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A list of the books held in the Society's Archive at the Mellor Centre
Index of books on Shelf 1
1. East Cheshire past and present, vol 1, J P Earwaker 1877
2. East Cheshire past and present, vol 2, J P Earwaker 1880
3. Mellor Parish Council minutes book (4 vols) 1895-1901
4. Mellor Parish Council minutes book 1907-1921
5. Mellor Parish Council minutes book 1921-1933
6. Mellor Parish Council minutes book 1933-1935
7. Marple 1220-1918 for remembrance (album),undated and original copy
8. Samuel Oldknow 1756-1828, MLHS 1991
9. Brentwood, a thesis on problem families, Vol 1, Michael Lambert 2017
10. 50 years of calico printing, Calico Printers Assn 1949
11. Mellor & Townscliffe Golf Club 1894-1994, A G Smart 1994
12. Strines Print Works 1792-2002, Dr Rosemary Taylor 2003
13. The Railways of Marple and District from the earliest days to 2015, Warwick R Burton 2015
14. Stockport – a history, Peter Arrowsmith 1997
15. Decline of Mellor in the 19th century, A M Ashworth 1979
16. Sigley memories, Tom Sigley, undated
Large A4 booklets in Holder 1(numbered in red)
17. Stockport family history, David Reid 2002
18. The railways of Macclesfield, Basil Jeuda, undated
19. The Midland route from Manchester (Part 1), E M Johnson, undated
20. Manchester to Hayfield, I R Smith & G K Fox 2003
21. Mellor through the ages, John Hearle 2011
22. Mellor : living on the edge, Michael Nevell and Norman Redhead 2005
23. The Local Times Vol 1, Jack Turnbull 1992
24. The Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple railway, Basil Jeuda 1983
25. Willesden Local History Soc Journal (No 52, 2020/21) 2021
26. Pioneers of calico printing, Rosemary Taylor 2009
27. The Strines Valley, Rosemary Taylor 2013
Index of books on Shelf 1 (cont)
28. Samuel Oldknow 1787 – 1828, S N Heap, undated
29. Marple Parish Magazine (6 volumes) 1893-1894
30. Marple Parish Magazine 1903-1904
31. Marple Parish Magazine 1899-1900
32. Marple Parish Magazine 1897-1898
33. Marple Parish Magazine 1938
34. Marple Parish Magazine 1892
35. Book of Common Prayer (Ellen Bradshaw-Isherwood’s copy) 1802
36. Faces & Places (magazine), Volume 1, 1904
37. Eye of the camera (Life of Christopher Isherwood), Jonathan Fryer 1993
38. The Local Historian’s Encyclopedia, John Richardson 1986
39. Benjamin Outram, R B Schofield 2000
40. Remembered, Clarke, Cook and Bintliffe 1999
41. A history of the countryside recreation in North East Cheshire, W H Shercliff 1957
42. The Peak Forest canal and railway, Graham Boyes and Brian Lamb 2012
43. The academies of Rev Bartholemew Booth in Georgian England & Revolutionary America 1952
44. Marple and the Chartists, Jean Day 2007
45. Then and now – Marple & Mellor, A Hearle & P Clarke 2002
46. World War II remembered, J Bintliffe & P Clarke 2005
47. Memories of Marple, Joel Wainwright 1989
48. Township of Marple 1684 – 1784, Lucy Simler 1986
49. Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society (Vol 16) 1900
50. A study of the development of Marple & Mellor under the influence of Samuel Oldknow, K M Taylor 1948-9
51. A memoir of Robert Blincoe, John Brown 1977
52. Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights, G Unwin 1924
53. Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights (2nd Edition), G Unwin 1968
53a. Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights, G Unwin - with newspaper cuttings re Samuel Oldknow
54. The antiquities of Lyme, Rev William Marriott 1810
55. Annals of Hyde and District, Thomas Middleton 1809
56. Invitation to Marple Hall, Anne Bannister 1971
57. Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol. 112 2020
58. Canals to Manchester, David Owen 1977
59. The great human exploit, J H Smith 1973
60. The historical atlas of Cheshire, D Sylvester and Geoffrey Nulty 1958
61. Historic Industries of Marple and Mellor, Marple WEA (Ashmore) 1977
62. Narrow boat to the Cheshire Ring, Ted & Margaret Hill 2006
63. John’s story, John Taylor 2018
64. Cheshire history No 63, 2023-4, Cheshire Local History Association 2023
65. History of Marple, G A Swindells 1974
66. Maria, the ghost of Stonehurst, Kitty D V Thorp 1976
67. Lays and legends of Cheshire, John Leigh 1972
68. Mrs Beeton’s cookery book, Mrs Beeton 1899
69. Greater Manchester street A – Z, 1984?
70. Little novels of Italy, Maurice Hewlett 1899
71. Marple and District through time, Steve Cliffe & Coral Dranfield 2009
Large booklets in Holder 2 (numbered in yellow)
1. "Last orders please" (with updates), Jack Turnbull, 1988
2. High Lane, a collection of anecdotes and memories, Jack Turnbull 1970
3. Romiley, pictures of the past, Frank Beard 2001
4. This is the story of Samuel Oldknow, All Saints Primary School 2017
5. Compstall, pictures of the past, Frank Beard, undated
6. By an Indenture - housing development in Marple 2010
7. Greater Manchester Street A – Z 1997
8. Isaac Watt Boulton, Geoffrey Lewis, undated
Small booklets in Holder 3 (numbered in green)
1. The industrial archaeology of Stockport Owen Ashmore 1975
2. Recipes from Marple, Band Room Fund Committee, undated
3. My childhood, John Ingham, undated
4. Breakfast & best bitter, Jack Turnbull, undated
5. Painting the village, Richard Leng 2017
6. To Alamein and back, J S Freeman 2001
7. A lifetime at Strines Printworks, G Scott / R Taylor 1997
8. On the level, Dennis Suleman 1993
9. The Ancient Parish of Glossop, A K Lee, R Clarke and S McKenna 1990
10. In the arm, Noel Christopher 2009
11. Golden reminiscences, North Cheshire Cruising Club 1993
12. The worst in living memory, Nevile T Sharp 1993
Small booklets in Holder 4 (numbered in blue)
13. Fun on the waterways, John Banks and Peter Home, undated
14. The Medieval corn mills at New Mills and Mellor Roger Bryant 2023
15. New Mills, a short history, J H Smith and J V Symonds, undated
16. How they lived on Hillgate, Heather Coutie, undated
17. The story of a house, Anne Cross, undated
18. The story of a road, Anne Cross, undated
19. Pilgrims’ Way from Whalley to Lichfield, Holcombe Moor Heritage Group, undated
20. Let’s go for a run, George Footitt 1960?
21. Marple through the alphabet, Chris Hague, undated
22. Goyt Valley story, Clifford Rathbone 1969
23. Rural rambles, J Macauley 1931
24. Cricketer preferred, Kedrun Laurie 1979
25. Glimpses of Mellor, John Hibbert Swann 1940
Cabinet 7 : Extra Large books stored in metal cabinet outside archive room
Mellor and Marple Extate Ledgers 1897 - 1925
Lime Works Cash Books 1800-1803
Lime Kiln Accounts 1798
George Middleton Thesis : 1950's Town Planning scheme for Marple U.D.C. with accompanying maps.
Strines Printworks Repair Day Book 1890 - 1895
Course of Peak Forest Canal original maps by T Brown 1795 : Reprinted 1964.
Original Master Copies of Marple Local History Society Titles
Pair of "Marple Sheets" (Details on Omeka HOM/03/07)
Box file containing MLHS publications.
Moor End WI Silver Jubilee 1963 - 1988 Scrapbook. 18.5 "x 13" "A snapshot of life in Moor End In 1998".
Moor End WI 1965 21" x 14" " A snapshot of W.I activities and life in Mellor".
Box file containing MLHS publications.
Moor End WI Silver Jubilee 1963 - 1988 Scrapbook. 18.5 "x 13" "A snapshot of life in Moor End In 1998".
Moor End WI 1965 21" x 14" " A snapshot of W.I activities and life in Mellor".
