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Two page handwritten letter from Vivian Lloyd for assistance in finding records of the Ashton family baptismal and burial records at Mellor Church especially John Ashton, baptised in July 1792.

Six typed pages with notes from various sources, mainly letters from later generations, on local people. Details given about :Belfield : Forebear had been a stonemason at Mellor, sister farmed at Damsteads and later Dove Bank, great uncle worked as…

Miscellanous material on the Hinchcliffe Family :1. Computer printout of eight generations of the descendants of Joseph Hinchcliffe , Marple, Compstall, etc connections highlighted.2. Newspaper article from M.E.N. 31.8/91 entitled "Is it your family…

Email correspondence with John McKellen requesting information from Ann Hearle on the McKellen connection to Mellor : 1998.
His father was born in Brook Lea in 1891 and his grandfather invented a Double Pinion, Treble Patent Camera which he won a…

Email correspondence between Ann Hearle and Marleen Van Horne (2001) with regard to family genealogy of the Mathieson (Matthewson) family.Duncan Matthewson was a teacher at Compstall Bridge in 1835.

Material of the Pickford family of Mellor :1. Four page typed transcript of John Pickford's will and inventory 1797. He had held position at Holly Vale (Bridget Mill), Mill Brow.2. Email and handwritten correspondence with Simon Pickford and Jack…

Email received from R L Mather from Wollongong NSW Australia giving information of his Platt Family geneology.
Gertrude Platt his grandmother is buried at All Saints Church, and he connections with Hawk Green.

Photocopy of newspaper obituary for Mr George Pott, 83. Newspaper and date unknown. Preacher throughout Peak District but mainly at Ridge Methodist Chapel, also member of Marple UDC 1907-1910 and Stockport Board of Guardians. Farmed at Ridge End Farm…

Material on the Stafford Family :
a. Correspondence from Walter Stafford and Family Pedigrees for the Stafford of Mellor and New Mills Area : 1999 plus extract from Mellor Heritage published in 1985 with highlighted information on Staffords
b.…

Email correspondence with Elaine Brown and Ann Hearle regarding family research into the Storer Family living at the Banks, Mellor. Family name has varioiusly been recorded as Staur, Stow, Storr, Stora, Storah and Storer. Photocopy of schedule from…

Single page handwritten letter to Tom Oldham from Lilian Oldham of Cornwall 1979 on family research into the Oldham Family especially John Oldham born 1876 a schoolboy at Mellor Old School.

Four page typed Document entitled "Marple Past & Present" a lecture to be delivered by Mrs Warrington in 1938 drawing on buildings, names and records as sources of information. Also research notes, Historical Notes, Population notes and 6 page…

Typed table showing information of BMD of the Wild Family who lived and worked in Mellor, along with brief details of family.Photocopies of three Census records for Jesse Wild 1851, 1881 and 1891.Photocopy of map of Mill Brow highlighting mills, Hare…