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Single page handwritten account of Wesleyan Methodist in the Marple area by Hugh Fletcher giving brief history from 1745 when John Wesley preached at the "Bongs".

Also small newspaper cutting "On the banks of the Bongs" with photograph and mention…

Various correspondence from 1935 regarding the Bequest from Mr William Torkington Kent of £120. 5s. 3p 3.5% War Stock to the church

Original Marple Vestry Minutes Book 1849 - 1889. Elections of Overseers of the Poor and notice of Poor Rate Assessment April 1899.

Various original documents relating to legacy of £100 from Joseph Vaughan of .the "Ash", Marple to All Saints Church.
Charity Commission documents and correspondence dating 1898 - 1950

Assorted photographs :
1929 : Black & White showing British Legion 1929.
Undated : Hand tinted postcard of All Saints.
Undated : Two colour photographs of Budenberg family grave and Frank Barlow's Grave.

Miscellaneous newspaper articles relating to All Saints Church dating from 1854 from various local and national publications.

Numerous typed pages containing detailed archive index with information on title of items, dates and location for the Marple Bridge United Reformed Church archive, comprising :

11 page index headed "History" giving title of items, date and folder…

Photocopy of two tickets from United Methodist Sunday School, Mellor for picnic and visit to Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue June 1926 & 1929

Typed Essay on the Founding of Marple Congregational Church, its Sunday and Day Schools : and of their subsequent history in relation to prevailing and economic conditions.
Letter stating written in 1968/69, author unknown.

Two photocopies of County of Derby Return Forms giving the number of Places of Worship, not of the Church of England in Mellor. Details of Denomination, number of places of worship, numbers and Observations. Dated June 1829.

Two Postcard relating to John Wesley from The John Rylands Library collection.
Two Christmas Greeting Cards dated 2001, 2003 from Marple Methodist Church with details of Christmas Services.

Trustee document for bargain/sale of land and building in Marple for the purpose of a day and Sunday School for All Saints' Church

Dates of the correspondence date from 1913 - 1958

Miscellany of documents relating to Mellor Church and its Parish in date order from 1794 collected by the local historian Tom Oldham and passed to Ann Hearle who donated then to the MLHS Archive in 2019.

See Schedule for full description of each…

Handwritten copy of the Apportionment of the rent charge in lieu of Tithes in the Township of Mellor for 1848 listing residents homes and land.

Original ticket and programme for the Mellor Church Annual Tea Party in Moor End Sunday School on Saturday 2nd March 1895.
Tea at 4.30 concert at 6.30pm, programme lists name of the artists performing.

Original ticket from St Mary's Catholic School for Tea Party in 1862.

Original Ticket for the Christmas Draw 1968 for the Marple Parish Church Restoration Appeal, giving details of prizes and date of draw.

Two page printed document with a time line for All Saints starting from first recorded service in 1588 through to 1979 entitled "...through the years" with photographs.

Two original receipts dated 1909 and one from 1918 related to Primitive Chapel Mellor

Two display extracts giving historical information of the Congregationalist in Marple
Extract from Powicke : Centenary History of the Cheshire Congregational Union 1806 - 1906 referring to Marple

Typed pages entitled : The Select Vestry of the Overseers of the poor for the Township of Marple 1820 - 1828

Leaflet with specifications, history and information on the Organ at St Thomas Church, Mellor.
The Organ was dedicated in 1977.

Two different, undated sets of estate agents' details for The Grange, Strines Road. Note that Canon Drury, curate in charge of St Paul's from 1912 - 1918, lived there.

Miscellaneous papers/photographs donated by Mary Simmonds in relation to her great granddaughter of Mr & Mrs Humphreys.
1. Photocopy of documents from March 1905 presented to Mrs Humphreys of Sunny Bank from Members of Young Womens Senior Class in…