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

6 pages from Encyclopedia : The Freedictionary website with information on Ancient History of Mellor. Covering myths & legends, Origin of name, archaeological timeline, Roman Occupation downloaded 2008.

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…

Leaflet from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council giving history and information on Conservation Area Designation and Guidelines for Mellor-Moorend Conservation Area designated April 1978.

Cuttings on card taken from an article from Cheshire Life November 1972 showing photographs and brief text :
1. Dr W F Beech, Secretary of the Ratepayers Association.
2. Bob Austin, local store owner.
3. Horse riding through Tarden
4. Hugh…

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 :…

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.

Typed sheets from Peter Bardsley regarding the redevelopment of Marple Town 1960's and amended plan 1970's.
Also Marple & Mellor Millennia 2000 Summer Stroll : Local History Walk with Peter Bardsley and Margaret

Email correspondence from Peter Clark giving information of a newspaper report for the need for a police station at Marple and the cost dated 1887.

Photocopy of photograph of PC Terry Lomax outside Marple Police Station 1970 along with memories …

Leaflet for Mellor Heritage Exhibition in The Parish Hall, Mellor September 1985, with advertisements for local businesses and Programme for the Mellor Fesitval on 15th September 1985.
7 typed pages from the "Mellor Heritage" Committee Meetings from…

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

Typed transcript of an address read by C Pickford of Town's Cliff, Mellor at the Church of England's Mens Society on Febuary 2nd 1931 with photocopies of 1871, 1891 and 1901 census for the Pickford Family

Photocopy of downloaded article from The Guardian October 12 1963, headed Northern News in Brief, sub headed "Memories .....on tape", containing a paragraph giving details of exhibition being held at Manor House of tape recorded reminiscences by…

Photocopy of newspaper report from unknown publication dated 1908? with 6 paragraphs of miscellaneous reports from Marple.
First report of Marple Tech Institute, second, third and four reporting on scarlet and typhoid outbreaks in Marple and its…

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

Photocopies of miscellaneous newspaper articles relating to Marple and Mellor from Manchester Mercury :
1. 1808 : Samuel Oldknows bay horse has strayed.
2. 1811 : Meeting at Bridgwater Arms to consider the propriety of making a Canal from Peak…

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.

Typed documents with various extracts from newspapers dating from 1840 with regard to Industries
These include sales notices, bankruptcy, Inquest reports, petty session notices and prosecutions of companies in the Cotton Spinner, Coal

Numerous newspaper cuttings, headlines on miscellaneous topics in and around Marple /Mellor area.
Examples 1967 : Original and photocopy of front page of the North Cheshire Herald on Flood at Moor End, Mellor
2016 : Mill Brow Recreation Park…

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
b. Date unknown Editors letter re Well Cottage, Church Street, Marple.
c.…

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

Photocopy of Notice entitled "Remember the Sabbath to keep it Holy" from Mellor Jollification Committee. Undated

One page document for Site of Special Scientific Interest notification under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for Ludworth Intake.

Photocopy of plan and reference of Estates in Mellor in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby belonging to the Executors of the late Mr Thomas Ferns 1854

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