Mellor Mill Update

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There are two new Diary entries from Bob Humphrey-Taylor on both work at Mellor Mill and the visit of Samuel Oldknow to the Manchester Histories Festival 'Celebration Day' at Manchester Town Hall.
http://www.matrust.org.uk/mellor-mill-1792-1892/bobs-mill-diary.html

Also a general report on the Trust's day at this splendid event..... http://www.matrust.org.uk/events/184-manchester-history-festival-march-29-2014.html


 The Marple Local History Society has had a recent update on it's website front page...http://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/

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A report on the successful 'Mellor Mill Heritage Day', on September 8th,  is now on the Mellor Archaeological Trust website.
Fact & Fun at the Roman Lakes

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The Mellor Archaeological Site has an update of Bob's Mill Diary:

Bob's Mill Diary Sunday 29 September 2013 - This details the excavation of the boiler house and steam engine house area, at the northern extremity of the main Mill complex, during the summer. A building, constructed in 1860, which is detached from the main Mill, housed the Lancashire Boiler and two horizontal steam engines, manufactured by Goodfellows of Hyde.

Also on the site, you may wish to read the documents concerning the.....

Trial Digs of 2009 and Trial Digs of 2010-11

good 'primers' for a visit to the Mill site !