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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…

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

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.

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 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.

Photocopy of typed document of Bibliography of the Village of Mellor from May 1978. Also typed list of Deeds relating to Mellor held at Derby.

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…

Two photocopies of booklets entitled
1. Marple & Mellor as Places of Residence : 24 pages with handwritten corrections.
2. Marple as a place of Residence
Both are undated but one is a revised version of the other and both promote Ley Hay Estate…

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…

Typed page with chronology of area around Mellor.
Dates from 1206 with the granting of Marple and Wybersley to Robert of Stockport. Merpel to 1964 when Mellor Police Station on Longhurst Lane closed.

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.

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…

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.

Photocopy of chapter VI 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 named as being Robin Hood's.
Also pages 304-307 from The Journal of the…

Photocopies of pages 86-89 from Joseph Tilley's book "The Old Halls of Derbyshire" covering Whitehough and Bradshaw Halls and two pages showing the coats of arms of these two halls and their buildings and of Mellor Hall.

Three photocopied pages with tables on the population and textile occupations of Mellor extracted from 'The Decline of Mellor in the 19th century' by Ann Ashworth

Three extracts from E.P.N.S. for Derbyshire and Cheshire in each case giving details of the changes in place and field names with references.
(a) Marple
(b) Ludworth
(c) Mellor

Pages downloaded in 2008 from the Modern Antiquarian website with information on :
1. Brown Low, (SJ988909) : Round Barrow
2. Mellor Hilltop (SJ982889) : Hillfort
3. Chisworth (SK007909) : Cup Marked Stone

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…

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…

Email sent from Alan Parkinson in Australia with recollections and research he has carried out of his father Robert Parkinson a wartime policeman at the Marple Police Station with regard to German refugees who were housed at Brentwood, Church Lane,…

Miscellaneous pages relating to Robin Hood's Picking Rods (grid ref SK006909) from several sources and newspaper cuttings :
a. Illustration of Picking "Pegs" extracted from Wainwright's 'Memories of Marple'.
b. Text & diagram from 'Journal of the…

Four pages of typed information collected at Church Commissioners : July 16th 1975.
Correspondence between Matthew Olerenshaw, Vicar of Mellor and the Church Commissioners

Five pages from Encyclopedia : The Free dictionary website with information on Ancient History of Mellor. Covering myths & legends, origin of name, archaeological timeline, Roman occupation.
Downloaded 2008.