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Three pages of Western Canal Distance Tables extracted from a Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway publication giving distances on Macclesfield, Ashton and Peak Forest Canal around Marple.
Date Unknown

Five Souvenir Programmes : Four Marple Rally of Boats souvenir booklets dated 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1970. One National Rally of Boats at Marple in 1996 organised by Inland Waterways Association. All programmes giving details of events to be held over…

Booklet produced by Waterway Production Ltd for the Waterways Recovery Group giving history of canal restoration by volunteers to the Cheshire Ring with photographs.

Two flyers promoting events.
1. Marple Lock & Aqueduct Public Open Day Nov 2014. An opportunity to venture deep into the drained lock (No. 2) and see the major maintenance project so far.
2. Oldknow's Roadshow & Film show November 2015, with a…

1. Original poster advertising the Marple Locks Festival Sunday 10th July 2005, listing events, stalls and activities with contact details.
2. A4 folded sheet giving features and timetable of the day's events 2005
3. Eight colour photographs…

Pamphlet entitled "Top Lock to Aqueduct", map and guide with 50 highlighted points of interest, with brief history and illustrations.
Published by Marple Civic Trust as part of "Interest Trails around Marple" this being No 1. 1991

Promotional documents advertising the Celebration of the 200th Birthday of Marple Locks : July 2004, posters, flyers.Newspaper and magazine articles on the bicentenary and on Samuel Oldknow relating to the bicentenary.

Photocopy of 3 pages from an unknown publication giving information with hand drawn sketches showing Marple Tramway and locks with key.

Taken from Olive Bowyer’s booklets on the Peak Forest Canal. The description of Marple Locks is in both the…

Photocopies of 3 pages from "History of Hyde & its Neighbourhood" by Thomas Middleton 1932 : Chapter XV1 covering Peak Forest Canal, local railways and railway accidents.

Notice of Towpath restrictions on Peak Forest Canal for vegetation clearance work. 2012

Photocopy of the front book cover of The History of Marple & District, a New Edition with 40 photos and contact details.
Two ink drawings of the aqueduct. Date and artist unknown

Email correspondence 2012 between Hilary Atkinson and Christopher Jones who is trying to locate a copy of the Marple Register of Canal Boats which was administered by Marple UDC under the Canal Boats Act of 1877.

Material relating to Aqueduct House
a. Photocopy of lst page of typed title deeds dated 1998 on sale of Aqueduct House for £140,000 from British Waterways.
b. Email correspondence from Ian Moss to Graham Boyes 2011 further research information…

Photocopy on A1 paper of a handwritten conveyance between Company of Macclesfield Canal and Aaron Eccles of Marple referring to several parcels of land including "Amen Corner" with map of relevant area (opposite to Beams Moor House). Dated 23rd…

A3 photocopy of a 1899 map of Romiley and Compstall area, with Peak Forest Canal and Sheffield & Midland Joint Railway and surrounding farmland.

5 page typed draft transcript of talk to be entitled "Canals for Recreation " author and date unknown.

Miscellaneous material 1980 - 1987 relating to the Peak Forest Canal Society Limited accounts, membership, AGM meetings and details of Liquidation in 1987.
Typed document giving history.
Flyer celebrating and thanking PFCS members

Original Boat Permit from the Peak Forest Canal giving permission to John Wardle to navigate his cargo of limestone, where loaded and to be delivered and price for May 29th year unknown.
Also photocopy of original boat permit as above.

Two photocopies of photographs showing stone sleeper blocks at Marple lock No 10 taken in 1983 with handwritten information on how they were later covered with Tarmac and a wire rope used to be part visible in adjacent road surface.

Two page article from Cheshire Life Magazine, February 2001 edition entitled Mr "Marple Aqueduct". Review of new book on Benjamin Outram by Professor R B Schofield, charting career of this great engineer.

Material relating to the visit of Prince Charles :
a. Official Commemorative Programme for the Canal Boat Rally & Community Festival at Marple.
b. Newspaper reports on Prince Charles visit 22nd March 1981 to commission New Horizon Boat.
c. …

Two page illustrated map produced by Canals & River Trust to promote exploring Marple Locks with children containing information, points of interest with map and things to look out for on a family walk.
Printed July 2013.