Marple & Mellor History : Folder 3

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Title

Marple & Mellor History : Folder 3

Subject

Marple and Mellor.

Description

Folder containing items relating to Marple & Mellor History.

Creator

Data Protection Checked/Update : JC 2021

Identifier

MAM/03

Collection Items

Tax Returns for 1714
Photocopy of handwritten document on A3 paper containing schedule of names starting with Hen: Bradshaw Esq showing tax liability signed by the Collectors Wm Heginbotham and Francis Wood. dated August 3rd 1714

Taxables : Marple Township 1693
Typed list of taxables returned in 1693, under the act providing for a tax-levy of one penny per pound on real estate and six shillings for per head on Freemen for Marpool.
Source unknown.

Three Land Tax Returns : 1780, 1800 and 1810
Three photocopied documents on A3 paper of Marple Tax Returns from Cheshire County Records Office listing owners name, occupant, address and estimated amount.
1. Land Tax Return for Marple : 1780
2. Land Tax Return for Marple : 1800
3. Land Tax…

Mize & Tithe Book for 1792 and 1742
Handwritten document titled "Mize & Tithe book 1742 schedule of general survey of the arable, meadow and pasture lands in the township of Marple
Five photocopied extracts from original Mize & Tithe book 1792.

Newspaper transcripts relating to Industries from 1840
Twelve pages of transcripts of various extracts from newspapers dating from 1840 to 1904 with regard to Industries and mines.
These include sales notices, bankruptcy, inquest reports, petty session notices and prosecutions of companies.

Documents relating to Marple Recreation Ground & the Hodgkinsons
Documents relating to the Marple Recreation Ground bequest presented by Mr & Mrs Hodgkinson :
1. Photocopy of transcript of Herald Newspaper report on 15th October 1910 with photograph of officials and report of the event. 4 pages
2. Photocopy of…

1734 Poll : Bowden Middlecale & District : Glossop Parish
Two pages of downloaded information from the 1734 Poll for Glossop Parish with details of Mellor residents.
Downloaded 2007 from Rootsweb.com

Revealing Oldknow's Legacy : 2015 /2018
Single page advertising "Revealing Oldknow's Legacy" an oral history projects from 2017 organised by Canal & River Trust and Mellor Archaeology asking for memories to build an oral history of three of Marple's historic sites. List of…

Miscellaneous Newspaper Reports : 1808-11 & 1851
Photocopies of miscellaneous newspaper articles relating to Marple and Mellor from Manchester Mercury :
1. 1808 : Samuel Oldknow's bay horse has strayed.
'Whoever has taken him up and will bring him or give information shall be handsomely…

Foul Practice of a JP :Unlawful entry to Bothams : 1631
Two typed transcripts of a letter to Francis Bradshaw a Justice of the Peace in Derby complaining about the foul practice of Francis Stafford by unlawful entry into the hall of Bothoms, dated 24th February 1631
Source and author of original…

Research Material taken from Mellor Oddfellows Books
Handwritten information taken from Mellor Oddfellows Books listing members in 1832,36, resolutions, occupation of member and miscellaneous notes dating from 1832 to 1868 accompanied by typed transcript.

"Seen from the Ridge" Articles from North Cheshire Herald : 1930-1952
Four pages of typed transcripts taken from "Seen from the Ridge" by "Observer", a regular feature which was appearing in the North Cheshire Herald.
Topics by "Observer" covered, Holiday Haunts for Sale and Still helping blitz victims, etc.
Six…

Extract : Lancs & Cheshire Antiquarian Soc : Corn Mill Marple : 1965
Photocopy of a single page with a paragraph under heading "Marple" from Transaction of Lancashire s & Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1965-1956 giving information on the Corn Mill in Marple on the River Goyt which was by then largely demolished.

Extract : Heading : " Mellor" : Information on Buildings in Mellor
Single page photocopy of an extract (query Pevsner?) under the heading "Mellor" (pages 478 & 479).
Information on the architecture and history of St Thomas's in Church Road, Hearse House E of the church, Methodist Church (former) in Longhurst Lane,…

Chester Assizes : Trial of Marple Men : 1824 : Marple Parish Magazine Extract
Photocopy of two pages taken from the Marple Parish Magazine from 1982 & 1893 showing a report from the Morning Herald in London regarding the trial of two Marple men in 1824 , their crimes and sentences.
a. John Ingham : Breaking into Mr Gees house…

Misc. News Reports : Hollins Mill / Typhoid / Scarlet Fever : 1908
Photocopy of newspaper report from unknown publication dated 1908? with six paragraphs of miscellaneous reports from Marple.
1. Report of successful examination students at Marple Tech Institute
2 & 3. On scarlet fever and typhoid outbreaks in…

Mellor Industrialisation : Hugh Fletcher
Two handwritten pages on the industrialisation of Mellor from the first mill in 1790 by Hugh Fletcher

Newspaper Reports on Wells / Culverts in Marple
Newspaper reports on wells / culverts found around the Marple Area:
a. Two articles from Stockport Messenger and High Peak Echo dated 1992 : Well found in garden in Marple, reporting on a 26 foot well in working order discovered in the garden of a…

Newspaper cuttings / headlines relating to Marple / Mellor Area from 1800's
Numerous newspaper cuttings, headlines on miscellaneous topics in and around Marple /Mellor area.
Examples :-
1901? Hayfield & District Antiquarian and Field Naturalists visit Mellor
1967 Terror flood hits village (Moor End) after 15-minute…
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