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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
Apprentice numbers at Mellor Mill	.Brief notes on numbers of apprentices at Mellor Mill in 1794-4. Summary of information from book 'Labour Migration' (author and publication detail...	Unknown	document labour mellor mill apprentices	View
Apprentices to cotton weavers2	List of RMA Children apprenticed to Cotton Weavers	Unknown	lancs hey mellor mill heyside	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
Casual labour at Mellor Mill	Brief notes on background to nature of casual labour in mills in late 18th century with specific numbers given for Mellor Mill.	Unknown	wages lists casual labour document mellor mill	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
Ceramic bearings for spinning spindle	Three ceramic bearings for spinning spindle , Found in drive shaft corridor	Unknown	spindle ceramic bearings mellor mill find	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
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
Cog	Ring spinner	Unknown	find mellor mill cog ring spinner	View
Cog from spinning machine	Cog from spinning machine, slightly angled. Probably from later in history	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine cog	View
Cog from spinning machine (top down view)	Cog from spinning machine - top down view	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine cog	View
Collection of Rivets	Collection of 10 boiler rivets found in the boiler house in Mellor Mill. Some more preserved than others. 3 with obvious domed heads and one still...	Unknown	mellor mill boilerhouse rivets	View
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill	A list of apprentices in Mellor Mill from 1831 - 1840	Unknown	mellor mill southampton samuel oldknow Lt. colonel williamson chelsea royal military asylum john clayton glossop	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
Cotton mill apprentices in Mellor Mill 3	Cotton Mill Apprentices at Mellor Mill 1823 - 1840. Photocopy of original document.	Unknown	royal military asylum Lt. colonel williamson glossop 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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
Distorted grassing machine burner	Grassing machine burner, possibly distorted in fire. Used to burn off whister ( fine fibres) from thread. Found in north spiral staircase. From 186...	After 1 Jan 1860	find mellor mill grassing machine burner	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
Duke of York's Royal Military School P 1	Ann Vanpine's life story, starting at the school.	Unknown	wesleyan methodist association of mellor ashbourne mellor mill brick row red row henry wigley apprentice cotton spinner southampton branch jamaica ann maria vanpine	View
Duke of York's Royal Military School P3	Ann Vanpine's life story, starting at the school.	Unknown	duke of york jamaica ashbourne mellor mill henry wigley ann wigley ann maria vanpine	View
Duke of York's Royal Military School P4	Article on Indentured Apprentices	Unknown	tommy stores tommy notes burnley mill shaw side mill wigan failsworth quarry bank mill apprentice indenture period george iii act edale mill cressbrook mill 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