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Booklet entitled "Walking Around Disley and Marple" by Jack Hanmer and Wilf Marsden.
14 walks around the Disley and Marple with maps, illustrations and descriptive text.
No date

Material on Marple District Rambling Club affiliated to Peak & Northern Footpath Society and the Ramblers Association:

a. Booklet "Fifty not Out" The story of Marple District Rambling Club 1967 - 2017. Written and compiled by Richard McClean.
b.…

Photocopy of extract from Manchester Walks & Wild Flowers by Leo H Grindon : 1858 pages 112 & 113 referring to the Marple Area.

Leaflet : Walking Podcast talks The Peak Forest Canal (South) Marple Locks and other locations produced by Stockport BC and The Marple Website with central map and information on local points of interests.

WEA course "Marple's Ancient Footpaths" by Don Lee 1990 ; Agenda information including 6 walk routes with associated maps.

A4 typed page with information on Fords across the river at Marple Bridge from Friends of Linnet Clough Papers by Tom Oldham

Two booklets in plastic folder "Heritage Walks Around Mellor" 12 walks around Mellor, Ludworth and Marple Bridge with maps, key and history information and descriptions of buildings on walk.
"Heritage Map of Mellor" showing trails with marked…

Booklet : "Brabyns Park Discovery Trail" produced as part of the Iron Bridge Restoration Project with SMBC, Marple History Society and the Marple Website.
Walk around Brabyns Park with map highlighting 17 points of interest and illustrations of…

Booklet "New Mills History Notes : No 11 : The Peak Forest Canal : Upper Level Towpath Guide by Olive Bowyer printed in January 1986 produced by New Mills Local History Society.
Hand drawn maps and descriptions and historic notes from Marple to New…

Material on Rollins Wood, Marple Bridge Community Woodland :
a. Typed 2 page document with photograph outlining the start, location and aims of the community woodland.
b. Email correspondence : Rollins Wood Co-op with news and questionnaire on…

Numerous newspaper and magazine articles on walks, trails and rambles highlighting history and local fauna and flora. Original copies with transcripts, photocopies and typed pages extracts from various newspapers dating from 1905. Items include :1905…

Booklet entitled Strines History Walk by Rosemary Taylor with map highlighting the points of interest along the described walk,.
Published by New Mills Heritage Centre 1995.

Booklet entitled Heritage Walk 1 : Marple Tramway by Kevin Dranfield published by Stockport Heritage Trust at Stockport Heritage Centre, 2009
Giving a circular 3 mile walk with history and information taking in Lime Kilns, 1800 tramway and features…

Four photocopied pages from unknown publication giving information on Marple Circular Walk to be held on 24th Oct 1903 and the prizes with local business advertisements.
The walk starts at the Navigation Hotel in Marple and has "checking stations"…

Two handwritten rambles around Marple by H Fletcher on lined foolscap paper :

(a) Four pages with 80 points of interest in red ink starting at the Smithy Cottage ending at Market Street, with historical notes and points of interest along the…

List of collection of material relating to Willows School Rambling Club from Frank Mason's records of the rambles and holidays held between 1957 and 1974.

Frank was the science teacher at The Willows School and his Archive includes :
Blue…

Statement produced by SMBC relating to claimed bridleway : Strines Road to Lakes Road, Marple, footpath 161 and part of footpath 160, produced by the Public Rights of Way Officer ( Appendix 1 dated 2001).
36 colour photocopies of photographs showing…

Booklet containing five walks around Roman Lakes Leisure Park. Four page introduction with historical information of area and buildings. Walks with maps and description of features of interest.
Date unknown

26 Page booklet with seven walks that start and finish at Romiley Station published by Friends of Romiley Station and Community Rail Newtwork.
2023

Pamphlet which opens to map showing two walks around Strines/ Marple and its connection to Three Chimneys House .
Information on Edith Nesbit who wrote The Railway Children whose sister who lived in house called 'Paradise' which was next to…