Research notes, correspondence and memories of Marple Smithfield Cattle Market.
Transcript: Opening of Cattle Market, 6 & 13 March 1909.
Newspaper cutting: Christmas Fat Stock: Winners at Marple Show.
Newspaper cutting: Smithfield closing, 23 August 1968.
Newspaper cutting: Auction closes after 70 years, 29 August 1968.
Newspaper cutting: 3 farms hit by plague, June 1969.
Newspaper cutting: Wind Storm Havoc, 16 February 1929.
Click link. Newspaper cutting: 2 x photos of prize Christmas Cattle at Marple, 22 December 1934.
Sale by Auction adverts, 1854 & 1941
Map showing Cattle Market layout (disused).
Map showing modern use of Cattle Market location.