Mills & Industries : Folder 6 : Cataract Mill

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Mills & Industries : Folder 6 : Cataract Mill

Subject

Mills & industries in Marple and District

Description

Folder containing items relating to Mills & Industries of Marple and District

Creator

Data Protection Checked/Update 2022 JC

Identifier

MRS/06
Louiset

Collection Items

Material on Cataract Bridge Mill Residential Development
Information on proposed residential development on land off Longhurst Lane on site of Cataract Bridge Mill
1. Allison Pike, architect's mock up photograph of proposed development August 2004.
2. Architect's plan showing site location
3.…

Cataract Mill : Extracts from Letters 1885 - 1887 : Tom Oldham Papers
A variety of material tracing the history of the site of Cataract Mill on Longhurst Lane, Mellor from its development as a mill to its redevelopment for housing.
(a) Extracts from correspondence from Thomas Oldham to William Jowett, cotton wool…

School Project on Cataract Bridge Mill : History Around Us : D England 1980
Twenty three hand written pages by David England (aged 15 years) as a school project entitled Cataract Bridge Mill, "History Around Us" 1980.
With information on the history of Cataract Bridge Mill, site information, illustrations (both internal and…

"End of an Era" : Cataract Mill Closure : 2004
Full page article from Marple Review Autumn 2004 by Avril Marsh, giving a report with photographs of the closure of Cataract Bridge Mill under the headline " End of an Era"
Photograph of Don Lingard, director and the fourth generation of the family…

Newspaper Cuttings relating to Cataract Mill fires 1930 & 1970
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to Cataract Mill.
1930 : 'Mellor Mill fire' with a photograph of firemen working on the shell of the warehouse at Cataract Mill which had been gutted earlier
1867 : Report on the inability of the culvert…

Cataract Bridge Mill : Site and Location Maps : 1836
Hand drawn map showing Cataract Bridge Mill site with Mill Pond and stream by Tom Oldham
Photocopy of the 1836 tithe map showing Longhurst Lane / Cataract Bridge, but no mill.
Original map 'Indicative Masterplan' dated 29/07/04 showing the area of…

Material on : Cataract Bridge Mill : Demolition/ Redevelopment : 2004
a. Invitation to Public Exhibition by R Hamilton Limited with regards to demolition and redevelopment of Cataract Mill 2004.
b. Email correspondence with Mellorbrook re redevelopment.
c. Newspaper notice of planning permission for 2l apartments at…

"The Last Mill in Mellor" : Cataract Mill article by J Hearle : 2005
Three page article by John W S Hearle in the Textile Magazine from 2005 giving the history of mills in the area and the closure of Cataract Bridge Mill with photographs of the interior machinery.

Cataract Mill Clock : Newspaper Article : 1937
Typed transcript of newspaper article from North Cheshire Herald 3rd September 1937 reporting on Messrs Lingard's Cataract Mill Clock. Whilst cleaning it was established that it dated from 1824 and that it was originally brought from Bottoms Mill…

Invoice for Wm Jowett Ltd, Cataract Bridge Mills : 1942
Photocopy of company invoice from Wm Jowett Limited, Wadding & Cotton Wool Manufacturers, Cataract Bridge Mills, Mellor dated 1942 listing companies and expenditure from April 28th to May 2nd 1942.

Photographs relating to Cataract Bridge Mill and Redevelopment<br /><br /> 1967 - 2012
Large selection of photographs from different times and sources from black and white photographs of the clean up after floods in 1967 to the closure, demolition and redevelopment of the Cataract site.
Three colour photographs on card of 2012 flood…
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