Mellor, Derbyshire

Description
Mellor, a village, a township, and an ancient chapelry in Glossop parish, Derbyshire. The village stands near the river Goyt at the boundary with Cheshire, 1 1/2 mile ESE of Marple station on the Midland and M.S. & L. Joint railway, and 2 miles S by E of Stockport, and has a post office under Stockport; money order and telegraph office, Marple Bridge. The township has an area of 2362 acres ; population, 1096. The old chapelry is of long standing, and formerly included portions of the new parishes of New Mills and Charlesworth. It now comprises the townships of Mellor and Ludworth. Population, 2900. There are cotton mills, bleaching works, and collieries, but the latter are not now worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £164. The church stands on a commanding site with extensive views, is a very plain building with an old tower, and contains a curiously-carved pulpit and a grotesque font, evidently very old. There are Primitive Methodist and United Free Methodist chapels.