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Samuel Oldknow's House on Higher Hillgate, ca 1930s	Photograph of Samuel Oldknow's House on Higher Hillgate including other adjoining houses in terrace, mounted on A4 card, ca 1930s. Shows small fro...	From 1 Jan 1930 to 31 Dec 1939	photograph stockport hillgate house oldknow	View
Gravestone thought to be of John Clayton's wife	Photograph of situation in graveyard of gravestone thought to be of John Clayton's wife, Hannah. All Saints Church , Marple	Unknown	marple all saints church photograph gravestone hannah clayton	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
Volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Photograph of volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Unknown	waterloo wheel pit mellor mill volunteer photograph	View
Oldknow's bridge over Goyt (1950s)	Photo of Oldknow's bridge over Goyt (1950s)	Circa 1945 Between 1 Jan 1945 and 31 Dec 1955	mellor mill photograph Goyt oldknow bridge	View
Pictorial representation of Mellor Bottoms Mill, drawn By Squeaky Dixon	Pictorial representation of Mellor Bottoms Mill, drawn By Squeaky Dixon	Unknown	bottoms mill mellor mill drawings squeaky dixon	View
Rivington Primary School	Picture of Rivington Primary School	Unknown	rivington primary school	View
History of Rivington and Blackrod grammar school 1	Pictures of headless cross and stocks in Grimeford Village and Roscow Low Farm	Unknown	roscow low farm grimeford	View
History of Rivington and Blackrod grammar school 2	Pictures of house with Samuel Oldknow's initials above the door, and the River Douglas which powered two mills at Anderton Manor	Unknown	anderton manor river douglas muslins samuel oldknow	View
Pinch neck bottle	Pinch neck bottle with marble. Found in Mellor Lodge. Probable date 1800s. Marble mechanism helped to preserve carbonation of bottle contents.	From 31 Dec 1799 to 1 Jan 1810	find mellor lodge bottle	View
Planned Lime Kilns and associated features 0008	Planned features of the Lime Kilns, associated buildings and a part sketch outline of the Tramway Routes , all framed by copies of photographs of t...	From 1 Jan 1872 to 31 Dec 1872	bays tramway routes lime kilns	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
Plan of Mellor Mill 1909	Plan of Mellor Mill extracted from Ordnance Survey annotated with features, 1909	Unknown	ordnance survey mellor mill plan	View
Plough shear	Plough shear. Found on cobbled frontage of mill.	Unknown	find mellor mill plough shear	View
Pocket watch	Pocket watch found in north spiral staircase at Mellor Mill	Unknown	mellor mill find pocket watch	View
Henry and Ann Wigley	Portrait of Henry & Ann Wigley from "From Jamaica to Mellor - An Apprentice's Tale"	From 1 Jan 1855 to 31 Dec 1855	henry wigley ann wigley ann maria vanpine	View
Postcard of Oldknows Bridge	Postcard of Oldknows Bridge from line drawing, showing Mellor Lodge in background. Inscribed J Wainwright November 1898.	15 Nov 1898	wainwright drawing oldknows bridge postcard	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
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	willow oldknows pool marple	View
Auction of Crosses Estate poster	Poster advertising the sale of Crosses Estate and Anderton Hall	24 Sep 1818	solicitors boardman and merry henry dickenson anderton hall bolton chorley crosses estate	View
Poster prohibiting swearing	Poster prohibiting Swearing	1 Dec 1797	mellor mill rule cursing drunkenness samuel oldknow	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
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
Hyde Bank House	Print of Hyde Bank House taken from outside garden wall showing front elevation and front garden. Two-storeys with outbuilding visible to rear.	Unknown	print romiley hyde bank house oldknow	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
Information supplied by George Lenthall, resident of Marple Lodge and Mellor Lodge in 1890s (2 pages)	Recollections of Marple and Mellor Lodges, their layout, an account of landslide in 1893/4 and aftermath of mill fire. Mention of Miss Allen, kind...	Unknown	memories landslide miss allen kindergarten document 1890s mellor lodge marple lodge george lenthall tom oldham	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
Red Row, Parkside Lane, Mellor	Red Row , Parkside Lane, Mellor, modern PC	Unknown	Mellor parkside lane red row	View
SO references in History of Parish of Standish	References to SO in T C Porteus' "A History of the parish of Standish". pp 34 - 39 References to Porteus as collaborative by Irwin in his book. ...	From 1 Jan 1927 to 31 Dec 1927	Mellor muslins buff jennets herringbones queens cords king's cords velveteens velverets roscoe lowe thomas foster margery foster nottingham 5.10.1756 indian style japanned muslins jaconet balassore handkerchiefs sir richard arkwright thomas ainsworth east india company joseph shaw mr.j.pilkington samuel oldknow 1763 treaty of paris alexander shaw 1685 edict of nantes bolton anderton spinning and weaving	View
Reminiscences of Mellor Lodge	Reminiscences of Mellor Lodge : 1. from Mr Fletcher, a Marple resident. He mentions the water wheel in the basement kitchen used to turn roasting s...	Unknown	document old hall strawberry hill miss allan's school mr fletcher memories	View