Material & Memories relating to Compstall and Edwards Family

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Material & Memories relating to Compstall and Edwards Family

Description

Various information on Compstall and Edwards family:

1. Typed information from Manchester Mercury 1794, 1798, 1799 : Compstall Estate for Sale.

2. Typed information taken from Stockport Advertiser 1848 re sale on 7 March 1848 of estates owned in Woodford by James Andrew, bankrupt. 

3. Extract about James Andrew from 'Grahams History of Calico Printing in the Manchester Area 1750 - 1846'. Details given of Compstall Mill machinery, employees, work in hand (very little), rates of pay, also of the mill's failure in 1847. Other information about Andrew's Woodford calico printing establishment.

 3. Photocopied article entitled 'Compstall Lives again', unknown Source/Date. Includes photos of weavers in 1900 and 1920s. Written to highlight exhibition staged by Marple Antiquarian Society at Etherow Country Park relating story of Compstall Mill and village and their development under the Andrews family for over 80 years. Exhibition based on book 'The Andrews and Compstall : their Village'.

4. Typed extract noting long description of wedding at Compstall of Miss Agnes Andrew. (GC 8 June 1872)

Creator

Hyperlink below with Memories of Compstall Mill, Village from Mr Bradley native of Compstall, Mrs Joseph Swindells, transcribed from cassette recording with photographs.

Identifier

COF/01/015
Louiset

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Citation

Hyperlink below with Memories of Compstall Mill, Village from Mr Bradley native of Compstall, Mrs Joseph Swindells, transcribed from cassette recording with photographs., “Material & Memories relating to Compstall and Edwards Family,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://mlhs.org.uk/archives/items/show/659.

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