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Unwin obituary	Appreciation of George Unwin, his life, work and connection to Edinburgh University, from The Scotsman dated Feb 3 1925. Item includes details of...	3 Feb 1925	mill papers discovery scotsman mellor mill document unwin	View
Transcribed extract from 1891 census	Transcribed extract from 1891 census including details for Mellor Lodge and Bottoms Hall	From 1 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1891	document bottoms hall mellor lodge 1891 census	View
Transcribed extract from 1881 census	Transcribed and annotated extract from 1881 census, including details of Mellor lodge and Bottoms Hall	From 1 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1881	bottoms hall mellor lodge 1881 census document	View
Transcribed census extract of 1871	2 pages of transcribed extracts from 1871 census, including details for Mellor Lodge.	From 1 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1871	document mellor lodge 1871 census	View
Time line for Samuel Oldknow (8 pages) author unknown	Detailed timeline for Samuel Oldknow (8 pages), author unknown.	Unknown	document timeline oldknow	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
School at Mellor Lodge	Earliest discovered reference to Mellor Lodge being used as school. Advertisement from Bradford Observer, Thursday August 12, 1880.	12 Aug 1880	article document bradford observer louisa allen School mellor lodge	View
Reminiscences of Mellor Lodge	Reminiscences of Mellor Lodge : 1. from Mr Fletcher, a Marple resident. He mentions the water wheel in the basement kitchen used to turn roasting s...	Unknown	document old hall strawberry hill miss allan's school mr fletcher memories	View
Press article on new book about Samuel Oldknow	Newspaper cutting about the launch of Hilary Atkinson's new book on the life of Samuel Oldknow (Marple Review Autumn 2016).	From 1 Sep 2016 to 30 Nov 2016	book document hilary atkinson samuel oldknow press article	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
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
Nomination of Samuel Oldknow as High Sheriff of Derbyshire	Photocopy of extract from London Gazette for 15th Nov 1823 showing Samuel Oldknow as one of three nominations for post of High Sheriff of Derbyshir...	15 Nov 1823	Stockport Advertiser document sheriff nomination high sheriff oldknow London Gazette	View
Newspaper extract on labour trouble at Mellor Mill in 1842	Transcribed extract from Stockport Advertiser giving account of labour trouble at various mills in Marple area, including Mellor Mill, where steam...	26 Aug 1842	mellor mill walkouts labour trouble document Stockport Advertiser	View
Murder report	Article printed in Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (January 20, 1831) taken from Manchester Herald regarding alleged murder in Marple. Body found In ...	20 Jan 1831	document manchester herald goyt murder john clayton	View
Mrs Clayton's death notice	Copy of death notice of Jpohn Clayton's wife from Manchester Mercury , Tuesday 2 February 1808.	2 Feb 1808	document death notice manchester mercury mrs clayton	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
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
Letter re lack of records for Derbyshire Agricultural Society	Typewritten letter from Derbyshire Library Services regarding Derbyshire Agricultural Society, of which Oldknow was President. It states that there...	19 Jul 1979	oldknow document derbyshire agricultural society	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
Letter From Oldknow to Charles Clarke on release of land 1827 (3 pages)	Photocopy of document from Derbyshire County record Service, dated 1/4/1827 from Oldknow to Clarke. Content relates to release of land to augment l...	1 Apr 1827	queen ann marple church release of land to augment living document 1827 charles clarke letter from Oldknow	View
Letter From Oldknow to Charles Clarke on business matters 1825 ( 3 pages )	Photocopy of letter from Oldknow to Clarke held in Derbyshire County record Service, dated 24 May 1825, regarding several points of business relati...	24 May 1825	mellor business document overseeer of poor of mellor arkwright cromford and high peak railway charles clarke oldknow	View
Letter dated 1806 about rebuilding of Marple Chapel (2 pages)	Typewritten copy of letter, apparently to Bishop of Chester from Oldknow, dated 1806, about rebuilding of Marple Chapel (all Saints) and difficulty...	21 Jun 1806	All Saints marple chapel rebuilding bishop of chester oldknow letter document	View
Inward migration of labour to Mellor Mill	Brief notes on background to movement of labour from south and east of England to northern counties between 1835 - 1837 to meet demand for workforc...	Unknown	labour migration John Beard Cranfield workforce document mellor mill	View
Interviews with factory workers	Notes taken from interviews with workers at John Clayton's Mellor Mill in 1826. Workers had been moved from Cranfield in Bedfordshire, the home tow...	From 1 Jan 1826 to 31 Dec 1826	Rev John Beard workforce document mellor mill living conditions meat interviews	View
Information supplied by George Lenthall, resident of Marple Lodge and Mellor Lodge in 1890s (2 pages)	Recollections of Marple and Mellor Lodges, their layout, an account of landslide in 1893/4 and aftermath of mill fire. Mention of Miss Allen, kind...	Unknown	memories landslide miss allen kindergarten document 1890s mellor lodge marple lodge george lenthall tom oldham	View
Information on Marple Landslip 1893	Update by Warwick Burton in 1980 to book "Railways of Marple and District" published 1794. Gives details of the Marple Landslip in December 1893 be...	From 1 Jan 1980 to 31 Dec 1980	document railway marple lodge landslip	View
Information from local residents Hugh Fletcher and Mrs L Taylor (5 pages)	Recollections recorded from 2 local residents at antiquarian society meeting. Topics include Lime Kilns and their operation; life in cottages; cana...	Unknown	shepley mill bobbin mill church lane school wasterside canal traffic possett bridge lime kilns mrs l taylor hugh fletcher memories document	View
Information about Mellor Mill from local resident George Yeates via Tom Oldham	Typewritten notes from memories apparently collected by Tom Oldham from a local resident, George Yeates. Includes descriptions and personal reminis...	From 31 Dec 1969 to 31 Dec 1979	memories george yeates tom oldham document oldknow counting house account books linnet clough mill pond waterloo wheel spade forge	View
Hyde Bank Hall and estate with their short history	Typed notes on Hyde Bank Hall and estate with their short history in relation to Oldknow	Unknown	oldknow document canal bridge canal hyde bank estate romiley hyde bank hall	View
Hillgate House, Stockport Advertiser article	Photocopy of article from Stockport Advertiser about Hillgate House where Oldknow lived in Stockport. Includes photograph of house, details of its ...	Unknown	oldknow cotton manufacturing stockport photograph document hillgate house Stockport Advertiser	View