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Eight display pages from undated exhibition giving information and dates on how the Bradshaw family married into the Pimlotts and then the Isherwoods.

Page 843 from Macclesfield Hundred showing pedigree of Bradshaw Isherwood family of Marple and Wibersley and the family crest.

Typed brief History of Henry Bradshaw Isherwood used as part of an exhibition.
Photograph from Marple Website virtual Tour of Henry & Beatrice

Nine colour photographs of stained glass windows from Marple Hall which are now in St Boniface's church, Bunbury. See also MAH/016/03 and MAH/021/014.
14 page extract from ''Old Cheshire Churches' :
R Richards : 1973 giving information with…

Census records for J H Isherwood in 1881 when he was living at The Manor House, Welford, Northants. Also in 1891 when he was resident at Marple Hall.

Typed information from the Census records for Marple Hall : 1851 - 1891.
Typed notes on the census records. e.g. the family was not home on the night of the 1841 census and in 1871 the Hall was housing a lady's boarding school.

Assorted mounted display text describing events at All Saints Church, Marple on a Sunday.
The changes in Marple during John Isherwood's life.
Modernising carried out by John at Marple Hall.
Short biography.

Three accounts covering Chartists descent on Marple Hall and Mrs Ellen Bradshaw Isherwood's role. Extract and front cover from "Sybil" by Benjamin Disraeli in which he dramatized this episode in his book after he heard about the Chartist incident at…

Folder with extracts from various books written by or about Christopher Isherwood which relate to Marple and Marple Hall .
By Christopher Isherwood : The Memorial - Lost Years : Kathleen & Frank : Dear Dodie.
A Life of Christopher Isherwood by…

Five pages of correspondence and photocopy of coat of arms found painted on stone recovered from demolition rubble of Marple Hall.
Correspondence between the Heraldry Society and Arundel Castle Trustees Limited, Librarian to the Duke of Norfolk…

Collection of photocopies of miscellaneous family photographs of Christopher and his brother Richard from 1909, school days 1916.
Photocopies of photographs of their father in uniform and a number of their mother.

Two articles by Mark Whittaker, author of the Marple Website representing Marple in the Internet Community. Jan 2001 article on Marple Hall stained glass windows and their relocation to St Boniface's church at Bunbury. See also MAH/016/03.Jan 2002…

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…

Two original Airmail letters from Christopher Isherwood to Mrs Gladys Swindells 1972. Also letter from Richard arranging a meeting.
Photocopy of postcard from Richard to Nannie thanking her for his gum boots.
Photocopy of one held in archives from…

Two solicitors' letters relating to the sale of Wyberslegh Hall Farm for £4000 in November 1949. One is from Brady & Son to Mr Richard Bradshaw Isherwood and the other from Smith, Fort & Symonds to Mrs Isherwood.

Transcripts of Council minutes with regard to the future acquisition and demolition of Marple Hall.Aug 1954 Mr R G B Isherwood's offer of Marple Hall and associated buildings to the CouncilAug 1954 Council declined offerNov 1954 Mr Isherwood…

Photocopy of six page article from Country Life magazine, pages 222-227, dated March 1919 entitled
"Marple Hall - The Seat of Mr John Henry Bradshaw Isherwood'.
It gives information on family history combined with description of interior…

Typed transcript and handwritten copy, of a death Notice from Stockport Advertiser 12th July 1940.
Probate Registry Document issued 25th January 1941, showing value of estate at £75,858.19s.9d.

Display material showing photograph of Wybersley Hall (MAH/19/02) with brief history of residents by Kathleen Isherwood.

Display from exhibition : Stockport Advertiser from July 2lst 1822 stating that Wibbersley Hall, was of late in the occupation of Mr James Chetham as tenant to John Isherwood Esq.

Marple Township, extracts from a book by J P Earwaker dated 1877 . Pages 48 - 79 This gives the history of Marple Township from the Domesday Book, details of All Saints church with a list of its incumbents from the beginning of the 17th century, the…

Photocopies of three newspaper articles, sources unknown and typed transcripts of (a) and (b), of (a) engagement of Henry Bradshaw Isherwood and Beatrice Muriel Bagshaw. October 1907(b) their marriage in the Bavarian Chapel, Warwick Street, London on…

Copy of Black Horse Estate Agent's details for the Sale of Wybersley Hall and a further 10 acres of land, auction to be held on 12th July 1988 at The Rams Head, DIsley.
Lot 1. The property, a Grade II listed building, part of which extended beneath…

Photocopy of receipt for the sum paid by Mrs Isherwood for trimming and weeding the drive at Marple Hall, dated 1864, from Stockport Public Archives.
Photocopy of full year Payments and Allowances 1876. and January 1877.
Photocopies of maps dated…