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Photocopy of chapter 4 from Legends of Longdendale by T Middleton entitled " Robin Hood's Visit to Longdendale".
Giving an account of why the stones on Ludworth Moor are called Robin Hood's.

Miscellaneous pages relating to Robin Hood's Picking Rods from several sources and newspaper cuttings :
a. Illustration of Picking "Pegs" extracted from Wainwrights Memories of Marple.
b. Text & Diagram from Journal of the Derbyshire…

Two punched pockets containing miscellanous newspaper cutting from various sources dating from 1827. (one has dated articles and other undated)
Photocopies of original newspaper and typed transcripts

Nine magazine articles relating to Marple and Mellor :
1. 1966 Cheshire Life : Christopher Moore finds Marple full of Vitality and Imagination...not just an Address : Article & Photos.
2. July 1972 Cheshire Life : Marple - Vital & Imaginative :…

Two photocopies of booklets entitled
1. Marple & Mellor as Places of Residence
2. Marple as a place of Residence (with handwritten corrections)
Undated but both promoting Ley Hay Estate which was being laid out when booklet was published along…

Photocopy of A3 poster : Extracts from the Rules established by Mrs Elizabeth Bridge for the Government of the Almswomen in the Bridge Almshouses of which Almshouses, during her life, Mrs Elizabeth Bridge is sole Governor and Visitor : Rules 12, 13…

Photocopy of pen drawing of Lea Hall, Mellor with text stating that for forty years the residence of Miss Shaw, who died here.
Taken From J Wainwrights : Memories of Marple c.1899
Hand drawn laminated poster advertising "A Lecture" by Joel…

Original copy of the booklet entitled "The Historic Landscapes of Mellor" by Ron Weston, 2005.
Resulting from survey undertaken for Mellor Archaeological Trust to help set the hill-fort in context of the Landscape.
Booklet gives information from…

Hand drawn map of the Township of Mellor, showing prominent houses / roads and rivers from Robin Hood's Picking Roads to Marple Bridge.
Date/artist unknown.

Three pages of information from Wikipedia website relating to Mellor giving information on Geography, Industry, Politics, Industrial Past etc. downloaded 2005

Ring-bound 103 page academic thesis entitled "The Change in Function of the Parishes of Mellor and Ludworth during the Last Two Hundred Years" : Presented by Clare Garner. April 1966 for Manchester College of Education.
Containing maps,…

Photocopies of pages 86-89 from Joseph Tilley's book The Old Halls of Derbyshire covering Mellor Hall, Whitehough and Bradshaw Halls.

Three page handwritten and five typed pages containing notes with the history of Mellor, Mellor Hall, Mellor Churchyard and Mellor Vicars.
Author unknown.

Handwritten document titled "Mize & Tithe book 1742 schedule of general survey of the arable, meadow and pasture lands in the township of Marple
Photocopy of extracts from original Mize & Tithe book 1792.

Three photocopied documents on A3 paper of Marple Tax Returns from Cheshire County Records Office listing owners name, occupant, address and estimated amount.
1. Land Tax Return for Marple : 1780
2. Land Tax Return for Marple : 1800
3. Land Tax…

Typed list of taxables returned in 1693, under the act providing for a tax-levy of one penny per pound on real estate and six shillings for per head on Freemen for Marpool.
Source unknown.

Photocopy of handwritten document on A3 paper containing schedule of names starting with Hen: Bradshaw Esq showing tax liability signed by the Collectors Wm Heginbotham and Francis Wood. dated August 3rd 1714