| Brabyns Park | |
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 Brabyns Park | |
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| Type | Park |
| Coordinates | 53°24′22″N2°03′29″W / 53.406°N 2.058°W Coordinates: 53°24′22″N2°03′29″W / 53.406°N 2.058°W |
| Operated by | Stockport Borough Council |
| Open | All year |
Brabyns Park is a public park in Marple Bridge, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.
Brabyns Park was formerly the grounds of Brabyns Hall, a now demolished mansion house. [1] The estate was originally owned by the Lowe family of Lower Marple. Elizabeth Brabin owned the estate in 1749 and, with her husband Henry, built the Georgian Brabyns Hall and began the landscaping of the grounds. The house faced down the valley to take advantage of the views and lodges controlled access into the park. In 1800, the estate was purchased by Nathaniel Wright and, in 1811, the house was extended with lake added and chestnuts, poplars and cypress trees planted. Ann Hudson inherited the estate in 1866 and it continued in the female line until Fanny Hudson died in 1941. The estate was bought by Cheshire County Council and was opened for public recreation. The hall was demolished in 1953 and, subsequently, the farm house in the 1970s. [1] [2]
The park is part of the Marple Conservation Area, due to its historic planned landscape. [3] The iron bridge at the park is Grade II listed with Historic England. [4] It is one of the few remaining iron bridges from the early 1800s and was awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant in 2007 to assist with its restoration. [5]
The Weir over the River Goyt in the park is Grade II listed with Historic England, [6] as is the Lodge at the entrance to the park which is privately owned. [7]
The facilities are parkland, woodland, riverside walks along the River Goyt, playing fields, football pitches, a children's play area, a pond, Peak Forest Canal, picnic areas, horse riding and car parking. [8]
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Mellor Mill, also known as Bottom's Mill, was a six-story cotton mill in Marple, Greater Manchester built by Samuel Oldknow in 1793. This was a six-storey, 42-foot (13 m) wide and 210-foot (64 m) long mill with additional three-storey wings making it 400 feet (120 m) in all. The mill was built for Samuel Oldknow and used to spin coarse counts. It was originally driven by the Wellington water wheel. The River Goyt, and with it the then county boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire was diverted and a weir built, the leat fed a millpond that in later times was named the Roman Lakes. This in turn fed a second mill pond along with water from reservoir in Linnet Clough. Supplementary power was provided by a second exterior wheel known as the Waterloo wheel. The Mill reached its peak production in 1804, when 10,080 spindles were operating and around 550 people were employed. It was destroyed by fire in 1892.
Marple is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The town, together with the villages of High Lane, Marple Bridge, Mellor, and Strines, and the surrounding countryside, contains 141 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
