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Floodgates Cottage	Photograph copy of black and white photo featuring Floodgates Cottage which at the time was Webb's tea rooms.	Circa 1895 Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1905	roman lakes marple floodgates cottage	View
Floodgates	At this point on the river Oldknow built a weir. From above the weir water could be diverted to the mill ponds as required. The water was controll...	Unknown	floodgates cottage edwardian clothing tea rooms railway	View
Flexible labour at Mellor Mill	Brief notes on flexible nature of workforce in late 1790s, detailing Oldknow's ability to provide outdoor work for his employees during quiet spel...	Unknown	garden mellor lodge document flexible labour mellor mill	View
Flesh book	This book recorded the payment of meat, or disbursement to Samuel Oldknow's workers. This would have been most likely as a payment in kind for wages.	From 1 Jan 1793 to 31 Dec 1793	meat wages	View
Fire bar section	Fire bar section from steam boiler grate. Found in boiler house coal store	Unknown	find boiler house mellor mill fire bar	View
Field House Pond article P4 0002	Field House Pond article	25 Feb 2013	marple war memorial brabyns hall brabyns military hospital buckingham palace victoria cross john stanhope collings wells albert Bouzincourt Ridge	View
Field House Pond article P3 0001	Further history of the house & family	25 Feb 2013	Bedfordshire regiment france all saints churchyard will buck caddington hall manchester john stanhope collings wells marple	View
Field House Pond article P2 0003	Further description and history of the house	25 Feb 2013	graves spinning frame richard arkwright cromford F.W.Arkwright Esq accrington brick dublin slating company george buck field house	View
Field House Pond article P1 0003	Article by Peter Clarke for MLHS re Samuel Oldknow's idea for protecting his mill against fire, resulting in "Oldknow's Pool or lake", later known ...	25 Feb 2013	flora buck george buck will buck arkwright family oldknows lake peak forest canal oldknows pool field house pond field house peter Clarke	View
Extracts from Stockport Advertiser 1826 and 1828	Two typewritten extracts from Stockport Advertiser, for 1826 and 1828 respectively. First extract reports on recent anniversary of Mellor Church Su...	From 1 Jan 1826 to 31 Dec 1828	document oldknow memorial fundraising oldknow sunday school anniversary mellor church Stockport Advertiser	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
Extract from Farey's 'Derbyshire' 1813	Extracts from Volume 2 of Farey's 'Derbyshire' 1813. Contains references to the use of lime as a fertiliser by farmers in Marple area, and also to ...	From 1 Jan 1813 to 1 Dec 1813	document farmland irrigation mellor mill fertiliser lime	View
Extract from Farey's Derbyshire	Typewritten extracts from Farey's Derbyshire re Samuel Oldknow's agricultural practice.	From 1 Jan 1813 to 31 Dec 1813	farey bower coal mines tor mine old hall wood crowstone compstall bridge ludworth shaw hay ernocroft broadhurst edge marple chapel brabins Mellor chisworth bore lane new mills eaves knowl coal mellor chapel longhurst lane samuel oldknow cess pool water marple kilns glossop lime safe whim	View
Extract from 'English Historical' Review	Extract from 'English Historical' Review, of two modern comments on Samuel Oldknow.	Unknown	Armytage Heavens university of sheffield Sidney Pollard bankruptcy windfall profits samuel oldknow english historical review	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
Epaulette, Masonic lodge	Photograph of possible epaulette linked to Masonic lodge of which Oldknow was member	Unknown	oldknow masonic lodge epaulette photograph	View
Enlarged Plan of Mellor Mill 1867	Scale 40 feet to an inch Black and white line plan of the Mellor Mill site	From 1 Jan 1867 to 31 Dec 1867	drawing plan mellor mill	View
Emails between Robert Williams and Bob Humphrey-Taylor ( 3 pages)	Emails exchanged between Robert Williams, whose doctoral work included studies of Oldknow's business management and accounting practices) and Bob H...	15 Jul 2015	memories bob humphrey-taylor phd Robert Williams document mellor mill accounting practices	View
Email from Hilary Atkinson to Neil Mullineux	Copy of email from Hilary Atkinson to Neil Mullineux containing details from research from burial records into the life of Edwin Furniss.	4 Jul 2014	roman lakes strawberry hill old hall edwin furniss	View
Earthenware Jar	Top section of a broken earthenware jar. Cream with intact brown rim. Found at Mellor Lodge. Approximately 20cm wide with opening approximately 1...	Unknown	find jar earthenware mellor lodge	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
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
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 P2	Ann Vanpine's life story, starting at the school.	Unknown	duke of york jamaica ashbourne henry wigley ann wigley ann maria vanpine	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
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
Drawing of Mellor Lodge	Black and white copy of drawing of Mellor Lodge (side elevation) - by Squeaky Dixon? Shows lodge set amongst trees and bushes with high cliffs in b...	Unknown	mellor lodge squeaky dixon drawing	View
Doorway to Samuel Oldknow's house	Photograph of porticoed doorway to Samuel Oldknow's house mounted on A4 card. Also shows sash windows on ground and first floors to side. A boot ...	20th century Between 1 Jan 1900 and 31 Dec 1999	stockport hillgate house oldknow doorway photograph	View
Door handle	Ceramic door handle found in Mellor Lodge	Unknown	mellor lodge find door handle	View
Documents of conveyance of lands and holdings in Marple and Mellor to John Clayton & Co Ltd. From will of Peter Arkwright, 1876	Documents of conveyance of lands and holdings in Marple and Mellor to John Clayton & Co Ltd. From will of Peter Arkwright, 1876. Available to view ...	Mid 19th century Between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1866	Mellor marple will john clayton land conveyance Peter Arkwright	View

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