Roads, Bridges and Highways : Folder 2

Five typed pages with interesting details extracted from the Court Case brought by Derbyshire County Council against Mr Frederick Charles Arkwright regarding road repair liability. This affected that part of the township of Mellor known as Longhurst…

Photocopy of typed 19 page Judgement dated 5th February 1968 under the Highways Act of 1959 between The Friends of Linnet Clough v Marple Urban District Council at Chester with regard to the liability of road repair.

Photocopy of extract from the "Gentleman's Magazine" for August 1748 giving details of swelling of river "Goit" and flooding bridge with details of damage caused. : author unknown.

Photocopy of pages from Turnpike Trust, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty : 1854. This includes information on Marple Bridge and Mellor tollgates on the Hayfield to Marple Bridge branch of the Chapel-en-le-Frith and…

Photocopies of Legal Document relating to liability to upkeep and maintenance of roads of Marple & Mellor :
1. Articles of Agreement dated 1824, 1857
2. Schedule of Residents liable for repair of roads and costs.
3. Handwritten Re : Mellor Tenure…

Photocopy of Return made by the Petty Constable of the Township of Ludworth, report on the bridges in the Hundred of High Peak in the county of Derbyshire, naming those erected over rivers at Marple Bridge and Compstall. Signed Thos Heginbotham,…

Material on Marple Bridge from 1621 : 1. Letter from Education Department, Derbyshire County Council 1992 giving information on records held relating to Marple Bridge repairs to bridge and associated material.2. Photocopy of three part agreement…

Folder containing two reports and correspondence relating to Townscliffe Lane, Mellor1. A case for consideration submitted to the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport by Townscliffe Lane resident in December 1993 to establish the lane as an ancient…