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Photocopy of original indenture and typed transcript for Thomas Hudson who was apprenticed as a Smith in 1801 and 1805 to Samuel Oldknow owned by the Holton Family who gave MLHS a copy. 2023
Typed research and extended family by Hilary Atkinson.

1. Black & white photograph of Ernest Carver b. 1861
2. Photocopy of portrait painting in oval frame of Alice Carver
3. Two page typed obituary regarding the death of 2nd Lt Geoffrey H Bagshawe at Ypres in 1915, elder son of Ernest and Alice…

Photocopy of photograph showing egg & spoon ladies race with handwritten notes that state "Marple Thursday Afternoon Womens Meeting Summer outing to Poynton Towers. Mr & Mrs Hodgkinson on left". Undated.

Photocopy of a photograph showing portrait…

Three page typed list of Walmsleys Apprentices taken from the 1851 census return with additional information.
Author unknown

Photocopies of photographs and inscription from Walmsley family gravestone at All Saints Church Marple on which are recorded the deaths of Charles and Betty Walmsley and their sons and daughters, Margaret Anne, James Braddock Walmsley, Charles Edward…

Photocopies of census records for various members of the Hodgkinson family for 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911.
Photocopy of marriage certificate dated 1812 of Henry Hodgkinson and Elizabeth Hewson.
Also three pages of handwritten notes/research…

Single page email from T Jones with query regarding the Carver Family arising from A Hearles Book. 2015
Handwritten note states "replied I was wrong"

Two page typed document giving suggestions on how to form a talk on Hollins Mill from A Hearle's book with ideas on changes to illustrations.
Date Unknown

Three pages from "Local History & Heritage with Marple Website" downloaded from Marple-uk.com.
Written by Peter Clark, under the heading "Disappeared without Trace" giving The Story of Hollins Mill with text, maps and photographs

Email requesting information on the Carver Family, specifically Basil Carver 1914 - 1916 sent by Graham Winton : 2016

Indenture between W O Carver and others & M.U.D.C relating to the "Conveyance of 1914" for the Freehold messuage known as "Hollins House" with plan of area.

A collection of three aerial photographs A4 size. The dates that the scenes were captured is unknown.Two of these photographs have been copied from one larger photograph which can be found in Map Drawer 9, Item 1.www.britainfromabove.org.uk/

Four A3 copies of Ordnance Survey maps, dating from 1820's, 1881, 1930, and 1949.

Photocopy of Woodville Hall built by John Carver : from The Marple Website.
Also plan of Woodville dated 1890 showing House, Woodville Lodge, Woodville Cottage, Bridges Farm, Cross Lane and surrounding parkland.

Stockport Advertiser 6th Nov 1920, 'The Hollins Mill Engine', details of the new engine 1,500 HP. Letter from Edward Wilkinson to Peter Bardsley - 30 August 1996, names the two engines as Gog and Magog. Copy of original advert for machinery sale in…

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…

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…

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.

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

'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…

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

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 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.

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 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.