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Photocopy of original legal document and transcript of indenture between Caleb Heginbotham & Mr Charles Walmsley.
Attested copy appointment and release of the Hollins Estate in Marple in the County of Chester and merger of a term of 500 years :…

Photocopy of Abstract of Title with associated papers : Plan of Hollins House and buildings and grounds, schedule and abstract of the Title of Messrs Wm Oswald Carver, Ernest Bagshaw, Thomas Carver (mtgor) and John Roberton Carver to freehold…

Photocopy of Continuation abstract of the title of The Hollins Mill Co Limited to the Holllins Mill with two plans on A3 paper:

1. Dated 1905 showing Mill, workers cottages,associated buildings and branch canal.
2. Dated 1909 showing The Hollins…

Photocopy of Indenture dated 1914 conveyance of a messuage or mansion called The Hollins with plan of The Hollins and surrounding Land for £300 consideration.

Photocopies of Indenture for sale of land shown on Plan attached showing area edge in red in front of Hollins House to Canal from The Hollins Mill Company Limited to Marple Urban District Council. dated 1921.

Photocopy of 7 page Declaration signed by Alfred Collier & Thomas Carver dated 1918 with regard to the purchase of land from Thomas Carver in 1905.
Declared before Commissioner for Oaths.

Photocopy of plan of The Hollins showing gardens and associated building. Also reference listing total acreage of 20A 0R 17P . Undated.

Photocopy of Acknowledgement of right to production of Deeds relating to property at Marple and undertaking for safe custody from John Robertson Carver to William Oswald Carver and others. Dated 26th November 1912.
Schedule of document dating from…

Typed schedule produced in 1978 listing all deeds relating to Hollins Mill including sites of police station and house clinic, old library, new library old folks hall and Hollins Shops

Four page typed schedule of deeds held at Manchester Central Library in relating to Hollins Mill, Walmsley/ Hodgkinson and Carvers.
Dates 1712 to 1889

1. Three page typed copy of Deeds to Hollins Estate dated 1825 Mr Caleb Heginbotham & Others to Charles Walmsley found amongst deeds to Springfield Hotel, Station Road 1994.
2. Eight handwritten pages of notes of miscellaneous Abstract of Titles,…

Photocopy of Transcript from the Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster Manchester district, Statement of Claim reporting on the court proceedings between Barlow v Carver in the matter of the estate of William Carver deceased.1893, giving…

Photocopy (14 pages) of the last will and testament for William Carver dated 1876 from the Court of Probate.
On 7th day of January 1876 his effects were stated to be under £180,000.

Three page photocopy of the last will and testament of William Carver, Junior of 15 Mosley Street Manchester, dated 1889 from the High Court of Justice.
On 10th day of March 1893 the gross value of his personal estate was stated to be £290,509.…

Photocopy of Undertaking between Ernest Carver of Poynton, Basil Roberton Fleming of Surrey and Edward Joshua Le Mare of Marple to return to Thomas Carver the title deeds of "The Hollins" .
Also schedule describing land and Mansion dated 1889.

Photocopy of the last Will and Testament of John Carver of Greystoke, Ealing in the County of Middlesex, with two codicils dated 1911.
On 4th November 1911 the value of his estate was given as £94714. 15s 2d, resworn at £94869. 13s 3d and his…

Photocopy of last Will & Testament of Mary Barlow of Woodville, Marple, widow dated 1931. 27th day of August 1931.
There are three codicils dated 15th November 1934, 23rd January 1937 and 2nd December 1938.

Two notices from The London Gazette giving notice in 1895 & 1898 of partnership dissolvement between Samuel Hodgkinson, John Carver, Thomas Carver, William Oswald Carver, Ernest Carver and Walter Bright Hodgkinson, due to the retirement of John…

Photocopy of last Will & testament of Samuel Hodgkinson of Marple dated 29th July 1898.

'The Factory Girl’: ballad by Robert Dibb of Dewsbury, dedicated to factory reformer John Wood, c. 1836 The Factory Act of 1847, also known as the Ten Hours Act was an United Kingdom Act of Parliament which restricted the working hours of women and…

Wage list from Hollins Mill Nos. 26 & 28 Weft Mules
date April 24th 1922.
Original and photocopy

Photocopy of Conveyance of freehold property, dated 11th December 1956 between The Hollins Mill (Marple) Limited and the Urban District Council of Marple for sale of Hollins Mill site as show on attached plan.

Reports from the Manchester Guardian.
March 10th 1910: Headline "Cotton Trade Dispute at Marple"
Hollins Mill, Marple was closed last night until further notice, and 650 operatives are thrown out of work
April 6th 1910: Headline "Maple Weavers…

Miscellaneous material relating to "Apprentice's":
1. Newspaper cutting Stockport Advertiser 16th May 1856: ."A Warning to Apprentices,"
2. Typed copy of Apprentice Indenture December 1887 , Samuel Hodgkinson.and William Sheldon with photocopy of…

Memories: Margaret Davenport (nee Close).
Memories: Edith Atknson (nee Pearce) 1935 memories
Email: Describing the Interview of Margaret Davenport by Hilary Atkinson.
Memories: Hilda Howard (nee Atkinson) written in late 1990s.
Email (2014) from…