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Photocopy of colour photograph showing "Weekend Cottage" on Ludworth Moor.

Original newspaper cutting and typed transcript entitled "Copy of Old Newspaper Cutting : 1908" with notes on Ludworth, including The Kings Gift, The Old Tollbridge

Collections of original rates receipts/demands from Rural District Council of Glossop-Dale : Parish of Ludworth for Mr Bradbury dating from 1929.
Original Demand from Ludworth Waterworks for Mr Hinchcliffe of Compstall : 1894
Photocopy of two page…

Photocopies of three programmes :
1. In aid of the Marple Bridge Sick Nursing Society "3 One Act Plays" performed by Marple Bridge Dramatic Society Nov 25th 1922.
2. Marple Bridge Orchestral Society " Grand Carnival Cafe" at the Congregational…

Selection of Posters and Flyers for event to be held in Marple Bridge :
1. Marple Bridge Flower Fayre 24th June 1995
2. St Sebastian Pre School "Farewell" 17th July 1999
3. Marple Bridge Village Summer Dinner Dance 27th August 2005
4, Royal…

Photocopy of a postcard dated 1912 from the Valintine range showing concertinaed local views of Marple Bridge.
J Townsend family have the original

A4 plan showing use of buildings and shopping facilities in Marple Bridge Cheshire 1971.

Photographs not on Marple Website from the Ludworth area :
1. Two black and white prints of Ludworth School 1908 & 1954.
2. Seven black and white photocopied photos of local area in Ludworth with descriptions on reverse.
3. A4 Photocopy of Group…

Printed extract giving brief history of the Northumberland Arms in Marple Bridge and the aims of local residents to convert to Community Pub "The Thumb" it aims and how to buy shares and get involve.
Also interior colour photographs of the premises…

Photographs of posters outside the Northumberland Arms after it closure when it was put up for sale as a "Prominent Development Opportunity"
Campaign to save the Pub to become an Assets of Community Value. 2017
Two newspaper cuttings :
a. "Group…

Numerous newspaper cutting relating to Town Street collapse at Marple Bridge and its reconstruction dating from December 1991 reporting the collapse to reopening 12 months later and the effect on the local community and businesses.

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Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings relating to Ludworth/Marple Bridge Area :
a. 1925: The Reporter : The Hibberts of Marple Bridge : Interesting Reminiscences by Miss Hibbert.
b. 1937 : North Cheshire Herald : Inquiry into Council Scheme for…

Two photocopies of handwritten documents relating to the building of a new bridge at Marple Bridge 1800. From Chester City Record Office

Material relating to the commission of a War Memorial at Ludworth, containing handwritten original minutes of Ludworth War Memorial Committee and correspondence with the Ministry of Pension re educational grants for children of deceased soldiers…

Miscellaneous material relating to Ludworth Corn Mill.
1. Extracts giving information on Marple & Ludworth Corn Mill.
2. Correspondence between Peter Bardsley and Mr Bennett with relation to Randle Bennett of Ludworth Mill 1746-83
3. Handwritten…

Two original items :
1. Marple Bridge, Compstall & Mellor "Messenger" a monthly magazine of general and local interest from February 1867. Edited by Samuel Drakeford, The Parsonage, Marple Bridge.
2. Original unused Diary Calendar 1936 in aid of…

Correspondence from Stockport Borough Council 2005, map Leaflet and information on extending the Marple Bridge Conservation Area

Miscellaneous Winter Wonderland and street party material :
Official Programmes 2004, 5, 6, 8 and 2010, 13, 14, 16, 19 and 2021.
Flyers and posters from several years giving details of event and newspaper report.
Numerous newspaper cuttings…

Single photocopy document headed Parish, Manor and Townships with scale showing Ludworth and Mellor Chapelry.
Page 34 from booklet entitled Glossop Dale, Manor and Borough published by the Glossop and District Historical Society 1973.
Undated

Magazine Articles relating to Marple Bridge :1. Photocopy : Village Life : 1998 : Bridge Over Untroubled Water2. Cheshire Life : 2003 : Marple Bridge & Mellor : Christmas Cards3. Cheshire Life : 2007 : Logging on to the Future4. Cheshire Life :…

Three original items relating to the Waterworks and Sewers of Ludworth and Marple Bridge:
1. Ludworth Water Supply plan on wax A3 paper, setting out the plots to be acquired to protect supplies 1924, Brady & Partington, Civil Engineers.
2.…

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…

Typed pages giving information on Marple Bridge after 1850 after a large influx of Irish Born people arriving with the building of the railway with conculsion.
Typed information on the Lally family

Two page handwritten notes of the History of the Local Government in the Ludworth Ward of Marple Urban District Council. From when in 1894 the overseers form a Parish Council
Author unknown.

Typed 17 page draft document : Unknown author giving history of Marple Bridge from present (1992) from lst mention in 1621.
Photocopy of Marple Bridge information ; unknown source