Marple & Mellor History

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.

Notes on Mellor Hall, Church, Churchyard and Vicars

1. Five typed pages containing sections on Mellor Hall, Mellor church, the font, the pulpit, the churchyard, some Mellor vicars and Methodism in Mellor.
2. Three handwritten pages taking a tour of the mills in Mellor from Cataract Bridge on…

Extract from Joseph Tilley's "The Old Halls of Derbyshire"

Photocopies of pages 86-89 from Joseph Tilley's book "The Old Halls of Derbyshire" covering Whitehough and Bradshaw Halls and two pages showing the coats of arms of these two halls and their buildings and of Mellor Hall.

Thesis : The Change in Function of Parishes of Mellor and Ludworth during the last 200 years : Clare Garner : 1966

Ring-bound 103 page academic thesis entitled "The Change in Function of the Parishes of Mellor and Ludworth during the Last Two Hundred Years" : Presented by Clare Garner. April 1966 for Manchester College of Education.
Containing maps,…

Wikipedia Pages for Mellor : 2005

Three pages of information from Wikipedia website relating to Mellor giving information on Geography, Industry, Politics, Industrial Past etc. downloaded 2005

Map of the Township of Mellor

Hand drawn map of the Township of Mellor, showing prominent houses / roads and rivers from Robin Hood's Picking Roads in the north to Windybottom and The Banks in the south, Marple Bridge in the west to Jordan Wall Nook in the east.
Date/artist…

Booklet : "The Historic Landscapes of Mellor" : Ron Weston

Original copy of the booklet entitled "The Historic Landscapes of Mellor" by Ron Weston, 2005.
Resulting from survey undertaken for Mellor Archaeological Trust to help set the hill-fort in context of the landscape.
Booklet gives information from…

Lea Hall, drawing by J Wainwright 1899 : Advertisement for Lecture by J Wainwright 1882

Photocopy of a pen drawing of Lea Hall, Mellor with text stating that for forty years this was the residence of Miss Shaw, who died here.
Taken From J Wainwright's : "Memories of Marple" c.1899

Hand drawn laminated poster with an illustration of…

Poster : Extracts from Bridge Almshouses Rules

Photocopy of A3 poster : Extracts from the Rules established by Mrs Elizabeth Bridge for the Government of the Almswomen in the Bridge Almshouses of which Almshouses, during her life, Mrs Elizabeth Bridge was sole Governor and Visitor : Rules 12,…

Booklets : Marple & Marple & Mellor as Places of Residence

Two photocopies of booklets entitled
1. Marple & Mellor as Places of Residence : 24 pages with handwritten corrections.
2. Marple as a place of Residence
Both are undated but one is a revised version of the other and both promote Ley Hay Estate…

Magazine Articles relating to Marple & Mellor from 1966

Nine magazine articles relating to Marple and Mellor :
1. May 1966 Christopher Moore finds Marple full of Vitality and Imagination...not just an Address : article & photos (pp 62-69)
2. July 1972 Cheshire Life : Marple - Vital & Imaginative :…

Miscellaneous Newspaper cuttings from 1827 relating to Marple & Mellor.

Three punched pockets containing numerous miscellaneous newspaper cuttings from various sources dating from 1827. (some are dated articles and others are undated).
Photocopies of cuttings, original newspaper articles and typed transcripts

Historical References & Newspaper Cuttings relating to Robin Hood's Picking Rods

Miscellaneous pages relating to Robin Hood's Picking Rods (grid ref SK006909) from several sources and newspaper cuttings :
a. Illustration of Picking "Pegs" extracted from Wainwright's 'Memories of Marple'.
b. Text & diagram from 'Journal of the…

Extract : Legends of Longdendale by T Middleton : 1906

Photocopy of chapter VI from 'Legends of Longdendale' by T Middleton entitled " Robin Hood's Visit to Longdendale".
Giving an account of why the stones on Ludworth Moor are named as being Robin Hood's.
Also pages 304-307 from The Journal of the…

Extract from The Decline of Mellor in the 19th century by Ann Ashworth

Three photocopied pages with tables on the population and textile occupations of Mellor extracted from 'The Decline of Mellor in the 19th century' by Ann Ashworth

Report on W Bradley's address on "How to Improve Marple" 1893

Original newspaper article and photocopy from The Herald March 11th 1893 and of W Bradley's address at the meeting of the Congregational Mutual Improvement Society 1893 entitled "How to Improve Marple"
Letter from Dora Wigg in Cheltenham who is W…

Leaflet : Mellor - Moorend Conservation Area : 1978

Leaflet from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council giving history, information and map on Conservation Area Designation and Guidelines for Mellor-Moorend Conservation Area designated April 1978.
North Cheshire Herald article 6 Apr 1978 “Villages…

Mellor Heritage Exhibition : 1984 & 1985

Leaflet for Mellor Heritage Exhibition in The Parish Hall, Mellor September 1985, with advertisements for local businesses and Programme for the Mellor Fesitval on 15th September 1985.
Seven typed pages from the "Mellor Heritage" Committee Meetings…

Notice : "Remember the Sabbath to keep it Holy"

Photocopy of Notice entitled "Remember the Sabbath to keep it Holy" from Mellor Jollification Committee. Undated

Plan of Estates in Marple (late Mr Thomas Ferns 1854)

Photocopy over six pages of plan of Estates in Mellor in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby belonging to the Executors of the late Mr Thomas Ferns 1854, giving details of Lots 1 to 4 which included dwelling house, outbuildings, eight other…

Marple Town redevelopment 1960's & 70's : Summer Stroll Material 2000

Typed sheets from Peter Bardsley regarding the redevelopment of Marple Town 1960's and amended plan 1970's.
Also Marple & Mellor Millennia 2000 Summer Stroll : Local History Walk with Peter Bardsley and Margaret

Bibliography of the Village of Mellor : Deeds Relating to Mellor

Photocopy of typed document of Bibliography of the Village of Mellor from May 1978. Also typed list of Deeds relating to Mellor held at Derby.

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