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Photo of entrance to saw pits	Black and white photo showing entrance to saw pits at Mellor Mill .Dated 1938 and signed 'Fletcher'.	From 1 Jan 1938 to 31 Dec 1938	saw pits photo mellor mill	View
Photo of entrance across bridge to Mellor Lodge	Very small black and white photo of entrance across bridge to Mellor Lodge. Gentleman standing at front gate. Probably Edwardian era.	Unknown	edwardian photo oldknows bridge mellor lodge	View
Photo of bridge over Goyt	Black and white photo of bridge over Goyt at bottom of Oldknows Road. Group of people in Edwardian clothing is standing on bridge.	Unknown	edwardian oldknows bridge photo	View
Photographs of before and after Lock 1 clearing 1967	These before and after photographs of Lock 1, taken from the 1967 Marple Rally of Boats programme, illustrate how badly the condition of the locks ...	From 1 Jan 1967 to 31 Dec 1967	canal marple locks Lock 1	View
Photograph of workmen on Lock 7	This photograph of men working on Lock 7. The picture perhaps dates from the 1930/40s	Unknown	canal marple locks lock 7	View
Photograph of Tollgate Cottage close to ruin in 1955 at Lock 10	Alongside Lock 10 stands Tollgate Cottage. You'd never realise by looking at it today but this delightful building was close to ruin in 1955. It wa...	From 1 Jan 1955 to 31 Dec 1955	marple locks lock 10	View
Photograph of the boatyard at Lock 16	From 1840 to about 1935 the boatyard was operated by the Jinks family, who lived at Top Lock House. On a larger copy of the old photograph below, t...	Unknown	boatyard jinks general smith marple locks lock 16	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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Marple Aqueduct c1900	The Aqueduct viewed from the footpath to Watermeetings Farm around a hundred years ago.	Unknown	photograph locks canal aqueduct	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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