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Green and blue lily pattern glazed tile	Green and blue lily patterned tile. Minton. Found in Mellor Lodge.	Unknown	mellor lodge minton find ceramic tile	View
Section of lime plaster cornicing	Section of lime plaster cornice from Mellor Lodge.	Unknown	mellor lodge find cornice	View
Section of fire bar	Section of fire bar from steam boiler grate. Found in boiler house coal store.	Unknown	boiler house find mellor mill fire bar	View
Small section of steam engine	Small section of steam engine. Found in engine house.	Unknown	find mellor mill engine house steam engine	View
Small roller from spinning machine	Small roller from spinning machine. Part of drive shaft.	Unknown	mellor mill spinning machine roller find	View
Large roller from spinning machine	Large roller from spinning machine. From drive shaft.	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine roller	View
Leather boot	leather brogue boot. Found in rear staircase of mill	Unknown	find mellor mill boot	View
Pulley wheel	Pulley wheel. Possibly from secondary drive shaft, or another machine. Found in rear staircase of mill.	Unknown	find mellor mill pulley wheel	View
Plough shear	Plough shear. Found on cobbled frontage of mill.	Unknown	find mellor mill plough shear	View
Departure of Samuel Oldknow as County Sherriff P2	Copied extract no 2 from Stockport Advertiser 1824 re pageantry on departure of Samuel Oldknow as County Sherriff to Derby Assizes session.	Unknown	Stockport Advertiser hospitality Derby Assize pageantry sheriff of derbyshire document oldknow	View
Apprentice numbers at Mellor Mill	.Brief notes on numbers of apprentices at Mellor Mill in 1794-4. Summary of information from book 'Labour Migration' (author and publication detail...	Unknown	document labour mellor mill apprentices	View
Hillgate Mill and Oldknow's House	Photographic copy of an etching of Hillgate Mill and Oldknow's House. Shows in details the side and front elevations of mill and house fronted by w...	Unknown	hillgate mill oldknow stockport hillgate house etching	View
Cog from spinning machine	Cog from spinning machine, slightly angled. Probably from later in history	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine cog	View
Copy of black and white photo of Mellor Lodge (5)	Copy of black and white photo of Mellor Lodge. Shows side elevation with garden running down to bend in Goyt in foreground. 4-storey building clear...	Unknown	photograph copy Goyt mellor lodge	View
Door handle	Ceramic door handle found in Mellor Lodge	Unknown	mellor lodge find door handle	View
Photo of entrance across bridge to Mellor Lodge	Very small black and white photo of entrance across bridge to Mellor Lodge. Gentleman standing at front gate. Probably Edwardian era.	Unknown	edwardian photo oldknows bridge mellor lodge	View
Photo of bridge over Goyt	Black and white photo of bridge over Goyt at bottom of Oldknows Road. Group of people in Edwardian clothing is standing on bridge.	Unknown	edwardian oldknows bridge photo	View
Portrait of Samuel Oldknow (pen and ink)	Pen and ink portrait of Samuel Oldknow. Provenance unknown.	Unknown	portrait samuel oldknow	View
Inward migration of labour to Mellor Mill	Brief notes on background to movement of labour from south and east of England to northern counties between 1835 - 1837 to meet demand for workforc...	Unknown	labour migration John Beard Cranfield workforce document mellor mill	View
Samuel Oldknow's Memorial Plaque in All Saints Church Marple	Photocopy of 3 photographs of Samuel Oldknow's plaque in All Saints Church , Marple: the marble plaque, the inscription, the memorial's prominent ...	Unknown	photograph memorial inscription marple all saints church memorial plaque oldknow	View
Hyde Bank Hall and estate with their short history	Typed notes on Hyde Bank Hall and estate with their short history in relation to Oldknow	Unknown	oldknow document canal bridge canal hyde bank estate romiley hyde bank hall	View
Chartist disturbances involving workers	Extract from Stockport Advertiser re Chartist disturbances involving local mill workers in 1842	Unknown	chartists Stockport Advertiser workers mellor mill	View
Samuel Oldknow's corn mill before fire	Photograph of Samuel Oldknow's corn mill in Mellor before fire in 1892. Front elevation(with gable end) of three storey building showing road in f...	Before 31 Dec 1892	photograph fire Mellor circular stone plaque corn mill olknow	View
Postcard of model of Mellor Mill	Postcard picture of model of Mellor Mill made by Tom Oldham	Unknown	postcard tom oldham mellor mill model	View
Roman Bridge	Enlarged photograph of Roman Bridge (undated). Trees bare of foliage	Unknown	photograph roman bridge	View
Information from local residents Hugh Fletcher and Mrs L Taylor (5 pages)	Recollections recorded from 2 local residents at antiquarian society meeting. Topics include Lime Kilns and their operation; life in cottages; cana...	Unknown	shepley mill bobbin mill church lane school wasterside canal traffic possett bridge lime kilns mrs l taylor hugh fletcher memories document	View
Fire bar section	Fire bar section from steam boiler grate. Found in boiler house coal store	Unknown	find boiler house mellor mill fire bar	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 6	Photocopy of original of list of apprentices at Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840.	Unknown	apprentice royal military asylum Lt. colonel williamson samuel oldknow mellor mill	View
Glass thread guides	Two glass thread guides - for spun thread to roll over. Glass could withstand heat of machine. One thread guide has been distorted by the heat of t...	Unknown	fire find mellor mill glass thread guide	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 7	Photocopy of original list of apprentices at Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840.	Unknown	royal military asylum Lt. colonel williamson glossop mellor mill samuel oldknow	View