An alphabetical list of the books held in the Society's Archive at the Mellor Centre.

Title, Date, Author, Notes

•    A to Z Map of Manchester district, 1984
•    Andrews & Compstall their village, 1972, R E Thelwall
•    Annals of Hyde and District, 1899, Thomas Middleton
•    Annual Report of the Poor Law 1835/1836, Second report
•    Bible Gems,1896, Owned by Ellen Bradshaw-Isherwood
•    Book of Common Prayer, 1802
•    Book of Common Prayer, 1807
•    Brabyns Hall and Park, 2013, Ann Hearle              
•    Bradshaw's Ghost, Ian McLean
•    Brabyns Hall and Park, 2013, Ann Hearle
•    Breakfast and Best Bitter, 2001, Jack Turnbull
•    By an Indenture, 2010
•    Bygone Days at Whitehough & Bugsworth, 1993, Alan Watson
•    Canals to Manchester, 1977, David Owen
•    Carver Family, 1970, J Donald, Revised 1977
•    Changing Face of Marple, 1970, Ann M Hearle, revised edition
•    Cheshire History subject index for Vols 1-43, 2003
•    Cheshire History Vols 40,41,42,43,44, 2000
•    Church Monthy, 1891
•    Coal Mining in Marple & Mellor, 2012, Derek Brumhead
•    Compstall Pictures of the Past, 2005, Frank Beard         
•    Cooke's Topographical Library of Gt. Britain, 1830, Private publication
•    Course of the Peak Forest Canal, 1964, K K Wood, facsimile
•    Cricketer Preferred, 1946, Kedrun Lauraie
•    Curious Cheshire, 2013, Donald Reid
•    Current Archaeology, 2006
•    Decline of Mellor in 19th Century, 1979, Ann Ashworth
•    Derbyshire Guide, 1960
•    Diary of John Lee, 1818-1822, John Lee
•    Diary of William Watkin, 1932, with attached newspaper report re his death
•    Directory of Local Studies in N W England, 1993
•    East Cheshire Past & Present, 2 volumes, 1877, J P Earwaker
•    Eye of the Camera, 1993, Jonathan Fryer
•    Faces and Places, vol. xv, 1904
•    Fifty Years of Calico Printing, 1949
•    First and Second Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners, 1835 1836
•    From Fields to Flowerbeds, 2013, Anthony Jones (2 copies)
•    Fun on the Waterways, John Banks & Peter Hulme
•    Glimpses of Mellor, 1940, John Hibbert Swan
•    Gone Banding, 1984, Charles Ingham
•    Goyt Valley Story, 1969, Clifford Rathbone
•    Great High Peak Flood - Wed. 18 June 1930, 1930
•    Great Human Exploit, J H Smith
•    Half Green to Hawk Green (Souvenir of Exhibition)
•    He soldiered under Kitchener, John Peter Craddock
•    Historic Industries of Marple & Mellor, 1977, Marple WEA (1977 class)
•    Historic Industries of Marple & Mellor, 1989, Marple WEA (1977 class) (New Edition)
•    Historical Atlas of Cheshire, 1958
•    History of Education in Marple, 1974, G Swindells
•    History of Marple, 1974, Gladys A Swindells
•    History of Marple and District, 1993, Tom Oldham
•    History of Stockport Court Leet, 1971, W M P Taylor
•    History of the County of Derby, vol. 2, 1970, Edited by William Page
•    History of the County Palatine of Cheshire, 1983, Walsh & Allan
•    History of the Marple Gas Undertaking, 1993, David Loverseed
•    Hollins Mill, 2014, Ann Hearle             
•    House of Lyme, 1917, Lady Newton
•    How they lived on Hillgate, 1992, Heather Coutie
•    Industrial Archaeology of Stockport, 1975, Owen Ashmore
•    Industrial Archaeology, 1967, Audrey Featherstone, Material for talk
•    Industrial Archaeology, 1967, Michael Rix        
•    Invitation to Marple Hall,1971, Anne Bannister
•    Joel Wainwright, Article on Marple pages 264-293
•    Journal of the Manchester Geographic Society Vol.xv Nos 10-12 May 1901, 1901, T. Baines & W. Fairbaird, 4 volumes (up to 1867)
•    Lancashire & Cheshire Past and Present,
•    Lancashire Cotton Industry since 1700, 1996, Mary B Rose
•    Last Orders Please, 1991, Jack Turnbull
•    Lays & Legends of Cheshire, 1972, John Leigh
•    Let's Go for a Run - Car Tours, 1959
•    Lifetime at Strines Printworks, 1997, George Scott
•    Lime Kiln Accounts, 1798
•    Lime Works Cash Books, 1800 1803
•    Lime Works Repair Ledger, 1889 1894
•    Little Novels of Italy, Maurice Hewlett, Owned by Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood
•    Local Times, vol. 1, 1992, Jack Turnbull
•    Ludworth Colliery, 1981, Geoffrey de Feu, Roderick Thackray
•    Macclesfield Canal, 1985, W H Shercliff
•    Maria: Ghost of Stonehurst, 1976, Kitty Thorp
•    Marple & District through Time, 1999, Steve Cliffe & Carol Dranfield
•    Marple & Mellor, 1997, Ann Hearle
•    Marple and Mellor - a new history, 2012, Ann Hearle
•    Marple & Mellor Then and Now, 2002, Ann Hearle & Peter Clarke
•    Marple 1220 - 1918, 1922, Ann Hearle
•    Marple and the Chartists, 2007, Jean Day
•    Marple and the Railways, 2015, Neil Mullineux  
•    Marple Hall-Bradshaws and Isherwoods, 2007
•    Marple in 1851, 1980, G A Swindells & K Western, from Census Returns
•    Marple Methodist Church 1795-1995, 1995, D H Davies
•    Marple Parish Magazine - 5 volumes, 1893-1938
•    Marple Parish Magazine - one volume, 1938
•    Marple Scouts 100 years 1908-2008, 2008
•    Marple Township, 1880, J P Earwaker
•    Mellor & Townscliffe Golf Club 1894-1994, 1994, A G Smart
•    Mellor Heritage, 1985, A Ashworth & T Oldham
•    Mellor Living on the Edge, vol. 1, 2005, M Nevell & N Redhead
•    Mellor Parish Council Minutes, 1895-1933 - 4 volumes
•    Mellor through the Ages, 2011, John Hearle
•    Memoir of Robert Blincoe, 1977, John Brown
•    Memorials vol. 2
•    Memories of Marple, 1899, Joel Wainwright
•    Memories of Strines, John Taylor
•    Moor End W I Millennium Cookbook, 2000, No author
•    More Pictures of Stockport, 1971, H lees
•    My Childhood, 2012, John Ingham
•    Narrow Boat to the Cheshire Ring, 2006, Ted & Margaret Hill, includes restoration of Marple Locks
•    Natural History of Ludworth & Mellor, 2009, Tony Smith & Ron Weston
•    Nature's Joys are Free for All, 1987, W Shercliff
•    New Historical Atlas of Cheshire, 2001, Phillips and Phillips
•    New Mills, a Short History, J A Smith & J V Symonds
•    New Horizons - a photo album
•    News Cuttings/Newspaper Cuttings, 2 volumes
•    Oddfellows Hall - 1979, Stephen Ashworth
•    Offerton - Marple Road Bicentenary, 1997, Ray Preston
•    On The Level, 1993, Dennis Suleman  
•    Origin of New System of Manufacture, 1828, William Radcliffe
•    Parish Magazines, "1894, 1897, 1938"
•    Peak Forest Canal & Railway, 2012, Graham Boyes and Brian Lamb
•    Picture of Stockport, 1971, H Lees, A collection of photographs
•    Prehistoric Cheshire, 1940
•    Psalms, Hymns and Anthems, 1744, Used by Samuel Oldknow's apprentices 1790/1828(2cps)
•    Railways of Marple and District from 1794, 1980, Warwick Burton
•    Railways of Marple & District to 2015,2015, Warwick Burton
•    Railways of New Mills & District
•    Rambles around Roman Lakes-Leisure Park, 2nd edition
•    Recipes from Marple
•    Remembered - World War I, 1999
•    Samuel Oldknow, 1990, Tom Oldham
•    Samuel Oldknow & the Arkwrights, 1924, George Unwin, 2 copies
•    Samuel Oldknow, S. N. Heap,typed account & pictures
•    Short History of New Mills + Railways, 1993, D B Brumhead & R M Bryant
•    Sigley Memories 1949, Tom Sigley
•    Stockport - a history, 1997, Peter Arrowsmith
•    Strines Journal, an appreciation, 1972, Gladys Swindells
•    Strines Print Works 1792-2002, 2003, Rosemary Taylor
•    Strines Valley, 2013, Rosemary Taylor
•    Town Planning Scheme for Marple U.D.C., 1950, George Middleton
•    Township of Marple 1684-1784, 1986, Lucy Simler
•    Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1965-1966
•    Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1952-1953
•    Village at War, 1995, Jack Turnbull, Marple village
•    Working Lives - book of photographs, 1986, John Darwell
•    World War I Remembered, 1999, P.Clark, A.Cook, J. Bintliff
•    World War II Remembered, 2005, P.Clark, A.Cook, J. Biintliff
•    Yesterday in Marple & Mellor, 1989, Ann Ashworth