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Mellor Mill after Fire 1892	Front view. Fire damage can be seen to the windows and roof. The entire shell of the Mill can be seen in this picture.	After 1 Jan 1892	fire mellor mill oldknow	View
Mellor Mill after fire 1892	Back of Mellor Mill after the fire in 1892	After 1 Jan 1892	mellor mill fire oldknow	View
Auction noitce of Olknow's Mellor and Marple estate 1889	Notice of sale by auction of freehold estate formerly comprising Oldknow's estate and subsequebtly transferred to John Clayton. Sale ordered by tru...	6 Jul 1889	Manchester courier document redrow cottages mellor mill john clayton Peter Arkwright auction	View
Mellor Mill from Ordnance Survey map 1880	Large scale extract of plan from 1880 Ordnance Survey map of Mellor Mill	1 Jan 1880	ordnance survey mellor mill plan	View
Reference section enlarged plan of Mellor Mill	Index for Mellor Mill Plan Hand written list	From 1 Jan 1867 to 31 Dec 1867	buildings rooms mellor mill plan	View
Enlarged Plan of Mellor Mill 1867	Scale 40 feet to an inch Black and white line plan of the Mellor Mill site	From 1 Jan 1867 to 31 Dec 1867	drawing plan mellor mill	View
Plan of Mellor Mill 1867 (after Ashmore 1989)	Plan of Mellor Mill (after Ashmore 1989). Reproduced from Stockport: A History, by Peter Arrowsmith	1 Jan 1867	plan arrowsmith ashmore mellor mill	View
Celebratory meal marking installation of new engines and boiler	Extract from Stockport Advertiser (Sept 1860) re celebratory meal marking installation of new engines and boiler in Mellor Mill	14 Sep 1860	celebration demise of water wheel installation of new engines Stockport Advertiser mellor mill	View
Distorted grassing machine burner	Grassing machine burner, possibly distorted in fire. Used to burn off whister ( fine fibres) from thread. Found in north spiral staircase. From 186...	After 1 Jan 1860	find mellor mill grassing machine burner	View
Notes, comments and drawings of new and old engines (3 pages)	Notes, comments and drawings of new and old engines, also including accounts of excavations and sale notices	From 1 Jan 1860 to 31 Dec 2015	Stockport Advertiser boilers drawings boiler house Aquinas stude Warrington Scouts mellor mill excavations engines	View
Grassing machine burner	Grassing machine burner. Used to burn off whister ( fine fibres) from thread. Found in north spiral staircase. From 1860 onwards.	After 1 Jan 1860	find mellor mill grassing machine burner	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
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 goyt mellor mill lime kilns garden house stone row new marple brick row long row tythe map	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
Dispute in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow, extract 2	Extract re dispute in 1832 about footpath from Strines Road to Mellor Mill in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow. Account of court procee...	2 Mar 1832	strines road oldknow footpath dispute mellor mill	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
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
Poster prohibiting swearing	Poster prohibiting Swearing	1 Dec 1797	mellor mill rule cursing drunkenness samuel oldknow	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
Insurance record relating to mill (pages 1 - 3 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	mellor mill insurance records	View
Insurance record relating to mill (page 7 - 10 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	insurance records mellor mill	View
Insurance record relating to mill (pages 4 - 6 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	insurance records mellor mill	View
Records of purchases for Mellor Mill	Various extracts from Oldknow company records of purchases for Mellor Mill throwing light on equipment and working methods, also Oldknow's rental o...	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1801	receipt rent payment power transmission equip mill purchases traden farm truck money magnet steel wire candles oldknow company records mellor mill	View
1790 Date stone, after fire Mellor Mill	Photograph of date stone in position after fire 1790 Stone tablet bearing Samuel Oldknow's initials So and date 1790. Year foundation stone of mill...	After 31 Jan 1790	mellor mill stone oldknow	View
Mill & Waterloo Wheel Pit Roof after fire 1782	Front of Mill & Waterloo Wheel Pit Roof after fire 1782	After 1 Jan 1782	fire mellor mill oldknow	View