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Panoramic view of Bottoms Hall and farm	Digitised copy of photographic slide of the Bottoms Hall and farm complex, taken from lower part of Linnet Clough in February 1993	From 1 Feb 1993 to 28 Feb 1993	bottoms hall photograph	View
Letter regarding first sighting of fire	Letter claiming mill fire first spotted by footplate crew of train on Marple - New Mills line	6 Jul 1993	fire sighting by train crew document fire mellor mill	View
Roman Lakes Restaurant Construction	Colour photograph of the restoration of the restaurant at Roman Lakes, Marple	From 1 Jan 1994 to 31 Dec 1994	tea rooms roman lakes marple	View
Detail from modern Ordnance Survey map 2000	Detail from modern Ordnance Survey map covering site (not marked) of Mellor Mill 2000	After 1 Jan 2000	ordnance survey modern mellor mill map	View
SO's aims from Classic Soil	extract from "Classic Soil:Community,Aspirations and Debate in the Bolton Region of Lancashire,1819 - 1845" by Malcolm Hardman	From 1 Jan 2003 to 31 Dec 2003	wesleyanism primitive methodists calvinistic faith 1817 methodist edward smith radical 1816 the alarming distress of the country napoleonic wars old rachel's farm sweetlove'sfarm prospect farm rivington unitarian chapel roscoe lowe liverpool 1852 - 57 bolton 1800 richard arkwright junior derbyshire 1787 unitarian chapel house account of rivington anderton 1793 widow capet martha shaw samuel oldknow mousseline marie antoinette	View
SO's aims from Classic Soil	Extracts from " Classic Soil:Community,Aspiration and Debate in the Bolton Region of Lancashire,1819 - 1845" by Malcolm Hardman	From 1 Jan 2003 to 31 Dec 2003	bolton industrial revolution rivington 1786 indonesia india st. petersburg leipzig brussels paris philadelphia london brazil sudan egypt samuel oldknow junior 1764 roscoe lowe joseph shaw 1762 anderton margaret foster nottingham	View
Horse Tunnel under Stockport Road, Marple	A tunnel was provided so that a horse towing a barge could cross Stockport Road safely	26 Mar 2003	towpath stockport marple lock flight marple lime kilns marple	View
Lock 13	Lock 13 out of 16 which make up the Marple flight	26 Mar 2003	bridge lock canal marple lock flight	View
Lock 12	Lock 12 out of 16 which make up the Marple flight. Each lock has a pond alongside to hold water from the next higher lock when the gate is opened,...	26 Mar 2003	marple lock flight pond canal lock	View
Samuel Oldknow's biography by A.C. Howe	Oxford Dictionary of national Biography: Samuel Oldknow's Biography: Acknowledgments	From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2013	leeds temple newsam house j.wright of derby likenesses a.c. howe london friendly hospital correspondence re employment of apprentices manchester archives & local studies manchester cl jrl correspondence & papers baltimore business & estate papers john hopkins university correspondence and papers col.u 1977 derbyshire archaeological journal samuel pldknow and the peak forest canal d.j. hodgkins 1899 memories of marple	View
Commemorative plaque design based on Lock 14	It was the photograph of Lock 14 below, looking in the opposite direction towards Lock 15, that we used to create the design for a brass plaque to ...	From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2004	bicentenary commemerative plaque marple locks lock 14	View
SO's biography by A.C. Howe	Oxford Dictionary of Biography: Samuel Oldknow's Biography by A.C. Howe	From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2013	cotton lords steam-powered mill 1790 peels finishing works heaton mersey stockport weaving winding warping 1784 hand-loom weavers arkwrights enlighten ment joseph wright botany bay 1789 indian muslins 1779 spinning mule muslin 1781 thomas oldknow rivington and blackrod grammar school john clayton thomas foster margery foster nottingham lancashire anderton 5.10.1756 1756-1828 samuel oldknow	View
Samuel Oldknow's biography by A.C.Howe 2	Samuel Oldknow's biography	From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2013	gentlemen 24.09.1828 18.09.1828 1828 chairman of agricultural society 1824 high sheriff of derbyshire volunteers lieutenant-colonel napoleonic wars medieval fortresses peak forest canal turnpike roads bridges coal-shafts limekilns marple parish apprentices coarse yarn apprentices water-poweredfactory derbyshire Mellor 1787 anderton stockport 1792 economic crisis fine-cotton spinning oldknow muslins 1788 richard arkwright strutts arkwrights	View
Horse drawn barge	This picture was taken during the 200th anniversary celebrations of the canal. It shows a barge in lock 12 being towed by a horse like all the bar...	3 Jul 2004	peak forest canal marple lock flight	View
John Hearle with excavated stone	Photograph of John Hearle with excavated stone from the Wellington Wheel Pit, 2011	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	John Hearle wellington wheel pit mellor mill	View
Mellor Mill Wheel Pit	Black and white photograph of Mellor Mill Wheel Pit from the start of excavation c. 2011	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	wellington wheel pit excavation mellor mill	View
Mellor Mill inspection	Photograph of team inspecting Mellor Mill Wellington Wheel Pit excavation site including Adam Thompson from Salford University.	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Mellor Mill Excavation, 2011	Photograph of piles of excavated material with dumped tyres	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Low Lea Road, 2011	Photograph of Low Lea Road and site of Mellor Mill at the start of excavation, 2011.	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Roman Lakes Leisure Park History Trail	Free handout of the Roman Lakes Leisure Park History Trail giving significant history of various points on the trail.	After 1 Jan 2011	samuel oldknow old hall history trail roman lakes	View
Menu for Roman Lakes Tea Rooms	Menu for Roman Lakes Tea Rooms, Marple from c. 2016	Circa 2011 Between 1 Jan 2011 and 31 Dec 2021	menu tea rooms roman lakes	View
Mellor Mill excavation site	Black and white photograph of view of Mellor Mill excavation site c. 2011.	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Press cutting from the Stockport Express, 12 February, 2014	Press cutting from the Stockport Express rearding the £1.5m Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded to the Canal & River Trust in partnership with Mell...	12 Feb 2011	oldknow lime kilns marple aqueduct mellor mill	View
Mellor Mill dumped tyres	Photograph of Mellor Mill excavation site with dumped tyres on top of water exit.	21 Jun 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Press cutting from the Stockport Express, 21 September, 2011	Press cutting from the Stockport Express asking for volunteers to help with the archaeological excavation of Mellor Mill.	21 Sep 2011	oldknow archaeology volunteer wellington wheel pit mellor mill	View
Mellor Society News. Issue Number 54. Autumn 2011.	Issue 54 of Mellor Society News from Autumn 2011 containing an update on the restoration of the Wellington Wheel Pit at Mellor Mill.	From 1 Oct 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	Mellor wellington wheel pit mellor mill	View
Pitt Dixon book P1	Photocopy of Page 1 of Pitt Dixon's book "Marple Lime Works, Mineral Mill & Brickworks" from his website	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	lime kilns mineral mill brick works mellor lodge peak forest tramway upper peak forrest canal marple samuel oldknow	View
Marple Lime Kilns sketched map	Lime Kiln Tramways	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	jink strines road mineral mill macclesfield canal upper peak forrest canal tramway routes lime kilns marple	View
Pitt Dixon book P3	Photocopy of P3 of Pitt Dixon book "Marple Lime Kilns, Mineral Mill & Brickworks	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	mineral mill & brickworks marple lime kilns pitt dixon	View
Pitt Dixon book P2	Marple Lime Works, Mineral Mill & Brick Works	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	francis brindley & co.tithe map marple corn/mineral mill jesse tymm quicklime john clayton george swain posset bridge bugsworth basin quarries dove holes nathaniel wright thomas brown anthony ashmore william fletcher joseph heathcoat calcining	View