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

Photocopy of Listed Building information with photograph, on carriagehouse, stables with outbuildings and courtyard at Wybersley Hall.
'C18 with large C19 addition. Colourwashed dressed stone, brick additions and slate roof. 3 bays and 2 storeys…

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.

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…

Extract from Ormerod : History of the County Palatine and City Cheshire 1882 : Chapter :The History of Cheshire Pages 840, 842 covering Wyberslegh Hall and the Bradshaw Isherwoods.

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

Handwritten transcript from Manchester Evening News responding to a query 30th May 1908 regarding the origin of the name Wyberslegh, written by Joel Wainwright.
He says ' - - - it was first so designated about a dozen years ago when the Marple…

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.

Original & ring bound photocopy of Auction Sale Catalogue for Marple Hall held on the 30th & 31st July 1929 by Auctioneers, Brady & Son of Stockport & Manchester and Rogers, Chapman & Thomas of London, by direction of Henry…

Original and photocopied newspaper articles from 1929 reporting on the sale, the items sold and prices paid.
Manchester Guardian, 3 July 'Marple Hall and its antique furniture'
Manchester Guardian, 1 August 'High prices for tapestries'
North…

Notification from Auctioneers giving dates, authorisation to carry out sale.
Photocopy of newspaper article:-
Manchester Guardian, 3 July 1929 'Sanction is being sought for the sale of the antique furniture In Marple Hall'

Various original and photocopied newspaper cuttings reporting on the sale and the dispersal of antiques.
31 July/1 August 'Rain stops a sale, auctioneer's voice useless against thunder'
31 July 1929 'Sale at Marple Hall, dispersal of antiques'…

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…

Article from Manchester Weekly Times, 4th March 1892 : 'Marple : Sketches by our own artist'.
History and description of Marple and Marple Hall and the Bradshaw Isherwoods, with sketches of relevant views.
Duplicate copy also in MAH/016/02

Photocopied extract from Nooks & Corners of Lancashire & Cheshire by J Croston 1882 .
Chapter 11 : Marple Hall : The Bradshaws : Colonel Henry Bradshaw : The Story of Regicide.
28 pages describing the location of the Hall, how the Bradshaws came to…

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,…

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 two extracts from 'Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Vol 4'. Original held at Stockport Library.
Pages 225 - 226, 5th March 1886 held at Chetham's Library when a volume of tracts from the old Bradshaw…

Photocopy of a pencil drawing of Marple Hall by Frank Greenwood showing the rear of Marple Hall.
Also pages 138 & 139 with a brief description of Marple and the Hall's location and surroundings.
Extracted from 'Romantic Cheshire' by J Cuming…

Photocopy of an article from Cheshire Life, February 1950, entitled 'John Bradshaw of Marple' : by Ironside : with a photograph of the Hall.
Page 21 on A3 paper

Three pages of handwritten text headed "Eulogy on Bradshaw' by John Milton.

Extracts :
Cheshire Notes & Queries : New Series : 9th Jan 1886 to 18th Dec 1886. pages 194 -196' Judge Bradshaw and Miltons visit to Cheshire'.
Also page 216 listing John Isherwood of Marple in 1815 as High Sheriff of Cheshire during the reign…

Extracts from The Cheshire Sheaf
1880 page 61 : a copy of a letter from President Bradshaw read to the House of Commons in 1659
1913 page 66 : a letter re Bunbury School, Cheshire which was mentioned in John Bradshaw's will
1925 page 60 : 'One…

Photocopied extract from Victoria County History of Cheshire 1979 : Vol 2 : Oxford University Press : pages 178 - 184 : with references to the Forestership of Marple and Wybersley and a map showing the boundary of Macclesfield Forest in 1619.

Four handwritten white cards, ten pages of typed transcripts and photocopies of newspaper articles from various publications. These cover local events involving the people and history of Marple and Marple Hall.
They include : An edited letter of…