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Black and white postcard mounted on card showing Wyberslegh Hall, front aspect.
Date unknown

Article from unknown publication entitled "Kathleen and Frank" . Wyberslegh Hall was the setting for a tragic love story.
Poem and drawing by Kathleen dated 1905 called 'First step alone'..
Two photocopies of photographs of Wyberslegh Hall

Four page photocopy on A3 paper of original will of Nathaniel Isherwood 1765.Typed three page transcript of the last will and testament of Nathaniel Isherwood of Marple "being in bad health but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding",…

Newspaper and Magazine articles relating to Marple Hall : 1. Manchester Weekly Times 4 & 11 March 1892 with sketches of Marple Hall. Duplicate copy of 4 March in MAH/020/02.2. Sketch of Marple Hall & part text from Old & New Manchester…

Display text giving description of decline of Marple Hall, from several family members
22 photocopies of black and white photographs showing the vandalism and destruction of Marple Hall inside and out.

Sepia photograph of Ellen signed "Yours very sincerely Ellen Bradshawe Isherwood"
Photocopy of black and white photograph signed "E Bradshaw Isherwood", both undated.

Photocopy of lithograph describing "The Tryal of the Royal Martyr King Charles 1 at Westminster 1648".
Publication from HM Stationery Office 1986 showing original and text of Death Warrant along with and signatories.
Original / Transcript of "The…

Four page transcript of cassette entitled : Bradshaw-Isherwood's notes read by G A Swindells.
"Mr Richard Bradshaw Isherwood has sent me this resume of the history and his personal recollections of Marple Hall."

Cassette held at MLHS…

Photocopies of pages 39 - 74 from Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire : 'Original correspondence of the Lord President Bradshaw ; with other documents illustrating his personal history.
In the possession of A Rowson…

Small hard backed book with handwritten text in which the author describes a tour of Marple Hall and its rooms with his friend, Mr E A Gee. Authors signature at the end of the book is illegible.

Photocopy of original document listing tithe returns for the township of Marple.
Typed transcript of this document (where decipherable).

Photocopy of Thomas Isherwood's original last will dated 1786. He died in 1788.
Bequests were made to his wife Mary which included a property in Byron Street, Manchester; to his sons Thomas, Henry, John and James and his daughters Magdalen…

Copy of death certificate for Thomas dated 1895 died at Lunatic Asylum in Buxton.
Two typed newspaper articles re Internment at All Saints Church.
1. Stockport Advertiser 2 Aug 1895.
2. North Cheshire Herald, undated. Also original cutting from…

Display notice giving brief biography of Thomas Bradshaw the last of the Bradshaws of Marple who held the estate for nine years.

Photocopy of 13 page poem entitled "The Young Cavalier : A Legend of Marple Hall"
This tells the story in verse of a cavalier who was drowned in the River Goyt below Marple Hall.
From 'Lays and Legends of Cheshire' by John Leigh.
Publishers : E…

Two typed copies of indentures. One dated from 1606 between Sir Edward Stanley of Thonge, Salopp and Henry Bradshaw th'elder of Marple and thought to be referring to Marple Hall, Wibersley Hall and The Place.
Second dated 1614 between Henry…

Illustration of the coat of arms of the Winnington Family. Image of plaque on page taken from The Marple Website Virtual Tour. The plaque itself was in the care of Marple Hall School when the photo was taken.

Flyer giving information of an exhibition entitled "The House we Lost" from 1996.
Magazine article from "Living Edge" dated Feb 2001, "Postcards from the Past" showing Marple Hall with photograph and brief history

Extract from Stockport : Ancient and Modern 1892 Vol 2 by Henry Heginbotham.
Printed by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivingston, London .
Pages 183 - 199 giving information on The Township of Marple, the Bradshaw Isherwoods, Marple Hall,…

Pamphlet "Welcome to our Parish Church" with its history.
Information on a tablet erected in the vaults of this church by his son for John Isherwood, who worshiped here for a number of years.
Handwritten note from the choirboys and organist dated…

Small original pencil sketch showing Marple Hall rear view and enlarged photocopy of same view. Date and artist unknownPostcard sized pen and ink sketch of front view of Marple Hall, artist's signature in corner.Photocopy of drawing of the rear of…

Two copy sketches of Bradshaw Hall showing east side dated 17th century, one mounted on card.
Home of the Bradshaws from 12c.

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

Scrap book with black and white photographs of Marple Hall, correspondence and memories with Peter Davis.
Further correspondence from E Wilkinson 1996 and unknown source with memories of Marple Hall and the Isherwoods.

Typed text, source unknown with information on Mary Bradshaw marrying Henry Bradshaw of Marple Hall and lineage.
Under heading : "From Pepys Diary" , description of the hanging at Tiburne of Bradshaw and viewing of heads at Westminster Hall Jan &…