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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2249/1
Title“The Cresswells of Derbyshire”, compiled by M Wallis, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, describing the family’s origin in Northumberland, from which a “younger member” of the family settled near Chapel-en-le-Frith and founded a family there which held lands in and about Chapel-en-le-Frith c. 1350-1631. The family then migrated to Edale. Its later history is related, including marriage to an heiress of Mellor of Idridgehay.
Datec1980
DescriptionIncludes Mellor and Cresswell pedigree, 18th – 19th c and heraldic arms of Mellor and of Cresswell. Typescript
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorCresswell of Edale and other families
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