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

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…

Original copy of booklet : " A century of Footpath Preservation" produced by the Peak and Norhern Footpaths Society founded in 1894. The forward is written by Sir John Johnson, Chairman of the Countryside Commission.

Original booklet entitled "Brabyns Park Interest Trail" devised and written by a group of second year pupils from Marple Ridge School under the leadership of Mrs J Harker and Miss R L Niven giving history and points of interest with hand drawn…

Booklet entitled "The Nesbit Connection : Edith Nesbit Literary Trail" Produced by New Mills Library, Brenda Culkin and Barbara Matthews on the author of The Railway Children and connection to local area. Printed for Derbyshire Millennium Literature…

Original copy of "From Peak to Plain" A look at Mellor with sketches from local artist Patricia Linnell and historical notes by Ann Hearle. October 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…

Original booklet "Marple Rail Trails" by W R Burton 1982, two guided trails to locations of railway historic interest in Marple and District for the walker, cyclist and motorist, profusely illustrated.

Original booklet entitled "Nine Local History Walks", circular walks in and around New Mills and district by Derek Brumhead, published by New Mills Heritage Centre 1998 with hand drawn maps by Olive Bowyer.

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…

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

Original copy of ring bound booklet "Stockport Town Trail" devised and written by Frank Galvin and published by SMBC.
Single Trail with details of individual buildings, their architecture, and general and historic information,

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.

Original booklet entitled "Twelve Mellor Walks" devised and described by David Ackroyd and Geoff Heath with historical notes by Ann Hearle, geological notes by Hugh Johnson and sketches by Patrica Linnell for The Mellor Society. March 1993
Order…

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

Booklet entitled "Walking Around Marple Lyme Park and Surrounds" by Jack Hanmer Andrew Lee and Wilf Marsden.
10 walks around the Marple and Lyme Park area with maps, illustrations and descriptive text.
No date.

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…

Booklets and Leaflets for Etherow County Park :
1. Two booklets : Nature Trail and Keg Trail (1975) both produced by SMBC.
2. Six leaflets :
b. Birds 1 Wildfowl : Illustrations of ducks found in the park, their anatomy and feeding habits ::…

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…

S.M.B.C. design drawing showing proposed bridge over River Goyt at Chadkirk dated July 2009.
Aeriel photograph showing roads, railway around Marple Dale and location of the Proposed Footbridge location.

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

Flyer announcing a 5 mile "Sponsored Village Walk" in aid of Arthritis Research Campaign.
Typed A4 document setting out the directions with information and points of interest for "Mellor Local History Walk" Planned by Joan Smith on 16th April 1977.

Several hand produced flyer/sponsor form for "The Mellor March", helping cancer causes in the community and giving information of prizes.
Various dates from 1997 to 2010 (not all years)
Newspaper cutting, Marple Review 2002, 'Over 400 people took…

Small Folder containing three walks giving description of the route and points of interest. Explanation of the history of Boundary Walks and sponsor form and badge proclaiming "I'm a Mellor Bounder 1992"
Part 1 : Marple Bridge to Brookbottom, 3…

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