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Photocopies of research papers, collated by Bernard Elsdon, which were recently donated to Marple Library January 2023. In 1954, Mr Elsdon, an Estates and Wayleaves Officer for the North Western Electricity Board negotiated with the owners of Marple…

25 sheets of handwritten research notes by Gladys (Dinah) Swindells on Marple Hall and tracing the Bradshaw-Isherwood families from 1252.
Dinah Swindells was Chairman of the Antiquarian Society. She lived in Manor House

Handwritten draft script for talk given by Gladys (Dinah) Swindells on The Bradshaws of Marple Hall .
15 pages : Date unknown

Typed and handwritten notes by Gladys (Dinah) Swindells including indentures for land purchases and The Vernons and other local related topics relevant to Marple Hall

Two carbon copies of typed letters from Gladys Swindells, Marple Antiquarian Society to Christopher Isherwood in Santa Monica, California.
22 Feb 1972 thanking him for his mother's history of the Bradshaws and Isherwoods of Marple and sending him a…