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Counterbalance weight	Counterbalance weight found in corridor in Mellor Mill. Weight with part of chain attached. Approximately 17cm long and approximately 4cm wide. C...	Unknown	find mellor mill counterbalance weight	View
Postcard Lock 1, 1908	Dated 1908 Aqueduct House can just be made out in the distance. Alongside Lock No. 1 is a private house called "Bottom Lock House", which was origi...	From 1 Jan 1908 to 31 Dec 1908	marple locks canal Lock 1	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 11	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge in 1791 plate 10.Front elevation.	Unknown	front elevation drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 12	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge in 1791 plate 12. (Goyt) Side elevation.	Unknown	side elevation drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 13	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge in 1791 plate 13. Side elevation.	Unknown	side elevation drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 10	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 10.Rear elevation.	Unknown	rear elevation drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge Plate 2	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge Plate 2, cellar level.	Unknown	cellar drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge Plate 3	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 3. Ground floor.	Unknown	ground floor mellor lodge drawings squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 4. Bedroom level.	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 4. Bedroom level.	Unknown	bedroom level drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 6. Internal Roof level.	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 6. Roof level illustrating internal beams and rafters.	Unknown	roof internal level drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 7. External roof level	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 7. Roof level illustrating external structure.	Unknown	external roof level drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 8.	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 8. Internal cross-section of back of house.	Unknown	rear elevation cross-section drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 9	Detailed, hand-drawn plans of Mellor Lodge plate 9. Internal cross-section of front of house.	Unknown	front cross-section drawings mellor lodge squeaky dixon	View
Time line for Samuel Oldknow (8 pages) author unknown	Detailed timeline for Samuel Oldknow (8 pages), author unknown.	Unknown	document timeline oldknow	View
Mellor Mill Ordnance Survey map 1898	Detail from 1898 Ordnance Survey map of Mellor Mill (including Bottom's hall). Map indicated arrival of probable warehouse	1 Jan 1898	ordnance survey warehouse mellor mill site development map	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
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
Documents of conveyance of lands and holdings in Marple and Mellor to John Clayton & Co Ltd. From will of Peter Arkwright, 1876	Documents of conveyance of lands and holdings in Marple and Mellor to John Clayton & Co Ltd. From will of Peter Arkwright, 1876. Available to view ...	Mid 19th century Between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1866	Mellor marple will john clayton land conveyance Peter Arkwright	View
Drill bit	Drill bit with morse taper from the drive shaft at Mellor Mill. Would have worked roughly 1 inch into steel. Approximately 21cm long and 2.5cm wide.	Unknown	mellor mill morse taper drill bit drive shaft find	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
Roman Lakes	Eight colour images from the Roman Lakes c. 1980/90s.	Circa 1980 Between 1 Jan 1980 and 31 Dec 1990	boats marple roman lakes	View
Emails between Robert Williams and Bob Humphrey-Taylor ( 3 pages)	Emails exchanged between Robert Williams, whose doctoral work included studies of Oldknow's business management and accounting practices) and Bob H...	15 Jul 2015	memories bob humphrey-taylor phd Robert Williams document mellor mill accounting practices	View
Roman Bridge 1896	Enlarged copy of photograph of Roman Bridge in 1896. Three girls posing. Photograph of archival permanence and printed 1997.	Circa 1891 Between 1 Jan 1891 and 31 Dec 1901	photograph 1896 edwardian roman bridge	View
Postcard showing group of cyclists on Roman Bridge	Enlarged copy of postcard of Roman Bridge showing group of 4 cyclists. Probably Edwardian	Circa 1905 Between 1 Jan 1905 and 31 Dec 1915	photograph cyclists edwardian postcard roman bridge	View
Oldknow's factory	Enlarged extract of map of Marple bridge and Mellor showing site of "Oldknow's factory"	Unknown	oldknow mellor mill map	View
Roman Bridge	Enlarged photograph of Roman Bridge (undated). Trees bare of foliage	Unknown	photograph roman bridge	View
Black and white photo of Marple Lodge	Enlargement of small black and white photo of Marple Lodge, taken at side of River Goyt. Man and woman standing in front of gate and large trees vi...	Unknown	Goyt marple lodge photo	View
Extract from Arkwright ledger relating to mill engine etc	Extract from Arkwright ledger (balance sheets and breakdown of wages) relating to mill engine and construction of Willows reservoir etc	30 Jun 1905	workforce size wages willows reservoir mill engine mellor mill Arkwright ledger	View
Burdett map of Derbyshire	Extract from Burdett map of Derbyshire, as far as Hadfield in the north and Hayfield in the south	Unknown	derbyshire map burdett	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