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Newspaper cuttings: Marple/Mellor auction / sales from 1750s
Twelve punch pockets containing typed and photocopied press cuttings arranged chronologically and relating to auction / land sales in Mellor/Marple from 1750s to 1940s.

Five punched pockets containing pages of cut and paste material and typed small newspaper cuttings/headlines of miscellaneous reports of events/auction notices / meetings/BMD local news affecting the Marple / Mellor population.
In chronological…

22 typed pages entitled "Water Supply & Public Health in Mellor from 1873" Information has been taken from various Council Minute & Letter Books - including those of Mellor Parish Council.
Information ends with the minutes of 7th March 1834.…

Eight printed pages with information on the Poor Law / Jurors / Poor Law Removals in Mellor & Ludworth.
"Brief Observations on Mellor & Hayfield" from 1770 by John Smith from Matlock

Computer printout of BMD records giving information taken from church records on
(a) the population of Marple in 1630 (7 pages )
(b) family details for 1584 - 1631 (17 double sided pages).

Photocopy of single page on card of the 1794 Land Tax Assessment for the Township of Marple, giving name of proprietor, name of occupier, location and amount assessed.

Photocopies of two A3 pages of the orginal handwritten ledger for Land Tax Assessments for Cheshire, Stockport Division for the Township of Marple dated 1780, giving name of proprietor, name of occupier and amount assessed.

Photocopies of 8 pages from the original handwritten ledger for the Land Tax Assessments for the year 1799 in the County of Cheshire and the Township of Marple, giving name of owner, occupier, place and amount assessed.

Numerous newspaper cuttings, headlines on miscellaneous topics in and around Marple /Mellor area.
Examples :-
1901? Hayfield & District Antiquarian and Field Naturalists visit Mellor
1967 Terror flood hits village (Moor End) after 15-minute…

Newspaper reports on wells / culverts found around the Marple Area:
a. Two articles from Stockport Messenger and High Peak Echo dated 1992 : Well found in garden in Marple, reporting on a 26 foot well in working order discovered in the garden of a…

Two handwritten pages on the industrialisation of Mellor from the first mill in 1790 by Hugh Fletcher

Photocopy of newspaper report from unknown publication dated 1908? with six paragraphs of miscellaneous reports from Marple.
1. Report of successful examination students at Marple Tech Institute
2 & 3. On scarlet fever and typhoid outbreaks in…

Photocopy of two pages taken from the Marple Parish Magazine from 1982 & 1893 showing a report from the Morning Herald in London regarding the trial of two Marple men in 1824 , their crimes and sentences.
a. John Ingham : Breaking into Mr Gees house…

Single page photocopy of an extract (query Pevsner?) under the heading "Mellor" (pages 478 & 479).
Information on the architecture and history of St Thomas's in Church Road, Hearse House E of the church, Methodist Church (former) in Longhurst Lane,…

Photocopy of a single page with a paragraph under heading "Marple" from Transaction of Lancashire s & Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1965-1956 giving information on the Corn Mill in Marple on the River Goyt which was by then largely demolished.

Four pages of typed transcripts taken from "Seen from the Ridge" by "Observer", a regular feature which was appearing in the North Cheshire Herald.
Topics by "Observer" covered, Holiday Haunts for Sale and Still helping blitz victims, etc.
Six…

Handwritten information taken from Mellor Oddfellows Books listing members in 1832,36, resolutions, occupation of member and miscellaneous notes dating from 1832 to 1868 accompanied by typed transcript.

Two typed transcripts of a letter to Francis Bradshaw a Justice of the Peace in Derby complaining about the foul practice of Francis Stafford by unlawful entry into the hall of Bothoms, dated 24th February 1631
Source and author of original…

Photocopies of miscellaneous newspaper articles relating to Marple and Mellor from Manchester Mercury :
1. 1808 : Samuel Oldknow's bay horse has strayed.
'Whoever has taken him up and will bring him or give information shall be handsomely…

Single page advertising "Revealing Oldknow's Legacy" an oral history projects from 2017 organised by Canal & River Trust and Mellor Archaeology asking for memories to build an oral history of three of Marple's historic sites. List of…

Two pages of downloaded information from the 1734 Poll for Glossop Parish with details of Mellor residents.
Downloaded 2007 from Rootsweb.com

Documents relating to the Marple Recreation Ground bequest presented by Mr & Mrs Hodgkinson :
1. Photocopy of transcript of Herald Newspaper report on 15th October 1910 with photograph of officials and report of the event. 4 pages
2. Photocopy of…

Twelve pages of transcripts of various extracts from newspapers dating from 1840 to 1904 with regard to Industries and mines.
These include sales notices, bankruptcy, inquest reports, petty session notices and prosecutions of companies.

Correspondence from Debbie Barwell, an "A" level student wanting information of The Hollins, Marple for a possible Millennium project they have planned. Reply from Peter Bardsley, Secretary of Marple Local History Society.

Flyer titled "Mellor against Masts" informing and encouraging local residents to write a letter of objection to Mellor Sports club against the submission of a planning application for a 3G mobile phone mast that is planned to be erected on one of…