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The folowing topics have been contributed by vistors to the website and we would be pleased to publish others:

Mellor Font

At last year's open weekend I was not only struck by the fantastically long history of the Mellor Hilltop but also by the incredible font in Mellor Church. I photographed the font and stitched the pix together to produce this image.... Read more

Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is now online and Ludworth (though not Mellor) apparently had an entry. The name in 1086 was recorded as Lodeuorde and would seem to cover the Mellor area. My guess is that Lodeuorde is a Norman adaptation of an earlier placename... Read more

Robin Hood Picking Rods /Mercian Crosses

Robin Hood Picking Rods (sometimes referred to as the Druid Stones) are definitely a curiosity and I do not entirely understand why they are associated with the Bow Stones at the end of the Gritstone Trail.... Read more

The Mellor Name

With regard to the name of Mellor, I've seen this variously translated as "Bare Hill" or "Brown Hill". My understanding is that neither translation is entirely accepted, as the hill was not bare during Saxon times, and as it isn't a particularly peaty area, is probably the least brown of all the hills in the region.... Read more

Our Possible Medieval Aisled Hall

I noticed that the recent excavations are showing evidence of an Aisled Medieval Hall. This was not a phrase I was familiar with, but I did a search and found not just a description of them but schematics, details on who built what and when, and where such halls are known to exist.... Read more