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| Caption | Extract from Farey's Derbyshire |
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| Type | document |
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| Title | Extract from Farey's 'Derbyshire' 1813 |
| Description | Extracts from Volume 2 of Farey's 'Derbyshire' 1813. Contains references to the use of lime as a fertiliser by farmers in Marple area, and also to the use and method of cess pool water from the cotton mill,etc, being used to irrigate the surrounding pasture land. |
| Date | From 1 Jan 1813 to 1 Dec 1813 |
| Current Owner | Mellor Local history Society? |
| Location | mellor mill |
| Other Tags | documentfarmlandirrigationfertiliserlime |
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