Marple Local History Society

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  1. St. Pauls, Strines: The Tin Tabernaclehttps://mlhs.org.uk/our-local-heritage/st-pauls-strines-the-tin-tabarnacle.html

    For over a century, Strines was home to the Strines Calico Printing company, which became one of the leading companies printing not merely calico, but any and every sort of fabric. In the 19th century the Company owned much of the land and employed...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Our Local Heritage

  2. Strines Dovecotehttps://mlhs.org.uk/our-local-heritage/strines-dovecote.html

    Anyone travelling to Strines station will pass an exotic structure on the left hand side - a dovecote planted firmly in the middle of the mill pond. It is a Grade II listed building but that immediately raises two questions. Why is it there and when...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Our Local Heritage

  3. Strines Nightingale https://mlhs.org.uk/our-local-heritage/strines-nightingale.html

    build the business. The Hatters, The Midland, The Navigation, - all refer to a local activity or feature. So what about The Strines Nightingale? What connection does that have with the locality? Strines is a long way from Berkeley Square so that isn’t...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Our Local Heritage

  4. About Strineshttps://mlhs.org.uk/?view=article&id=251:about-strines&catid=134

    About Strines Heritage: The area known as Strines was in medieval times part of a large hunting forest - the Forest of the Peak - covering much of the Peak District and surrounding area. Eventually the more useful areas were taken over (assarted) by...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Strines

  5. Summer Stroll 'C' 2020 - July https://mlhs.org.uk/trips/trips-2019-2020/summer-stroll-c-2020-july.html

    completion of the Peak Forest Canal and the associated cargoes it would have carried. (1) The route starts with parking on Strines Road, alongside Marple recreation ground. (2) After crossing the road, walk through the site of Oldknow’s limekilns. The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Trips 2019 - 2020

  6. Strines History Projecthttps://mlhs.org.uk/?view=article&id=252:strines-history-project&catid=134

    Strines Printworks History Project The above is now complete. the one small remaining stone building has been renovated to use as a history room. Next to this the original works clock (Bruce's Clock 1809) has been cleverly restored with HLF grant and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Strines

  7. The Strines Journalhttps://mlhs.org.uk/?view=article&id=253:the-strines-journal&catid=134

    The Strines Journal Joel Wainwright was a protege of Joseph Sidebotham, a senior partner and significant man in the printworks development. Joel worked his way up to become accountant and then manager of the Works serving from 1849 to 1905. From 1852...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Strines

  8. Postcards Part 5 – January 2020https://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/postcards/postcards-pt-5-january-2020.html

    The turnpike road from Marple to New Mills (Strines Road) opened in 1801. In 1805, seeing a business opportunity, John Braddock bought a plot of land built the Sportman’s Arms and was granted his first alehouse licence. It was ideally situated for...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Postcards

  9. Strines https://mlhs.org.uk/?view=category&id=134

    • Type: Category

  10. Telephone Directory from 1911 https://mlhs.org.uk/reference/telephone-directory-from-1911.html

    shop premises. Lived in High Lane Disley Disley 37 Crossley E.K. Miss Wyberslegh Road Disley 38 Calico Printers Assoc. Strines Print Works Disley 39 Crellin Wm. Spindle & Flyer manufacturer (managing director) textile merchant Langbraes ~~~~~~~~ Disley...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Reference

  11. Archive Book Listhttps://mlhs.org.uk/society-archives/arch-book-list.html

    Please 1988 Jack Turnbull Lays and Legends of Cheshire 1972 John Leigh Let's Go for a Run - Car Tours 1959 Lifetime at Strines Printworks 1997 George Scott Lime Kiln Accounts 1798 Lime Works Cash Books 1800 1803 Lime Works Repair Ledger 1889 1894 Little...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Society Archives

  12. Memories of Hawk Green by Alan Proctorhttps://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/memories-of-local-people/marple/mems-alan-proctor.html

    Alan was born in 1929 in a nursing home between Birchvale and Hayfield, the son of Annie and Frank Proctor. Frank worked at Strines Printworks and the family lived on Shepley Lane. When he left school Alan became an apprentice joiner, also at Strines...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Marple

  13. Postcards Part 2 - October 2019https://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/postcards/postcards-pt-2.html

    Mrs Edwards of Stonehurst with her daughters and friends A view of the footbridge over the railway tracks at the back of Strines Road. The steps drop down to the valley and emerge on Lakes Road, near Bottoms Bridge. The footpath starts on Strines Road,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Postcards

  14. If Walls Could Talkhttps://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/places/if-walls-could-talk.html

    Mills History Society). The book builds a case that Edith Nesbitt set her story ‘The Railway Children’ in the area around Strines. Part of her argument is that Edward Ross was the inspiration for the character of the ‘Old Gentleman’ who gave the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Places

  15. Forewoman Sarah E Maddockshttps://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/people/forewoman-sarah-e-maddocks.html

    in proposing this corps. One such WAAC was Sarah Eleanor Maddocks, whose name is recorded on this plaque in St Paul’, Strines alongside that of her brother, John Edward, a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed on the Somme in 1916. Their...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: People

  16. The Rubbing Tiles https://mlhs.org.uk/our-local-heritage/the-rubbing-tiles.html

    of the Peak Forest Canal Aqueduct, investigation of the industrial archaeology and landscaping of the lime kiln complex off Strines Road, and furtherance of the industrial archaeological excavations of the Mellor Mill site, which had started in 2011...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Our Local Heritage

  17. Mrs Rowbottom's Memorieshttps://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/memories-of-local-people/marple/mrs-rowbottom-memories.html

    the mill owner of the old Shepley Mill.Brick Row When I was about sixteen my father bought the house called Lime Villa on Strines Road. After we had been there about 12 months my brothers came in one night, very excited, and said there was a fire down...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Marple

  18. The Elusive Captain Nuttallhttps://mlhs.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/people/the-elusive-captain-nuttall.html

    According to census details from 1841 to 1911 the Ratcliffe family lived in Priestfield House (off Strines Road). However, on three of the censuses (1841, 1861 and 1871) the name of the house was given as Captain Nuttalls. This information has come to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: People

  19. Archive Cabinets Indexhttps://mlhs.org.uk/society-archives/arch-cab-list.html

    assessments (Marple township) Roads and Highways Roman Lakes Rosehill house – and surrounding area Schools Societies Sports Strines Strines printworks/strines journal Swimming baths (see sports folder) Talks:Notes:Articles Telephone Exchange Theatres...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Society Archives

  20. Stockport’s Historic Weirshttps://mlhs.org.uk/our-local-heritage/stockport-s-historic-weirs.html

    at Woodend and the Woodend Printworks established. This too had a succession of owners until it came under the control of Strines Printworks in the 1870s and was used as an extension of the main factory but eventually demolished so only the settling...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Our Local Heritage
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Marple Local History Society would like to thank Mark Whittaker for his indispensable help and contribution in designing and setting up this website, which he continues to host on behalf of the Society.

About the Society

The Society was formed in 1961, following almost a decade of interest in local history matters. Originally called The Marple Antiquarian Society, it changed its name to The Marple Local History Society in 1990. The Society is a Registered Charity, 500099.

Monthly meetings are held between September and April, several field trips are made each year. The society publishes a range of publications, has an active archive session on Thursday mornings, and organises occasional exhibitions.

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