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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
Notice of availability of Mellor Lodge to let	Notice from newspaper of April 6th 1876 advertising rental of Mellor Lodge . Lodge, described as a " spacious, handsome detached family mansion". ...	6 Apr 1876	press article document old hall rental mellor lodge	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
Oldknow Life and Times by Joseph Wright of Derby c 1790 - 92	Copy of article on Oldknow Life and Times by Joseph Wright of Derby c 1790 - 92, as revised by A.C.Howe on date unknown. Extracted from Oxford Dict...	Unknown	joseph wright oxford dictionary of national biography oldknow document	View
Oldknow's bench	Photograph of Oldknow's stone bench sited in countryside on Mellor Hill amongst trees with unnamed man sitting on it	Unknown	photograph Mellor bench oldknow	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
Oldknow's factory	Enlarged extract of map of Marple bridge and Mellor showing site of "Oldknow's factory"	Unknown	oldknow mellor mill 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
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
On the Road to the Lakes. The Bottoms, Marple.	Photograph copy of black and white photo showing a walking party on the Bottoms Mill Road to the Roman Lakes	Circa 1895 Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1905	bottoms mill road roman lakes marple	View
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 development OS maps	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
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
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
P10 Pitt Dixon book	Marple Lime Kilns, Mineral Mill & Brickworks	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	mineral mill & brickworks marple lime kilns	View
P11 Pitt Dixon book	Marple Lime Kilns, Mineral Mill & Brickworks	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	mineral mill & brickworks marple lime kilns	View
P12 Pitt Dixon book	Marple Lime Kilns, Mineral Mill & Brickworks	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	mineral mill & brickworks marple lime kilns	View
P9 Pitt Dixon book	Marple Lime Kilns, Mineral Mill & Brickworks	From 1 Jan 2012 to 31 Dec 2012	mineral mill & brickworks marple lime kilns	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
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
photocopy of SO's Will	Samuel Oldknow's Will	23 Feb 1829	godwin and co portsmouth southampton john oakshott 1829 j.p.crompton charles horsley william duckworth edward fearnhead john braddock john clayton phebe oldknow jane joall elizabeth clayton ann clayton martha oldknow margery mary bullivant caroline beevee elizabeth dooley will samuel oldknow	View
Photograph Marple Aqueduct c1900	The Aqueduct viewed from the footpath to Watermeetings Farm around a hundred years ago.	Unknown	photograph locks canal aqueduct	View
Photograph of a Packet Boat at The Winding Hole	This picture above shows just how incredibly busy these so-called packet-boats were before the railways took over. This is despite Joel Wainwright ...	Unknown	winding hole marple canal boat	View
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 locks lock 12	View
Photograph of Glen Cottage Lock 6	At lock 6 there used to be a lock-keeper's cottage called Glen Cottage but it was demolished during the 1960's. This picture is from the early 1900...	Unknown	canal lock 6 marple locks glen cottage	View
Photograph of Lock 8 before bridge widening	The view looking towards Bridge number 17 and Lock 9 has not changed enormously since the canal was first built, although the bridge itself has bee...	Unknown	marple locks lock 8	View
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 locks lock 9	View
Photograph of Marple from Posset Bridge at Lock 13	The photograph above, dating from the turn of the last century, shows the view from Posset bridge looking towards the centre of Marple. What is no...	Unknown	the navigation posset bridge marple locks Lock 13	View
Photograph of Marple Viaduct	The Marple Viaduct runs parallel to the Aqueduct and carries the railway one hundred and twenty-four feet above the River Goyt. The Viaduct was con...	Unknown	viaduct marple locks arches	View
Photograph of Oldknow's warehouse at Lock 9	Access to Oldknow's warehouse was by both road and canal. Much of the raw materials needed in his mill and the goods made there would have been tra...	Unknown	marple locks lock 9	View