 1996, names the two engines as Gog and Magog. Copy of original advert for machinery sale in…

Memories: Margaret Davenport (nee Close).
Memories: Edith Atknson (nee Pearce) 1935 memories
Email: Describing the Interview of Margaret Davenport by Hilary Atkinson.
Memories: Hilda Howard (nee Atkinson) written in late 1990s.
Email (2014) from…

Miscellaneous material relating to "Apprentice's" :
1. Newspaper cutting Stockport Advertiser 16th May 1856: ."A Warning to Apprentices,"
2. Typed copy of Apprentice Indenture December 1887 , Samuel Hodgkinson.and William Sheldon with photocopy of…