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Two notices from The London Gazette giving notice in 1895 & 1898 of partnership dissolvement between Samuel Hodgkinson, John Carver, Thomas Carver, William Oswald Carver, Ernest Carver and Walter Bright Hodgkinson, due to the retirement of John…

Photocopy of last Will & testament of Samuel Hodgkinson of Marple dated 29th July 1898.

'The Factory Girl’: ballad by Robert Dibb of Dewsbury, dedicated to factory reformer John Wood, c. 1836 The Factory Act of 1847, also known as the Ten Hours Act was an United Kingdom Act of Parliament which restricted the working hours of women and…

Wage list from Hollins Mill Nos. 26 & 28 Weft Mules
date April 24th 1922.
Original and photocopy

Photocopy of Conveyance of freehold property, dated 11th December 1956 between The Hollins Mill (Marple) Limited and the Urban District Council of Marple for sale of Hollins Mill site as show on attached plan.

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…

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…

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…

Photocopy of Woodville Hall built by John Carver : from The Marple Website.
Also plan of Woodville dated 1890 showing House, Woodville Lodge, Woodville Cottage, Bridges Farm, Cross Lane and surrounding parkland.

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

A collection of three aerial photographs A4 size. The dates that the scenes were captured is unknown.Two of these photographs have been copied from one larger photograph which can be found in Map Drawer 9, Item 1.www.britainfromabove.org.uk/

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.

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

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

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

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"

Photocopies of census records for various members of the Hodgkinson family for 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911.
Photocopy of marriage certificate dated 1812 of Henry Hodgkinson and Elizabeth Hewson.
Also three pages of handwritten notes/research…

Photocopies of photographs and inscription from Walmsley family gravestone at All Saints Church Marple on which are recorded the deaths of Charles and Betty Walmsley and their sons and daughters, Margaret Anne, James Braddock Walmsley, Charles Edward…

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

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…

1. Black & white photograph of Ernest Carver b. 1861
2. Photocopy of portrait painting in oval frame of Alice Carver
3. Two page typed obituary regarding the death of 2nd Lt Geoffrey H Bagshawe at Ypres in 1915, elder son of Ernest and Alice…

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.