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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
Photograph of Squeaky Dixon	Copy of photograph of Squeaky Dixon, taken about 1990, who lived at Mellor Lodge and drew detailed plans of Mellor Mill. Acquired his nickname beca...	Circa 1985 Between 1 Jan 1985 and 31 Dec 1995	mellor mill drawings mellor lodge photograph squeaky dixon	View
Insurance record relating to mill (page 7 - 10 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	insurance records mellor mill	View
Insurance record relating to mill (pages 4 - 6 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	insurance records mellor mill	View
Insurance record relating to mill (pages 1 - 3 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	mellor mill insurance records	View
Extract re mill and its locality	Transcribed extracts from local paper, possibly 1930s - 1950s. Describes remains of mill and Mellor Lodge, also removal of mill head stone to Marpl...	From 1 Jan 1930 to 31 Dec 1950	stone row oldknow mill head stone mellor lodge ruins 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
Dispute in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow, extract 2	Extract re dispute in 1832 about footpath from Strines Road to Mellor Mill in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow. Account of court procee...	2 Mar 1832	strines road oldknow footpath dispute mellor mill	View
Chartist disturbances involving workers	Extract from Stockport Advertiser re Chartist disturbances involving local mill workers in 1842	Unknown	chartists Stockport Advertiser workers mellor mill	View
Dispute in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow, extract 1	Extract re dispute in 1832 about footpath from Strines Road to Mellor Mill in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow. Notice signed by A. Ecc...	17 Aug 1832	document strines road oldknow footpath dispute mellor mill	View
Ownership of Bottoms bridge, extract 2	Extract from M.E.N. re ownership of Bottoms bridge. Bridge built by Oldknow, in need of repair	14 Dec 1990	repairs bottoms bridge mellor mill	View
Ownership of Bottoms bridge	Extract from Metro News re ownership of Bottoms bridge. Bridge built in 1790 by Oldknow in need of repair.	23 Aug 1991	bridge repairs metro news bottoms bridge mellor mill	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
Earnings from The Strutt's and Arkwright's	Extract re workers' earnings from The Strutts and Arkwright's, 1756 - 1850 by R S Fitton and A P Wordsworth (1958). Includes reasons for truck mone...	4 Apr 1958	financial difficulties 1793 wages truck money employees mellor mill	View
Records of purchases for Mellor Mill	Various extracts from Oldknow company records of purchases for Mellor Mill throwing light on equipment and working methods, also Oldknow's rental o...	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1801	receipt rent payment power transmission equip mill purchases traden farm truck money magnet steel wire candles oldknow company records mellor mill	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
Celebratory meal marking installation of new engines and boiler	Extract from Stockport Advertiser (Sept 1860) re celebratory meal marking installation of new engines and boiler in Mellor Mill	14 Sep 1860	celebration demise of water wheel installation of new engines Stockport Advertiser mellor mill	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
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
Volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Photograph of volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Unknown	waterloo wheel pit mellor mill volunteer photograph	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
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
Glossop Chronicle extract re fire	Copy of extracted details from Glossop Chronicle giving basic facts of mill and fire	17 Nov 1892	oldknow spinning document employees fire mellor mill	View
Cheshire County News extract re fire and outlook for workers	Copy of cutting from Cheshire County News 17 Nov 1892 describing fire, fire damage and dismal prospects for employees	17 Nov 1892	document employees Cheshire County News fire damage fire description mellor mill	View
Handwritten extracts from Stockport Advertiser re Stressed Employees Fund (2 pages)	Handwritten extracts from Stockport Advertiser articles (on Dec 9, 13 and 30 1892 and Jan - Apr 1893) about fundraising for Stressed Employees); fo...	From 9 Dec 1892 to 14 Apr 1893	mill rebuilding fundraising events document stressed employees fund fire mellor mill	View
Stockport Advertiser extract re treatment of employees after fire	Copy of extract from Stockport Advertiser 17 Nov 1892 about 200 employees thrown out of work after fire gutted Mellor Mill. They also lost their ac...	17 Nov 1892	Stockport Advertiser employees document 1892 fire mellor mill	View
Roman Bridge	Enlarged photograph of Roman Bridge (undated). Trees bare of foliage	Unknown	photograph roman bridge	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
Roman Bridge, group of people	Copy of photograph showing large group, predominantly women, on Roman Bridge	Circa 1895 Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1905	photograph large female grooup edwardian clothing 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

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