Marple & Mellor History : Folder 4

Photocopies of 8 pages from the original handwritten ledger for the Land Tax Assessments for the year 1799 in the County of Cheshire and the Township of Marple, giving name of owner, occupier, place and amount assessed.

Photocopies of two A3 pages of the orginal handwritten ledger for Land Tax Assessments for Cheshire, Stockport Division for the Township of Marple dated 1780, giving name of proprietor, name of occupier and amount assessed.

Photocopy of single page on card of the 1794 Land Tax Assessment for the Township of Marple, giving name of proprietor, name of occupier, location and amount assessed.

Computer printout of BMD records giving information taken from church records on
(a) the population of Marple in 1630 (7 pages )
(b) family details for 1584 - 1631 (17 double sided pages).

Eight printed pages with information on the Poor Law / Jurors / Poor Law Removals in Mellor & Ludworth.
"Brief Observations on Mellor & Hayfield" from 1770 by John Smith from Matlock

22 typed pages entitled "Water Supply & Public Health in Mellor from 1873" Information has been taken from various Council Minute & Letter Books - including those of Mellor Parish Council.
Information ends with the minutes of 7th March 1834.…

Five punched pockets containing pages of cut and paste material and typed small newspaper cuttings/headlines of miscellaneous reports of events/auction notices / meetings/BMD local news affecting the Marple / Mellor population.
In chronological…

Newspaper cuttings: Marple/Mellor auction / sales from 1750s
Twelve punch pockets containing typed and photocopied press cuttings arranged chronologically and relating to auction / land sales in Mellor/Marple from 1750s to 1940s.