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Image Title Description Date Tags
Thumb Cog Ring spinner Unknown findmellor millcogring spinner
Thumb Ring spinner cog Ring spinner cog Unknown findmellor millring spinner cog
Thumb Ring spinner cog - top down view Ring spinner cog. From later in history Unknown findmellor millring spinner cog
Thumb Rivington Grammar School Rivington Grammar School as it may have looked when SO and Thomas Oldknow attended Unknown thomas oldknowsamuel oldknowrivington and blackrod grammar school
Thumb Sale of Chapel House Farm 5 Sale of Chapel House Farm, originally part of Samuel Oldknow's estate, continued. From 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014 stablesclassic designpeak forest canal
Thumb Sale of Chapel House Farm 3 Sale of Chapel House Farm, originally part of Samuel Oldknow's estate, description of ground floor From 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014 arched windowswellstone flagged floororangerygalleried hallway
Thumb Sale of Chapel House Farm 4 Sale of Chapel House Farm, originally part of Samuel Oldknow's estate, first floor description From 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014 peak forest canalgalleried landingstone staircaseexposed timber trussesarched windows
Thumb Sale of Chapel House Farm 2 Sale of Chapel House Farm, originally part of Samuel Oldknow's estate, Property description From 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014 samuel oldknowpeak forest canalstockportmarplebrickbridge road
Thumb Samuel Oldknow's biography by A.C.Howe 2 Samuel Oldknow's biography From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2013 gentlemen24.09.182818.09.18281828chairman of agricultural society1824high sheriff of derbyshirevolunteerslieutenant-colonelnapoleonic warsmedieval fortressespeak forest canalturnpike roadsbridgescoal-shaftslimekilnsmarpleparish apprenticescoarse yarnapprenticeswater-poweredfactoryderbyshireMellor1787andertonstockport1792economic crisisfine-cotton spinningoldknowmuslins1788richard arkwrightstruttsarkwrights
Thumb photocopy of SO's Will Samuel Oldknow's Will 23 Feb 1829 godwin and coportsmouthsouthamptonjohn oakshott1829j.p.cromptoncharles horsleywilliam duckworthedward fearnheadjohn braddockjohn claytonphebe oldknowjane joallelizabeth claytonann claytonmartha oldknowmargery mary bullivantcaroline beeveeelizabeth dooleywillsamuel oldknow
Thumb 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 drawingplanmellor mill
Thumb Section of fire bar Section of fire bar from steam boiler grate. Found in boiler house coal store. Unknown boiler housefindmellor millfire bar
Thumb Section of lime plaster cornicing Section of lime plaster cornice from Mellor Lodge. Unknown mellor lodgefindcornice
Thumb Ordnance Survey maps overlaid onto modern map Sequence of dated Ordnance Survey maps overlaid onto modern OS mapping, illustrating development of Mellor Mill site over time. Attached to email ... Unknown mellor mill site developmentOS maps
Thumb Stone Row, sketch plan Sketch plan of Stone Row Unknown sketch planstone row
Thumb Small clog heel Small clog heel. Found in rear mill staircase Unknown findmellor millsmall clog wheel
Thumb Glass inkwell Small glass inkwell. Possibly made from moulded glass. Found in Mellor Lodge. Approximately 4cm wide and approximately 3.5cm tall. Unknown findinkwellglassmellor lodge
Thumb Small roller from spinning machine Small roller from spinning machine. Part of drive shaft. Unknown mellor millspinning machine rollerfind
Thumb Small section of steam engine Small section of steam engine. Found in engine house. Unknown findmellor millengine housesteam engine
Thumb Square Key Square key found in the boiler house at Mellor Mill. Roughly 22cm long and 5cm wide. Unknown boilerhousefindsquare keymellor mill
Thumb Steam engine part Steam engine part. Found in engine house Unknown steam engine partfindmellor mill
Thumb Stone Row, Marple Stone Row, Marple From 1 Jan 1912 to 31 Dec 1912 marplestone row
Thumb Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill Unknown strawberry hill
Thumb Text of speech by John Hearle given at the opening ceremony for the Wellington Wheel Pit Text of speech by John Hearle given at the opening ceremony for the Wellington Wheel Pit on Saturday March 10th, 2012. 10 Mar 2012 John Hearlewellington wheel pitmellor mill
Thumb Photograph Marple Aqueduct c1900 The Aqueduct viewed from the footpath to Watermeetings Farm around a hundred years ago. Unknown photographlockscanalaqueduct
Thumb Photograph of Lock Keepers Cottage at Lock 9 The cottage alongside Lock 9 is another former lock-keeper's cottage and now a listed building. The owners have put a lot of effort into restoring ... Unknown marple lockslock 9
Thumb The Garden House, Marple The Garden House, Marple Unknown marplegarden house
Thumb Photograph of Black Wharf and Brick Row at Lock 12 The great old picture of Black Wharf below is very interesting as you can see Brick Row, built by Oldknow for his workers, in the background to the... Unknown marple lockslock 12
Thumb History of Rivington and Blackrod grammar school "The History of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School" by Margaret M. Kay Unknown the crossesrichard arkwright1783governer's meetingeast india company1765ushersamuel oldknowrivington and blackrod grammar school
Thumb Interior of All Saints' old church The interior of All Saints' Old church (Oldknow's church) decorated for the first Harvest Thanksgiving. The range given below is the period for wh... From 1 Jan 1811 to 30 Jun 1880 harvestmarpleall saints churchAll Saintsmarple church