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Goyt MillA hand-coloured postcard of the Goyt Mill. On the back it says published by the Romanus Publishing Co for The Goyt Spinning Co Ltd. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 10, 2024

Mellor ChurchA group of boys at Mellor Church, viewed from the Old Vicarage. From a small card donated to Marple Local History Society Archives by Janet Packer.Nov 10, 2024

Marple BridgeA great photo of Marple Bridge after widening of the bridge in the early 1930s. Donated by Mary Moore to Marple Local History Society Archives.Apr 28, 2024

1910 Neilson MP Rose BowlA Silver Rose Bowl presented to Mr & Mrs Neilson on 5th March 1910 by the Liberals of Compstall on Mr Neilson's return as Liberal MP for Hyde Division. Purchased on eBay c2010 by Mark Whittaker and donated to Marple Local History Society Archives in December 2023. Dec 18, 2023

1910 Neilson MP Rose BowlA Silver Rose Bowl presented to Mr & Mrs Neilson on 5th March 1910 by the Liberals of Compstall on Mr Neilson's return as Liberal MP for Hyde Division. Purchased on eBay c2010 by Mark Whittaker and donated to Marple Local History Society Archives in December 2023. Dec 18, 2023

1910 Neilson MP Rose BowlA Silver Rose Bowl presented to Mr & Mrs Neilson on 5th March 1910 by the Liberals of Compstall on Mr Neilson's return as Liberal MP for Hyde Division. Purchased on eBay c2010 by Mark Whittaker and donated to Marple Local History Society Archives in December 2023. Dec 18, 2023

1910 Neilson MP Rose BowlA Silver Rose Bowl presented to Mr & Mrs Neilson on 5th March 1910 by the Liberals of Compstall on Mr Neilson's return as Liberal MP for Hyde Division. Purchased on eBay c2010 by Mark Whittaker and donated to Marple Local History Society Archives in December 2023. Dec 18, 2023

Marple Bridge souvenir cupA souvenir cup commemorating New Year in Marple Bridge. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 18, 2023

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MarpleThe name of Marple was first mentioned in 1122 but it was the coming of Samuel Oldknow to the district in 1790 that shaped the Marple we know today. Not only did he establish his Mill by the River Goyt, he also sank coalmines, built houses for his workers, made roads, rebuilt the church and was instrumental in the construction of the Peak Forest Canal.

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Marple's Changing Face

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Visit the main website to view the Marple's Changing Face presentation by Gordon Mills.

1 files, last one added on Apr 07, 2012
Album viewed 1260 times

Stockport Road (Northwest)

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

131 files, last one added on Mar 16, 2021
Album viewed 2383 times

Stockport Road (Southeast)

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

95 files, last one added on Feb 08, 2021
Album viewed 5500 times

District Centre

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

109 files, last one added on Jan 02, 2016
Album viewed 1697 times

Market Street & Derby Way

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

89 files, last one added on Mar 25, 2021
Album viewed 3494 times

Hollins Mill & Estate

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

112 files, last one added on Dec 18, 2023
Album viewed 1244 times

Church Lane

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

119 files, last one added on Mar 25, 2021
Album viewed 2234 times

Station Road and Brabyns Brow

This album has been migrated to the 3rd Generation Virtual Tour but is also still visible here until the whole Marple Category is moved.

92 files, last one added on Feb 08, 2021
Album viewed 2100 times

16 albums on 2 page(s)

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MellorMellor has long been known to date back to Saxon and Medieval times - the local church of St. Thomas having the oldest-known pulpit in Britain. During the industrial revolution Mellor was a hive of activity led by William Radcliffe. Today it is much quieter but has a thriving parish centre and strong sense of community spirit.

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Mellor

This album takes in the area of Mellor travelling up Longhurst Lane from Marple Bridge, over Cateract Bridge and onwards as far as the Devonshire Arms. It also includes Brook Bottom, Slack Wood, Soldiers' Nob and the Mellor Cross at Cobden Edge.

236 files, last one added on Dec 25, 2022
Album viewed 4575 times

Mellor Church

We have just enough photographs of St. Thomas's Church at Mellor to feature its own album and hope to add more to it in the near future.

61 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2024
Album viewed 1865 times

Moorend

Hard to believe that peaceful Moorend was once home to the huge Dove Bank Mill seen in drawings here. This collection of Moorend pictures is largely reproduced with the kind permission of Mrs Ashworth of Moorend.

31 files, last one added on Apr 11, 2021
Album viewed 1407 times

A Mellor Collection

The photos in this album were given to MLHS by Hilary Ellam whose parents and grandparents were from Mellor. Hilary's parents were Peter Davis and (Winifred) Shirley Davis (nee Hall). Hilaryâ€™s grandparents were Annie Mary Hall (nee Daniels) and Bernard Hall. Bernard Hall ran a butcherâ€™s shop in Mellor with his brother, as well as being a part time postman. The Davis family were tailors from Marple Bridge. Barbara Hall and Shirley were sisters. Hilary reckons that the majority of the photographs were taken in the 1930s when her Aunt Barbara, born in 1925, would have been in the guides.

82 files, last one added on Oct 02, 2018
Album viewed 635 times

1911 Coronation in Mellor

A complete album from Marple Local History Society archives featuring pictures of the Parish of Mellor taken during the celebrations for the Coronation of HM King George V on 22 June 1911.

47 files, last one added on Nov 19, 2018
Album viewed 542 times

5 albums on 1 page(s)

Marple BridgeMarple Bridge was already well established in 1795, when it was described as "a small village containing about sixty houses." By this time, it had a corn mill, which formerly stood on the west bank of the Goyt, just to the south of the village, and a water powered forge. The bridge and a reconstructed Town Street are now at the heart of the Marple Bridge Conservation Area.

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Marple Bridge

This album features Marple Bridge and the Weir and Corn Mill once known as Flowerdew Mill, as well as many other photographs of the general Marple Bridge area, including Lower Fold, Low Lea Road and Glossop Road.

181 files, last one added on Apr 28, 2024
Album viewed 3010 times

Town Street

This album focuses on Town Street, the main shopping area of Marple Bridge and now central to the Marple Bridge Conservation Area. It includes a series of pictures that chart the dramatic collapse and eventual repair of Town Street after it fell into the river in 1991.

118 files, last one added on May 01, 2020
Album viewed 1675 times

Mill Brow

This album features the tiny hamlet of Mill Brow, Marple Bridge, which now centres around the local pub the Hare and Hounds.

31 files, last one added on Dec 11, 2022
Album viewed 1471 times

3 albums on 1 page(s)

Hawk GreenHawk Green is an outlying area of Marple, centred around a traditional village green, or recreation ground. There are earlier buildings but most of the housing built up around the Shepley Mill constructed in 1848 on the side of the Macclesfield Canal. The Goyt Mill, constructed in 1905, remains a major landmark in the area today.

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Hawk Green

This album features Hawk Green, which has a real village feel to it, with the Crown Pub overlooking the Green, it's own Cricket Club and an active residents' association determined to preserve and promote it. Click here to visit Hawk Green RA.

67 files, last one added on Feb 08, 2021
Album viewed 5778 times

The Goyt Mill

This album contains pictures of the Goyt Mill, built in 1905 at Hawk Green. It features the demolition of the huge chimney, a visible landmark for miles around, and the machinery in the mill before it was removed.

30 files, last one added on Dec 10, 2024
Album viewed 2024 times

2 albums on 1 page(s)

StrinesThe Strines area is a beautiful part of the world steeped in history and set in the picturesque Goyt River Valley. There are some very old properties in and around Strines dating back many hundreds of years, however the majority of properties were built after the Printworks was established circa 1790.

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Strines

This album covers the Strines area, which has been dominated by the Strines Printworks and its chimneys since the late 18th century. Not for much longer through as they are due for demolition in the near future. Strines has an active residents' association and a very informative web site. Click here to visit SARA.

129 files, last one added on Sep 28, 2021
Album viewed 2267 times

1 albums on 1 page(s)

CompstallCompstall was formerly a mill village, built by George Andrew in the 1820's to house his 800 workers. Most of the original mill cottages and other structures remain unchanged. The waterways that now form Etherow Park were also constructed by Andrew to carry water from the weir, on the river, to turn the mill wheel, which stood where the car park is today.

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Compstall

This album covers the area of Compstall and also some that are technically Marple Bridge but sit better here in our view. The heart of Compstall has not changed drastically since it was built and today it benefits from the attractions of Etherow Country Park too. Well worth a visit.

129 files, last one added on Dec 18, 2023
Album viewed 2479 times

1 albums on 1 page(s)

High LaneIn the 1800s High Lane had large collieries employing the majority of men in the village and with the coming of the Macclesfield Canal in 1831 it formed a key junction with the main road to Buxton. Windlehurst Mill was built on the bank of the canal in 1872 and later came to an unusual end when it was so badly damaged in gales that it had to be demolished.

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High Lane

High Lane is on the main Turnpike route to Buxton (A6) and this album features many shots of Buxton Road as well as Windlehurst Lane, Middlewood Road, Carr Brow, Norbury Hollow and St. Thomas's Church.

77 files, last one added on Oct 21, 2020
Album viewed 7867 times

1 albums on 1 page(s)

ChurchesA new series of albums featuring the local churches of Marple and District, including All Saints', Marple; St. Thomas', Mellor; St. Martins, Low Marple; St. Mary's, Marple Bridge and others (this catergory is under reconstruction).

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All Saints', Marple.

The first recorded service at All Saintsâ€™ was in 1588, when the population of Marple stood at 160. A Georgian Chapel was built in 1811 and in 1880 the current Victorian Church was built alongside. In 1964 the derelict Georgian Chapel was demolished but the old church tower was retained to house the bells and is still used today.

97 files, last one added on Oct 23, 2022
Album viewed 2215 times

Saint Martin's, Low Marple

Saint Martin's Church on Brabyns Brow, Low Marple was built by the Hudson family in 1869/70. The first church on this site was a temporary iron shed built in 1867 and the new church designed by John Dando Sedding was a striking contrast embracing the Arts and Craft Movement started by William Morris.

23 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2015
Album viewed 996 times

Saint Paul's, Compstall

Saint Paul's Church in Compstall was built by the Andrews family between 1839 and 1841 at a cost of Â£2,000. After the loss in 1905 of its Vicar of 48 years, Rev W.H. Hopkins, the church was extensively renovated and extended.

11 files, last one added on Jul 19, 2010
Album viewed 696 times

Methodist Churches

Methodist Churches of Marple and District, present and past. Including Marple Methodist Church on Church Lane, Ridge Methodist Church and Trinity Methodist Church, formerly on Market Street.

39 files, last one added on Mar 26, 2020
Album viewed 1302 times

Congregational Churches

This album features the Congregational Churches of Marple Bridge and Marple. The latter, on Hibbert Lane, now being the United Reformed Church.

15 files, last one added on Feb 08, 2021
Album viewed 1294 times

Other Churches

This album covers other Marple and District Churches that do not currently have enough photos to merit their own album. It includes St. Mary's, Marple Bridge, Holy Spirit, Marple, the Evangelical Church on Queen Street, Kingdom Hall and one or two others. If more pictures become available separate albums will be created.

12 files, last one added on Dec 23, 2017
Album viewed 707 times

6 albums on 1 page(s)

Most viewed - Buildings and Street Scenes

Hill Top Farm4069 viewsHill Top Farm, Hawk Green looks little different today.

Nab Top Sanatorium3836 viewsNab Top Sanatorium, now Marple Dale Nursing Home. From Marple Local History Society Archives.

Buxton Road3618 viewsThe bread delivery van makes its way up Buxton Road, High Lane.

West Towers / Almonds3466 viewsHotel West Towers / Almonds Restaurant makes way for "progress".

Ernocroft House3458 viewsThe now sadly demolished Ernocroft House, on the Compstall / Marple Bridge border.

Barnes Fold Cottage3336 viewsBarnes Fold Cottage, built in 1659, from Marple Local History Society Archives.

Horseshoe Inn3269 viewsThe Horseshoe Inn and Lower Fold, Marple Bridge.

The Crown Pub3069 viewsA large group outside the Crown Public House, probably 1914 - 1918.

Random files - Buildings and Street Scenes

Marple Center 1978Marple Center, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.

Jolly Sailor CottagesA closer view of the two gentlemen outside the Jolly Sailor Cottages on Stockport Road.

E & E Overalls / E & E WorkwearInside the former Albert Schools building on 28 February 2019, the week before closure for demolition. By Mark Whittaker.

Forge Bank Mill c1996Forge Bank Mill (Spade Forge) during restoration in 1996. From Marple Local History Society Archives.

E & E Overalls / E & E WorkwearInside the former Albert Schools building on 28 February 2019, the week before closure for demolition. By Mark Whittaker.

E & E Overalls / E & E WorkwearOutside the former Albert Schools building on 28 February 2019, the week before closure for demolition. By Mark Whittaker.

StrinesA postcard of Strines provided by Janet Holmes.

Trinity Sunday School GroupThis is one of a set of glass slides associated with the Trinity Methodist Church Sunday School, on Market Street. Are those Easter Bonnets!

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