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Photocopy of Newspaper obituary from North Cheshire Herald 17th April 1959 for Frederic Thorpe, local farmer. Letter from George Thorpe 1992 re burials of the Thorpe family at Mellor Church

Two newspaper cuttings from unnamed / undated newspapers reporting on the death of Sir James Myers OBE, educationist and former principal of the Machester College of Science and Technology.Awarded OBE during First World War for work on mustard gas,…

Photocopy of newspaper cutting from Stockport Express 24.1.1974 with heading "Retiring from his Scene - a Yarwood" . Article giving details of Jack Yarwood's career and involvement in local government and education before his retirement. Also noted…

Miscellaneous material relating to Jinks Boatyard and family:1. Indenture 1867 : Photocopy of Original and transcript.2. 14 typed pages of letter to Rosemary (surname unknown), dated May 1983, giving details of: family generations; memories of living…

Material relating to Reverend W M Ainsbury :1. Obituary from Congregational Year Book 1930 including photograph giving information of his life (1859 - 1929). He had worked in Dudley, Manchester, Williamsburg in America, and Altrincham before coming…

Material on Ardern Family and their connections to Marple Mellor area including Census records from 1901, 1911. Correspondence with Mrs Whithead on Ardern family research information from 1990 - 1996 - includes reminiscences of parents' and…

Typed 2 page document entitled "Bartholomew Booth (1732 - 1785)" Supplied by M Whithead, University of Hull. Chronology history of life from birth at Mellor to death in USA.Ordained priest by Bishop of Chester 1758 : Licenced to Disley Chapel as…

Thirteen pages of typed history containing census records, directory extracts, location photographs and family tree relating to Francis Brindley, Corn Dealer of Marple in the 18th century, and his descendants.Moved to Marplefrom Longnor after…

Two page typed funeral address for Margaret (Marjorie) Burton 13.6.1922 - 2.4. 2011 delivered at York Minster 12th May 2011 by Warwick Burton her eldest son.Brought up in Didsbury, she trained as a needlewoman but volunteered as a Land Girl and was…

Various material on the Clayton Family :1. Correspondence from Mrs Priddle to Tom Oldham, dated 20 Oct 93, re Beechwood House, Clayton family and businesses.2. Extracts from Abstract of the Title of the Executor of the Late David Shaw 3. Clayton…

Two photographs of George May (Squeaky Dixon) a local Marple character who lived in Mellor Lodge as a young person. He had a high pitched voice and the children would ask him the time to hear him speak. He drew several sketches of various aspects of…

Typed three page document entitled Aaron Eccles, Gentleman of this Parish 1787-1856 giving information on life, residences and career of this local Solicitor and owner of Beamsmoor.Assocation with All Saints began in 1812 when he otained a pew. An…

Letter from Nat West Bank 8th January 1982 to Mrs Nelson, Secretary of the Marple Antiquarian & History Society giving information on the bequest from Miss Edwards. Bequest comprised £100 and her etchings of Marple Church and Marple Stable.

Computer printouts titled "Samuel Haughton : Descendents of 5 Generations" giving highlighted information of 5 generations of Haughtons covering Marple, Stockport, Manchester and USA

Two documents giving information, history and baptisms.
1. Pages 39 - 42 from Cheshire Ancestor, March 2012 titled "The Higinbotham Chronicles" by Paul Higinbotham giving account of his ancestors.
2. Typed information "The Higginbothams of…

Handwritten page with brief history of Brian Jenkins from Marple Bridge, Born 1922 given by Mr E B Jenkins, Bakewell date unknown

Material relating to John Lee, hand-loom weaver, born Marple circa 1803, died 1877. Diary shows him to be literate, numerate, musically trained and knowing some French - such an education would have been paid for, and not in Marple, but it's unknown…

Photocopy of Original list and typed transcript from Church of Later Day Saints Branch of Manchester Conference with names of members in the Mellor Area. Listing members, their parents, village or town, parish and date of birth (all 19th century).

Handwritten family tree starting with Samuel Littleford Born 1773 to family descendant who died in 1926.

Handwritten copy of Newspaper report from High Peak Reporter on June 14th 1924 p3c4 titled "A Long Lived Mellor Family" Five brother whose ages aggregate 373 years, giving report of the five brother Stephen, 82, Alfred, 78, Edwin, 75 Abraham 71 and…

A4 typed document titled "Medical People" giving history of people in Marple providing health care.These include:James Hibbert, who progressed from apprentice to surgeon;Emmanuel Moult, registered as surgeon , later employed as a druggist and general…

Copy of "He Soldiered under Kitchener " The Life and Times of Private Harry Milner of Darley Dale by John Peter Craddock.Chapters cover his beginning, early life, career as a Grenadier Guardsman, service under Kitchener in Khartoum and Omdurman,…

One page typed document "Miscellaneous" with statistics and information on notable families in Marple taken from the census returns from 1841 - 1891.1841 statistics not entirely reliable, but professional class put at four people.1851 Mentions made…

Correspondence with June Fancett , Australia 1998 regarding family research on the Mosley family and requesting information from relevant gravestones at Mellor Church.Article from "The Cyclopedia of Victoria" published in 1902 Australia about Robert…

Typed A4 document on The Nadin Family with research data from Census Records, 1841 with BMD information.