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Newspaper report from 2009 giving details of talk by Ruth Hargreaves on past occupants of her house on Compstall Road.
21 pages of research material associated with this talk including maps, trade directory information along with miscellaneous…

45 page booklet published by Stockport Metropolitain Borough Council in March 2006 after public consultations, covering in 7 Chapters with photographs and maps all relevant issues including: background, history of area, landscape, historic buildings,…

Single photocopy document headed Parish, Manor and Townships with scale 1cm to 1 mile, showing Ludworth and Mellor Chapelry.
Page 34 from booklet entitled Glossop Dale, Manor and Borough published by the Glossop and District Historical Society…

1. Photographs of posters outside the Northumberland Arms after its closure when it was put up for sale as a "Prominent Development Opportunity"
2. Campaign to save the pub to become an 'Asset of Community Value', 2017. Printed extract giving brief…

Typed pages giving information on Marple Bridge from the 1861 census returns. After 1850 there was a large influx of Irish born people arriving during the building of the Marple railway.
The typed conclusion indicates that in 1861 there were 100…

Typed material with supporting map, photographs and census records entitled "A Few Facts taken from The Ludworth Censuses 1841-1901" by Ruth Hargreaves 2007.
18 pages of information from the census from 1841 including notable family, public houses…

Magazine articles from Cheshire Life relating to Marple Bridge :Jul 1998 : Photocopy of 'Bridge over untroubled water' about village lifeFeb 2003 : 'Bridge over troubled water' introducing 'Then and Now Marple and Mellor', a new book by Ann Hearle…

Correspondence from Stockport Borough Council 2005, leaflet, information and questionnaire on extending the Marple Bridge Conservation Area to give recognition to the area’s special historic and architectural character. This would involve the…

Numerous newspaper cuttings relating to river wall collapse on 21st Dec 1991 at Town Street, Marple Bridge and its reconstruction and reopening twelve months later with its effect on the local community and businesses.
July 1991 : Inspectors found…