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Wilmslow and Alderley Edge : Quarry Bank Mill and Manchester Airport

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Since prehistoric times copper and lead are believed to have been mined on the Edge and burial urns from the early Bronze Age have been found in the area.

In 1984 excitement was created, by the discovery of a body preserved for 2,500 years by peat of Lindow Common ... 'Pete Marsh', had apparently been garotted in a ritual rite.

Less than a mile from the airport stand Quarry Bank Mill and the timber-framed buildings of the Styal village.

In 1784 Samuel Greg commenced the building of the mill, now a working museum and heritage centre.

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Phillimore & Co Ltd
0850338670 / 9780850338676
Paperback / softback
942.716
16/09/1994
United Kingdom
128 pages
185 x 246 mm, 510 grams
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