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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 hall mellor lodge 1881 census document	View
School at Mellor Lodge	Earliest discovered reference to Mellor Lodge being used as school. Advertisement from Bradford Observer, Thursday August 12, 1880.	12 Aug 1880	article document bradford observer louisa allen School mellor lodge	View
Notice of availability of Mellor Lodge to let	Notice from newspaper of April 6th 1876 advertising rental of Mellor Lodge . Lodge, described as a " spacious, handsome detached family mansion". ...	6 Apr 1876	press article document old hall rental mellor lodge	View
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	document mellor lodge 1871 census	View
Deterioration of All Saints Church	Photocopy of illustrated article on Marple "Old" Church (All Saints) built by Oldknow, and its subsequent deterioration and replacement (1870s).	From 1 Jan 1870 to 31 Dec 1879	oldknow marple old church deterioration document illustrated article All Saints	View
Mill census totals 1851	Mill census totals 1851, broken down by men, women, boys and girls	31 Oct 1851	workers document mellor mill 1851 census	View
Newspaper extract on labour trouble at Mellor Mill in 1842	Transcribed extract from Stockport Advertiser giving account of labour trouble at various mills in Marple area, including Mellor Mill, where steam...	26 Aug 1842	mellor mill walkouts labour trouble document Stockport Advertiser	View
Dispute in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow, extract 1	Extract re dispute in 1832 about footpath from Strines Road to Mellor Mill in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow. Notice signed by A. Ecc...	17 Aug 1832	document strines road oldknow footpath dispute mellor mill	View
Murder report	Article printed in Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (January 20, 1831) taken from Manchester Herald regarding alleged murder in Marple. Body found In ...	20 Jan 1831	document manchester herald goyt murder john clayton	View
Contents of Mellor Lodge for auction in 1828	List of contents of Samuel Oldknow from Mellor Lodge put up for auction in Dec 1828. Includes household contents, livestock and agricultural equip...	From 1 Nov 1828 to 8 Dec 1828	mellor lodge auction document	View
Letter From Oldknow to Charles Clarke on release of land 1827 (3 pages)	Photocopy of document from Derbyshire County record Service, dated 1/4/1827 from Oldknow to Clarke. Content relates to release of land to augment l...	1 Apr 1827	queen ann marple church release of land to augment living document 1827 charles clarke letter from Oldknow	View
Extracts from Stockport Advertiser 1826 and 1828	Two typewritten extracts from Stockport Advertiser, for 1826 and 1828 respectively. First extract reports on recent anniversary of Mellor Church Su...	From 1 Jan 1826 to 31 Dec 1828	document oldknow memorial fundraising oldknow sunday school anniversary mellor church Stockport Advertiser	View
Interviews with factory workers	Notes taken from interviews with workers at John Clayton's Mellor Mill in 1826. Workers had been moved from Cranfield in Bedfordshire, the home tow...	From 1 Jan 1826 to 31 Dec 1826	Rev John Beard workforce document mellor mill living conditions meat interviews	View
Letter From Oldknow to Charles Clarke on business matters 1825 ( 3 pages )	Photocopy of letter from Oldknow to Clarke held in Derbyshire County record Service, dated 24 May 1825, regarding several points of business relati...	24 May 1825	mellor business document overseeer of poor of mellor arkwright cromford and high peak railway charles clarke oldknow	View
Nomination of Samuel Oldknow as High Sheriff of Derbyshire	Photocopy of extract from London Gazette for 15th Nov 1823 showing Samuel Oldknow as one of three nominations for post of High Sheriff of Derbyshir...	15 Nov 1823	Stockport Advertiser document sheriff nomination high sheriff oldknow London Gazette	View
Extract from Farey's 'Derbyshire' 1813	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 ...	From 1 Jan 1813 to 1 Dec 1813	document farmland irrigation mellor mill fertiliser lime	View
Mrs Clayton's death notice	Copy of death notice of Jpohn Clayton's wife from Manchester Mercury , Tuesday 2 February 1808.	2 Feb 1808	document death notice manchester mercury mrs clayton	View
Letter dated 1806 about rebuilding of Marple Chapel (2 pages)	Typewritten copy of letter, apparently to Bishop of Chester from Oldknow, dated 1806, about rebuilding of Marple Chapel (all Saints) and difficulty...	21 Jun 1806	All Saints marple chapel rebuilding bishop of chester oldknow letter document	View
Mill notice warning against swearing and drunkenness	Mill notice warning against swearing and drunkenness, indicating fines payable (money to be distributed to sick and needy)	1 Jul 1797	fines for drunkenness document warning notice workers mellor mill	View