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Mellor Mill Excavation, 2011	Photograph of piles of excavated material with dumped tyres	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Mill Chimney in field below Red Row	Photograph of Mill Chimney in field below Red Row	Unknown	red row photograph mellor mill mill chimney	View
Mellor Mill dumped tyres	Photograph of Mellor Mill excavation site with dumped tyres on top of water exit.	21 Jun 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
Low Lea Road, 2011	Photograph of Low Lea Road and site of Mellor Mill at the start of excavation, 2011.	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	excavation mellor mill	View
John Hearle with excavated stone	Photograph of John Hearle with excavated stone from the Wellington Wheel Pit, 2011	From 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011	John Hearle wellington wheel pit 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
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 6	Photocopy of original of list of apprentices at Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840.	Unknown	apprentice royal military asylum Lt. colonel williamson samuel oldknow mellor mill	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 4	Photocopy of original list of apprentices in Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840.	Unknown	royal military asylum glossop Lt. colonel williamson mellor mill samuel oldknow	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 7	Photocopy of original list of apprentices at Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840.	Unknown	royal military asylum Lt. colonel williamson glossop mellor mill samuel oldknow	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 5	Photocopy of original list of apprentices at Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840	Unknown	royal military asylum Lt. colonel williamson glossop samuel oldknow mellor mill	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 2	P2 of list of apprentices in Mellor Mill between 1823 - 1840.	Unknown	samuel oldknow Lt. colonel williamson royal military asylum glossop mellor mill	View
Oyster shell	Oyster shell excavated from Mellor Mill. It was found in the Waterloo drive shaft tunnel. At the time of Samuel Oldknow, oysters and other shellfis...	Unknown	food mellor mill finds	View
Mellor Mill Stone	Ornamental stone from Mellor Mill set into wall of Chapel House Farm on Brickbridge Road. Stone shows initials SO and the remains of a date ending ...	Unknown	photo samuel oldknow chapel house farm mellor mill ornamental stone	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
Oldknow's warehouse in St. Martin's Road	Oldknow's Warehouse is a listed building (No 39) which was probably built in the early 19th century. It is built over the canal so that goods cou...	From 1 Mar 1965 to 31 Oct 1965	mellor mill peak forest canal marple	View
Lock 9 on Peak Forest Canal & Oldknow's warehouse	Oldknow built a warehouse on St.Martin's Road for the transfer of goods to or from the Peak Forest canal to or from road vehicles. St.Martin's roa...	25 Apr 1964	lock canal marple lock flight marple mellor mill peak forest canal	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
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
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
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
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
Past and present Goyt course	Map illustrating past and present Goyt course at Mellor Mill (as altered by Oldknow)	Unknown	mellor mill map oldknow Goyt	View
Section of Spinning Machine Bed	Machine bed from Samuel Brooks spinning machine. Found in corridor at the back of Mellor Mill. Top left hand section remaining. Letters in rel...	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine samuel brooks machine bed	View
Apprentices to cotton weavers2	List of RMA Children apprenticed to Cotton Weavers	Unknown	lancs hey mellor mill heyside	View
Letter regarding first sighting of fire	Letter claiming mill fire first spotted by footplate crew of train on Marple - New Mills line	6 Jul 1993	fire sighting by train crew document fire mellor mill	View
Leather boot	leather brogue boot. Found in rear staircase of mill	Unknown	find mellor mill boot	View
History Trail of Mellor Mill	Leaflet showing trail of Samuel Oldknow's Mellor Mill and surrounding valley area. Produced by Friends of Our Valley and funded by Marple Area Comm...	After 31 Dec 2012	marple roman lakes samuel oldknow mellor mill	View
Spanner with matching nut and washer	Large spanner with nut and washer in matching sizes for a bolt to secure an engine. Found in Mellor Mill. Length of spanner approximately 90cm an...	Unknown	find washer nut spanner mellor mill	View
Large scale map showing mill and Old Hall	Large scale map showing mill's situation in relation to Old Hall	Unknown	map old hall mellor mill	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