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Two pages of research notes / jottings on the Old Vicarage by Ann Hearle, current resident, typed from notes in 2015 and briefly covering the years 1874 to 1984, giving information on former residents and the property.

Email correspondence dated 2000 between Janet Packer from Scotland and Ann Hearle regarding the Freemans giving details of the family. Also two photographs, one of a group of people outside the Vicarage and the other of a choir outside an…

Typed list of legal documents dated 1728 and 1782 from Thomas Chetham regarding rents, acreage and Tenants.
Photograph showing outbuildings at Mellor Hall

Two punched hole pockets containing Census / Church / Rating Valuation Records and Voter Lists relating to properties and people living around the Old Vicarage :
1. Transcribed selected census information 1841 to 1891 and photocopies of original…

Material on Matthew & Thomas Freeman :
a. Original black and white photograph of Rev Thomas Matthew Freeman standing outside the old "Vicarage" circa 1900.
b. A4 black and white photograph of Thomas Freeman : date unknown.
c. Typed biography of…

Extract from The Cheshire Sheaf from August & April 1906, pages 31, 32 and 37 with details of the life of the Rev Thomas Whitaker, Perpetual curate of Ringway Chapel in Bowden.
Highlighted section on Page 32 explains that Rev Whitaker's wife was…

Material on Rev Matthew Olerenshaw :
(a) A4 black and white photograph of Rev Matthew Olerenshaw
punched sheet showing three generations of the Vicars of Mellor and their relationships with each other - Rev Matthew Olerenshaw (grandfather), Rev…

Handwritten schedule of the Land Rates for Ashes Estate dating from 1780 and starting with present Vicarage detailing occupier, landlord and rates charged.

Photocopied pages 369, 370, 375, 376, 377 and 378, from the Annals of Lyme mentioning Mellor and Ludworth with topography and lines of communication at the time of writing. Thanks are also given to Rev. Ollerenshaw, clergyman of Mellor for the…

Handwritten extract from Prescott's Manchester Journal dated 8th April 1780 giving details of the sale of the dwelling house of John Pickford, Innkeeper of Mellor with details of the property called Bradshaw Hall with outhousing and 36 acres of…

Letter from County Archivist, at Derbyshire Records Office, Matlock, giving information to Mrs A Ashworth on the records that are held with regard to the Ale House.

Handwritten 2 page document giving details of the baptism and burial references to Gilbert Radcliffe and the Radcliffe family held at the Parish Records dating 1638 - 1729.

Photocopy of original schedule of names of residents of Mellor and the number of hearths within the household for 1662 - 1663 held at the Public Records Office.

Photocopy of original 2 page last will and testament and inventory of Mary Radcliffe of Mellor dated 8th May 1705 listing goods and chattels.

Two handwritten pages with pedigree and notes on the Radcliffe family starting with William Radcliffe of the Alehouse 1571.
Photograph showing Podnor House birthplace of William Radcliffe

Three documents relating to Gilbert Radcliffe Inn Keeper of Mellor
1. 1680 photocopies of original will and inventory with typed transcript
2. 1721 photocopy of original will and inventory with typed transcript
3. Typed letter to Ann Hearle dated…

Photocopies of transcript and of original will of Robert Radcliffe of Mellor dated 1571. Among the benficiaries mentioned are his wife Elizabeth Radcliffe, his unmarried children, his son Ottewell Radcliffe, Elizabeth Chaterton and among the…

Three hand written documents :
1. Photocopy of handwritten list headed 1686 giving names of residents.
2. Photocopy of two page handwritten list dated 1761 giving information on tenants of the properties surrounding the Old Vicarage (called Ale…

Pages 16, 31, 80 to 85 from 'The English Parish' on the early history of the Peak District area covering Mellor; giving information including parish vocabulary, map of Anglo-Saxon England, the conquest and history of parishes in the Peak District,…

Several documents relating to the Old Vicarage, Mellor :
1. Hand drawn map on card showing Mellor Chapel in Glossop parish and surrounding buildings taken from a portion of a map dated 1585.
2. Hand drawn plan of the Old Vicarage from 1836…