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Brick Row, Marple	Photocopy showing Brick Row in Marple which was built by Samuel Oldknow for his workers.	18th century Between 1 Jan 1700 and 31 Dec 1799	samuel oldknow marple brick row	View
Gravestone thought to be of John Clayton's wife	Photocopy of photograph of gravestone thought to be of John Clayton's wife, Hannah, in All Saints Church, Marple	Unknown	all saints church photograph marple hannah clayton gravestone	View
Pitt Dixon book P1	Photocopy of Page 1 of Pitt Dixon's book "Marple Lime Works, Mineral Mill & Brickworks" from his website	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	lime kilns mineral mill brick works mellor lodge peak forest tramway upper peak forrest canal marple samuel oldknow	View
Pitt Dixon book P3	Photocopy of P3 of Pitt Dixon book "Marple Lime Kilns, Mineral Mill & Brickworks	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	mineral mill & brickworks marple lime kilns pitt dixon	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
Notice warning against theft	Photocopy of Notice, warning against theft from Samuel Oldknow's orchards & gardens, & offering a reward for convicting information.	16 Jul 1793	crime theft gardens orchards samuel oldknow	View
Letter From Oldknow to Charles Clarke on business matters 1825 ( 3 pages )	Photocopy of letter from Oldknow to Clarke held in Derbyshire County record Service, dated 24 May 1825, regarding several points of business relati...	24 May 1825	mellor business document overseeer of poor of mellor arkwright cromford and high peak railway charles clarke oldknow	View
Deterioration of All Saints Church	Photocopy of illustrated article on Marple "Old" Church (All Saints) built by Oldknow, and its subsequent deterioration and replacement (1870s).	From 1 Jan 1870 to 31 Dec 1879	oldknow marple old church deterioration document illustrated article All Saints	View
Nomination of Samuel Oldknow as High Sheriff of Derbyshire	Photocopy of extract from London Gazette for 15th Nov 1823 showing Samuel Oldknow as one of three nominations for post of High Sheriff of Derbyshir...	15 Nov 1823	Stockport Advertiser document sheriff nomination high sheriff oldknow London Gazette	View
Letter From Oldknow to Charles Clarke on release of land 1827 (3 pages)	Photocopy of document from Derbyshire County record Service, dated 1/4/1827 from Oldknow to Clarke. Content relates to release of land to augment l...	1 Apr 1827	queen ann marple church release of land to augment living document 1827 charles clarke letter from Oldknow	View
Canal Buildings Marple	Photocopy of Canal Buildings, Marple	From 1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 1999	marple canal buildings	View
Hillgate House, Stockport Advertiser article	Photocopy of article from Stockport Advertiser about Hillgate House where Oldknow lived in Stockport. Includes photograph of house, details of its ...	Unknown	oldknow cotton manufacturing stockport photograph document hillgate house Stockport Advertiser	View
Thomas Oldknow	Photocopy of a portrait, possibly Samuel Oldknow's brother Thomas	Unknown	brother thomas oldknow samuel oldknow	View
Samuel Oldknow's Memorial Plaque in All Saints Church Marple	Photocopy of 3 photographs of Samuel Oldknow's plaque in All Saints Church , Marple: the marble plaque, the inscription, the memorial's prominent ...	Unknown	photograph memorial inscription marple all saints church memorial plaque oldknow	View
Portrait of Samuel Oldknow (pen and ink)	Pen and ink portrait of Samuel Oldknow. Provenance unknown.	Unknown	portrait samuel oldknow	View
China Egg cup	Part of blue and white china egg cup with landscape scene. Gold detail pattern on the inside. Found at Mellor Lodge. Approximately 5cm wide and ...	Unknown	china find egg cup mellor lodge	View
Charms of Roman lakes	Partial copy of article from North Cheshire Herald July 1905 recounting the charm and picturesque quality of boating at the Roman lakes, and the id...	From 1 Jul 1905 to 31 Jul 1905	north cheshire herald press article roman lakes	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
Samuel Oldknow's biography by A.C. Howe	Oxford Dictionary of national Biography: Samuel Oldknow's Biography: Acknowledgments	From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2013	leeds temple newsam house j.wright of derby likenesses a.c. howe london friendly hospital correspondence re employment of apprentices manchester archives & local studies manchester cl jrl correspondence & papers baltimore business & estate papers john hopkins university correspondence and papers col.u 1977 derbyshire archaeological journal samuel pldknow and the peak forest canal d.j. hodgkins 1899 memories of marple	View
SO's biography by A.C. Howe	Oxford Dictionary of Biography: Samuel Oldknow's Biography by A.C. Howe	From 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2013	cotton lords steam-powered mill 1790 peels finishing works heaton mersey stockport weaving winding warping 1784 hand-loom weavers arkwrights enlighten ment joseph wright botany bay 1789 indian muslins 1779 spinning mule muslin 1781 thomas oldknow rivington and blackrod grammar school john clayton thomas foster margery foster nottingham lancashire anderton 5.10.1756 1756-1828 samuel oldknow	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
Tythe Map, Long Row, Brick Row	Ordnance Survey Tythe Map, showing Long Row, later known as Brick Row	From 1 Jan 1850 to 31 Dec 1850	brick row long row tythe map	View
Old map of Marple area	Old map of Marple area, from Marple Hall/ Etherow across to Strines before construction of mill	Unknown	pre-mill marple area 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