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Full page article from Marple Review Autumn 2004 by Avril Marsh, giving a report with photographs of the closure of Cataract Bridge Mill under the headline " End of an Era"
Photograph of Don Lingard, director and the fourth generation of the family…

Three page article by John W S Hearle in the Textile Magazine from 2005 giving the history of mills in the area and the closure of Cataract Bridge Mill with photographs of the interior machinery.

Four photocopied pages giving information on the area of land and valuation along with owners and occupiers for 1836.
Dove Bank Mill and the Wallers highlighted on Page 30 along with local area properties at Lark Hill Meadow, buildings, yard and…

Newspaper articles relating to Edward Yates & Sons (part of Aeroquip (UK) Limited), Hollins Lane, Marple from the 1960's

Two photocopied newspaper cuttings reporting on the fire at Aqueduct Mill, Marple.
4 Aug 1934 : "Mysterious blaze at Marple mill" describing the outbreak of the fire in a pile of cloth at about 9.30pm. Within 15 minutes two engines arrived and a…

Material relating to Aqueduct Mill, Marple :
(a) Typed notices of sales by auction:-
1864 by the assignees of the owner of the Power Loom Manufacturer, a bankrupt, the whole of the machinery, office fixtures, stables, etc. at the Aqueduct Mill,…

Typed and hand written research information and genealogy of the Stanney Family.
Family Pedigree from Thomas Stanney at Bear Fold in 1691.
BMD dates of family with hand written reminiscences and miscellaneous information from land valuations,…

Magazine article from The Review Summer 2006 "Bleak House - then and now" with item on history of Bleak House with photograph of current owners and artist's impression of Mineral Mill.
Black and white photograph showing back of the Mineral Mill with…

Correspondence between Bonhams 1793 Limited and Professor J Hearle with regard to the valuation of the oil painting on canvass "Mellor Mill" by Joseph Parry, 1744-1826. giving insurance value and market value. 2012.

Purchased by Mellor…

Selection of local Business letterheads, invoices and advertisements including James and Richard Jinks Boat builders of Top Lock, Samuel Higginbottom, Edward Yates & Son, Fred Wigley J R Tymm, Collier Bros. H & B Hall, Butchers

Business stationery items relating to Dove Bank Mill :
a. Original letterhead for Dove Bank Mill.
b. Photocopy of invoice from Dove Bank Milll 1872
c. Photocopy of image of Wallers Special six cord bobbin tops.

Hand drawn map showing Cataract Bridge Mill site with Mill Pond and stream by Tom Oldham
Photocopy of the 1836 tithe map showing Longhurst Lane / Cataract Bridge, but no mill.
Original map 'Indicative Masterplan' dated 29/07/04 showing the area of…

A variety of material tracing the history of the site of Cataract Mill on Longhurst Lane, Mellor from its development as a mill to its redevelopment for housing.
(a) Extracts from correspondence from Thomas Oldham to William Jowett, cotton wool…

Typed transcript of newspaper article from North Cheshire Herald 3rd September 1937 reporting on Messrs Lingard's Cataract Mill Clock. Whilst cleaning it was established that it dated from 1824 and that it was originally brought from Bottoms Mill…

Photocopy of Industrial Archaeology Report card dated 1973 on the ruined Clough Mill, Spinning Mill with map references and description dimensions, condition and architectural features, reported by Tom Oldham.

Hand drawn plan showing elevations and measurements of the ruin of Clough Mill : March 1973 by Tom Oldham on A3 paper.
Three further hand drawn plans showing enlargement of some of the features shown on the A3 plan.
Handwritten description of Mill,…

Two page typed letter from a descendant of the Colliers of Marple with some information on the Collier family and their possible connection with Chapel House Farm.

Photocopy of Charter Rolls 3 Edward 111 1329 from Sheffield City Archives on A3 paper (4 pages written in latin)
Two page handwritten documents of the Exemplication from the Charter Roll of 3 Edward III, and breakdown relating to Ludworth…

Photocopies of several newspaper cuttings from the Glossop Chronicle from December 1862 to January 1863 from named and anon authors sent to the Editor regarding "The Distress at Mellor" and how the cotton famine and its consequences are affecting…

Single page document with photograph of ruins of Damstead Mill in 1930's and typed data from 1836 Valuation of Mellor.

Original copy of Bridge Holmes sale brochure for Damsteads, Longhurst Lane in 2005
£725.000
Also one page of a sale notice for Damstead Farm October 2005 - old barn with hayloft and stables in need of modernisation, offers over £225,000.

Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to Damstead Mill.
1822 : To be let, two edifices or buildings used for spinning, weaving, manufacturing cotton, late in the occupation of Mr Ralph Bridge
1826 : For sale by auction the whole of the…

Three photocopies of invoices for Damstead, Longhurst Lane, in the 1960's from building contractors and plumbers Arthur Walsh Limited

Hand drawn plans and sketches of Damstead Mill from Tithe Map of 1839 showing Mill layout drawn by Tom Oldham.
Two maps showing location in local area.

Photocopies of typed extracts and census records for Damstead, Longhurst Lane, 1841, 1851, 1871, 1881 and 1891.