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Image Title Description Date Tags
Thumb Willow Walk: Lakes, Marple Postcard showing a group of people under a tree on the path by the Roman Lake, Marple, which was known as "Willow walk" . From 1 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1913 willowoldknows poolmarple
Thumb Webb's Tea Rooms near Roman Bridge Photograph copy of black and white photo featuring Webb's tea room, later Floodgate Cottage. After 1 Jan 1900 webbroman bridgemarple
Thumb Webb's Tea Rooms near Roman Bridge Photograph copy of black and white photo featuring Webb's tea room, later Floodgate Cottage. After 1 Jan 1900 webbroman bridgemarple
Thumb Webb's Tea Rooms Photograph copy of black and white photo showing Floodgates Cottage when it was Webb's Tea Rooms Circa 1895
Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1905
webbfloodgates cottagemarple
Thumb Weavers payslip 27th September 1794 Handwritten payslip. Weaver's pay slip from Samuel Oldknow's counting house. 27 Sep 1794 payslipweavercounting houseoldknow
Thumb Washer Washer . Part of engine hold-down mechanism. Matching spanner and nut itemised elsewhere in archive. Unknown enginefindmellor millwasher
Thumb Volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit Photograph of volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit Unknown waterloo wheel pitmellor millvolunteerphotograph
Thumb View of Mill Site from North Pond Colour photograph of View of Mill Site from North Pond at the Roman Lakes From 1 Feb 1990 to 28 Feb 1990 millroman lakesmarple
Thumb View from tower of All Saints' old church looking south In Oldknow's time this view would have been entirely rural. The large building on the right is Goyt Mill which was built in the early 20th century ... From 1 Apr 1963 to 30 Apr 1983 CHURCHAll Saintshousemill chimneymarple
Thumb Unwin obituary Appreciation of George Unwin, his life, work and connection to Edinburgh University, from The Scotsman dated Feb 3 1925. Item includes details of... 3 Feb 1925 mill papers discoveryscotsmanmellor milldocumentunwin
Thumb Tythe Map, Long Row, Brick Row Ordnance Survey Tythe Map, showing Long Row, later known as Brick Row From 1 Jan 1850 to 31 Dec 1850 brick rowlong rowtythe map
Thumb Tythe Map, Lime kilns, Long Row Ordnance Survey Tythe Map, showing relative locations of Long Row (later Brick Row),New Marple (later Stone Row) Garden House, Lime Kilns & Mellor... From 31 Jan 1850 to 31 Dec 1850 river goytmellor milllime kilnsgarden housestone rownew marplebrick rowlong rowtythe map
Thumb Two couples on Roman Bridge Copy of photograph of group of two men and two women on Roman Bridge, with two persons identified as Joel Wainwright(on left) and Dorothy gray (sea... Early 20th century
Between 1 Jan 1900 and 31 Dec 1932
edwardian clothingdorothy grayjoel wainwrightphotographroman bridge
Thumb Transcribed extract from 1901 census Transcribed extract from 1901 census, including details fro Mellor Lodge and Bottoms Hall From 1 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1901 bottoms hallmellor lodge1901 census
Thumb Transcribed extract from 1891 census Transcribed extract from 1891 census including details for Mellor Lodge and Bottoms Hall From 1 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1891 documentbottoms hallmellor lodge1891 census
Thumb Transcribed extract from 1881 census Transcribed and annotated extract from 1881 census, including details of Mellor lodge and Bottoms Hall From 1 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1881 bottoms hallmellor lodge1881 censusdocument
Thumb Transcribed census extract of 1871 2 pages of transcribed extracts from 1871 census, including details for Mellor Lodge. From 1 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1871 documentmellor lodge1871 census
Thumb Top Lock cottages Top Lock cottages are alongside the Macclesfield canal near the junction with the Peak Forest canal. Oldknow was involved in planning this canal al... 11 Mar 1964 marple lock flightmarplecanal
Thumb Top Lock Bridge Bridge over Macclesfield canal at junction with Peak Forest Canal, Marple Unknown marplemarple lockspeak forest canalmacclesfield canal
Thumb Tollgate cottage in St. Martin's Road Tollgate cottage is close to Oldknow's warehouse. The distinctive feature is the door on the corner to give the toll collector a view along the roa... From 1 Apr 1965 to 31 Oct 1965 toll collectortollhousemarple
Thumb Title Deeds-Mellor and Marple Extracts of Title Deeds from 1895 of lands in Mellor and Marple signed to Frederick Charles Arkwright. This land was formally owned by Samuel Oldk... Circa 1890
Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1900
samuel oldknowarkwrightmarpleMellor
Thumb Title deed, 1895, of lands in Mellor and Marple assigned to Frederic Charles Arkwright Extract of a title deed, 1895, of lands in Mellor and Marple assigned to Frederic Charles Arkwright. Lists of plots of land. Available to view on r... Mid 19th century
Between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1866
marpleMellorland assignationtitle deedFrederick Arkwright
Thumb Time line for Samuel Oldknow (8 pages) author unknown Detailed timeline for Samuel Oldknow (8 pages), author unknown. Unknown documenttimelineoldknow
Thumb Three fliers from spinning machines Three fliers of different sizes from spinning machines. Found in mechanical workshop. Unknown findmellor millfliers
Thumb Thomas Oldknow Photocopy of a portrait, possibly Samuel Oldknow's brother Thomas Unknown brotherthomas oldknowsamuel oldknow
Thumb The Willows and River Goyt from Floodgates Photograph copy of black and white photo of Gentlemen on the road at The Willows and River Goyt from Floodgates. Circa 1895
Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1905
roman lakesriver goytthe willowsmarple
Thumb The Roman Lakes magazine article A magazine article titled 'The Roman Lakes' from 'Inside Marple' free publication. From 1 May 2013 to 30 Jun 2013 friends of our valleymellor archaeological trustroman lakes
Thumb The Garden House, Marple The Garden House, Marple Unknown marplegarden house
Thumb Text of speech by John Hearle given at the opening ceremony for the Wellington Wheel Pit Text of speech by John Hearle given at the opening ceremony for the Wellington Wheel Pit on Saturday March 10th, 2012. 10 Mar 2012 John Hearlewellington wheel pitmellor mill
Thumb Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill Unknown strawberry hill