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Research material on Aqueduct Mill and its environs which includes
(a) handwritten notes and extracts from census returns of 1851 to 1891
(b) eight cards containing information about packet boats, Queens Hotel, Marple Printing Company, etc.
(c)…

Two typed pages with a brief history of the Marple Brass Band and its origins from a temperance band in 1883, recalling key moments of its history up to the band being able to purchase new instruments in 1970. Unknown author

Printout of email correspondence regarding suffragette movement in Marple. The NUWSS office may have been at Green Bank, Marple and a Miss (Celia) Sinclair may have been the secretary.

44 page ring bound booklet Geophysical Investigations at the Mellor Hilltop Archaeological Site : 2006 : A Report to the Mellor Archaeological Trust : May 2007.
Produced by Philip Day University of Manchester : Mellor Geophysics
A 44 page…

Four page booklet produced by Mellor Archaeological Trust giving update on the excavations at Mellor Hillfort including photographs of site, artifacts and geophysics.

Ring bound booklet entitled Proposals for the 2004 Season of Excavation at Mellor produced by The University of Manchester January 2004.
Twelve pages setting out the background from 1995 - 2002 and the aims and objectives along with excavations and…

Three page article from Current Archaeology from 2003 entitled "Mellor : A New Iron Age Fort" reporting on the discovery of the hilltop fort with photographs of site and artifacts found along with sketch of site..

29 page ring bound booklet Excavations at Mellor, Stockport, Second Season : Interim Report by Graham Eyre-Morgan, Manchester University Field Archaeological Centre. 2000. This describes the continuing investigations at The Old Vicarage, Mellor with…

14 Paged ring bound booklet The Old Vicarage, Mellor, Stockport, An Archaeological Evaluation : Interim Report produced by The University of Manchester.

Nine chapters give a detailed breakdown showing data, photographs, geophysics, and maps with…

Photocopy of typed transcript of the speech given by Mr W Oswald Carver JP on the 22nd July 1922 officially handing over the deed of gift to the Council in trust for the people of Marple as a memorial to the men belonging to or connected with Marple,…

Booklet : Marple Memorial Park dedication and historical pageant 22nd July 1922. "For Rememberance" 100th Anniversary Limited Edition funding Friends of Marple Memorial Park 2022.

Limited edition print run of 100 copies to commemorate 100 years…

Three pages of press cuttings giving notices of Bankruptcy and dissolution of partnerships for local business people along with sale notices.
Names include : Robert Grimshaw, James Bowdon, Stott, Dodson & Wright, Ralph Ferns, Jonathan Docker and…

Miscellaneous photocopied and original press cuttings, some mounted for exhibition, relating to All Saints' Church from 1969 - 1987.Topics include departure and arrival of vicars, opposition to proposed car park, celebration of Church centenary (June…

Typed A4 sheet detailing events to be held during 1980 as part of All Saints' Centenary Programme.

Text of dedication for new Prayer Desk in Sanctuary of All Saints' Church as memorial to Canon (and Mrs Spackman) who served All Saints from 1929 - 1952. Undated.

Original programme for British and Foreign Bible Society lantern lecture given on Jan 27th 1938 at Albert Schools by Rev R H Percival and entitled "1000 Miles across Northern Africa".

Three original copies of Marple Parish Magazine:1. May 1919 : including article on submission of designs for proposed All Saints' War Memorial; 2. June 1919 : including article on public meeting held on 15/5/1919 to discuss winning design for All…

Two documents relating to successful Grade 2 listing of War Memorial Cross at All Saints Church:1. Proposal (Oct 2015); 2. Assessment (July 2017).Undertaken for Historic England's Centenary War Memorial Listing Project.

Two original orders of service from All Saints' Church:a. dated 17/11/1918 on signing of Armistice;b. dated 11/11/1925 on anniversary of Armistice Day

Original confirmation certificate dated 10/5/1910 for Patty Bickerton

Original souvenir handbook for Grand Bazaar held in Church Lane 26 - 28 April 1900. Bazaar held in order to raise funds to buy land and build New Schools for All Saints' Church, replacing current condemned buildings

Original Orders of Service for Annual Sermons held at All Saints' Church on behalf of its Day and Sunday Schools:a. 17 July 1881,b. 19 July 1890,c. 15 July 1923.

Trustee document for bargain/sale of land and building in Marple for the purpose of a day and Sunday School for All Saints' Church

Original copy of "Ten Years in Marple: An Address to the Parishioners" given by Rev Reginald Adams, 1886. Leaflet annotated for 'Private Circulation Only'.