Mills & Industries : Folder 8 : Mellor Mill

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Title

Mills & Industries : Folder 8 : Mellor Mill

Subject

Mills and Industries of the Marple and District Area

Description

Folder containing items relating to Mellor Mill

Also see Revealing Oldknows Legacy Report : MAM/03/09 & Cabinet 1 CAB/01/09 : containing official report too large to store in general index

Creator

DP checked / update: GH / 2022

Identifier

MRS/08/

Collection Items

Material on Mellor Mill, Fire, History & Excavations
Documents and articles relating to Mellor Mill, history, fire and excavations :
a. Photocopy of original Cheshire County News report with transcript, from November 1892 on "The Great Mill Fire near Marple" (with typed extract from Glossop…

Samuel Oldknow Counting House Receipts : 1791
Three original receipts with photocopies from Samuel Oldknow's Counting House for weaving services dated 1791.

Bonhams Auctioneers Valuation of oil painting " Mellor Mill" by Joseph Parry : 2012
Correspondence between Bonhams 1793 Limited and Professor J Hearle with regard to the valuation of the oil painting on canvass "Mellor Mill" by Joseph Parry, 1744-1826. giving insurance value and market value. 2012.

Purchased by Mellor…

Goodfellow Engine : Mellor Mill : 1860
The Goodfellow engine installed at Mellor Mill and examples of machinery used in similar mills.
(a) Eight pages titled "Mellor Mill Illus Compressed" emailed in 2017 from unknown source giving technical information on the Goodfellow Engine installed…

Mellor Mill Fire : 1892/6 : Material from Marple Parish magazines
Extracts from Marple Parish Magazines dating from 1892 - 6 giving information on the Mellor Mill Fire in 1892 and its effect on the community, with list of subscribers and relief payments to workers and their families signed by J Wainwright, Hon.…

Newspaper Report on "Fines for all Kinds of Offences" in Mills
Four photocopied pages from an unknown publication with title "Early days in the Mill, Fines for all kinds of Offences, 'Domestic' workers versus the Factories" giving information on fines and offences, general working conditions, William Radcliffes…

Schematic Drawing of Mellor Mill
Schematic computer drawing of Bottom Mill, undated, showing front elevation, floors for machinery and connecting belts and gears from the water wheels and boiler houses. Produced in 2017 by John Glithero as an aid for guided tour of the…

Newspaper Cuttings relating to Mellor Mill & Surroundings :
Numerous newspaper cuttings relating to Mellor Mill and surroundings :
a. Newspaper cutting from Stockport Times East 2011 with photographs of Bob Humphrey-Taylor asking for volunteers for an archaeological excavation of Mellor Mill.
b. Several…

Cotton Famine : Consequences to Mills in Marple Area : 1862/3
Photocopies of several newspaper cuttings from the Glossop Chronicle from December 1862 to January 1863 from named and anon authors sent to the Editor regarding "The Distress at Mellor" and how the cotton famine and its consequences are affecting…

Mellor Mill Apprentices 1823 - 1828
Photocopy of two A3 Pages titled " A Return of the Cotton Mills within the Parish of Glossop" giving listing of Aprentices at Mellor Mill from 1823 - 1828.
Details include the owner of the mill, County which the apprentices came from, when…
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