List of mills in Rochdale
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This is a list of mills known to have existed within Rochdale Borough, in Greater Manchester, England. [1]
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Acre Works | Rochdale | ||||
Albert Mill | Rochdale , SD906125 53°36′32″N 2°08′38″W / 53.609°N 2.144°W / 53.609; -2.144 ("Albert Mill") | ||||
Albion Mill | Rochdale , SD931161 53°38′28″N 2°06′22″W / 53.641°N 2.106°W / 53.641; -2.106 ("Albion Mill") | ||||
Albion Mill | Rochdale , SD883103 53°35′20″N 2°10′41″W / 53.589°N 2.178°W / 53.589; -2.178 ("Albion Mill") | ||||
Arkwright Mill | Rochdale , SD908011 53°37′31″N 2°08′21″W / 53.6253°N 2.1391°W / 53.6253; -2.1391 ("Arkwright Mill") | ||||
Arrow Mill | Rochdale SD886109 53°35′42″N 2°10′26″W / 53.595°N 2.174°W / 53.595; -2.174 ("Arrow Mill") | ||||
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Balderstone Mill | Rochdale , SD905110 53°35′42″N 2°08′42″W / 53.595°N 2.145°W / 53.595; -2.145 ("Balderstone Mill") | ||||
Bamford Mills | Rochdale , SD862127 53°36′40″N 2°12′36″W / 53.611°N 2.210°W / 53.611; -2.210 ("Bamford Mills") | ||||
Beal Works | Shaw, Rochdale | ||||
Belfield Mill (partof) | Rochdale , SD918139 53°37′19″N 2°07′30″W / 53.622°N 2.125°W / 53.622; -2.125 ("Belfield Mill (partof)") | ||||
Bellfield Mill | Rochdale , SD918139 53°37′19″N 2°07′30″W / 53.622°N 2.125°W / 53.622; -2.125 ("Bellfield Mill") | ||||
Birch Mill | Rochdale , SD833082 53°34′12″N 2°15′14″W / 53.570°N 2.254°W / 53.570; -2.254 ("Birch Mill") | ||||
Birtle Works | Rochdale , SD836124 53°36′29″N 2°14′56″W / 53.608°N 2.249°W / 53.608; -2.249 ("Birtle Works") | ||||
Blue Pits Mill | Rochdale , SD885107 53°35′35″N 2°10′30″W / 53.593°N 2.175°W / 53.593; -2.175 ("Blue Pits Mill") | ||||
Brook Mills | Shaw, Rochdale | ||||
Brookside Mill | Rochdale , SD873061 53°33′04″N 2°11′35″W / 53.551°N 2.193°W / 53.551; -2.193 ("Brookside Mill") | ||||
Bridgefield Street Mill | Rochdale , SD889131 53°36′50″N 2°10′08″W / 53.614°N 2.169°W / 53.614; -2.169 ("Bridgefield Street Mill") | ||||
Brimrod Mill | Rochdale , SD888128 53°36′43″N 2°10′16″W / 53.612°N 2.171°W / 53.612; -2.171 ("Brimrod Mill") | ||||
Broadfield Mill | Rochdale , SD850104 53°35′24″N 2°13′41″W / 53.590°N 2.228°W / 53.590; -2.228 ("Broadfield Mill") | ||||
Brook Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Buckley Brook Mills | Rochdale , SD907149 53°37′52″N 2°08′31″W / 53.631°N 2.142°W / 53.631; -2.142 ("Buckley Brook Mills") | ||||
Buckley Lower Mill | Rochdale , SD905147 53°37′44″N 2°08′42″W / 53.629°N 2.145°W / 53.629; -2.145 ("Buckley Lower Mill") | ||||
Buckley Mill | Rochdale , SD907151 53°37′55″N 2°08′31″W / 53.632°N 2.142°W / 53.632; -2.142 ("Buckley Mill") | ||||
Butterworth Hall | Milnrow Rochdale SD 934,122 53°36′22″N 2°06′04″W / 53.606°N 2.101°W / 53.606; -2.101 ("Butterworth Hall") | 1996 | |||
Notes: Cotton Textile Paper Tubes Sonoco Milnrow's last Cotton mill | |||||
Burma Mill | Rochdale , SD900142 53°37′26″N 2°09′11″W / 53.624°N 2.153°W / 53.624; -2.153 ("Burma Mill") | ||||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Canal Street Mill | Rochdale , SD933122 53°36′22″N 2°06′11″W / 53.606°N 2.103°W / 53.606; -2.103 ("Canal Street Mill") | ||||
Castleton Old Mill | Rochdale , SD892118 53°36′11″N 2°09′54″W / 53.603°N 2.165°W / 53.603; -2.165 ("Castleton Old Mill") | ||||
Castleton Works | Rochdale , SD888101 53°35′13″N 2°10′16″W / 53.587°N 2.171°W / 53.587; -2.171 ("Castleton Works ") | ||||
Church Street Mill | Rochdale , SD928127 53°36′40″N 2°06′36″W / 53.611°N 2.110°W / 53.611; -2.110 ("Church Street Mill") | ||||
Clegg Hall Mill | Rochdale , SD923145 53°37′37″N 2°07′05″W / 53.627°N 2.118°W / 53.627; -2.118 ("Clegg Hall Mill") | ||||
Clough Fulling Mill | Shaw, Rochdale | ||||
Coral Mill | Newhey, Rochdale 53°36′00″N 2°05′42″W / 53.599896°N 2.095064°W / 53.599896; -2.095064 ("Coral Mill") | ||||
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Coloured Spinning Company jxqnes Mill | Rochdale , SD878055 | ||||
Crawford | Rochdale SD 910,125 53°36′32″N 2°08′13″W / 53.609°N 2.137°W / 53.609; -2.137 ("Crawford") | ||||
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Crest | Rochdale OL11 2NP | 1906 | 118 | ||
Notes: Architect Sir Philip Sidney Stott | |||||
Crimble | Rochdale SD 865,116 53°36′04″N 2°12′18″W / 53.601°N 2.205°W / 53.601; -2.205 ("Crimble") | 1886 | 138 | ||
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Croft | Rochdale , SD 908,139 53°37′19″N 2°08′28″W / 53.622°N 2.141°W / 53.622; -2.141 ("Croft") | ||||
Crossfield Mill | Rochdale 53°36′29″N 2°08′42″W / 53.608°N 2.145°W / 53.608; -2.145 ("Crossfield") | ||||
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Dale Mill | Hamer, Rochdale SD908341 53°37′34″N 2°08′19″W / 53.6261°N 2.1386°W / 53.6261; -2.1386 ("Dale Mill") | 1904 | 2005 | 101 | |
Notes: Dale Ring Co (1904–1920) Dale Mill Ltd. (1920–1957) Smith and Nephew (1957–1958) | |||||
Dicken Green Mill | Rochdale SD 901119 53°36′14″N 2°09′04″W / 53.604°N 2.151°W / 53.604; -2.151 ("Dicken Green Mill") | ||||
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Dope Street Mills | Rochdale | ||||
Drydock Mill | Rochdale , SD927161 53°38′28″N 2°06′43″W / 53.641°N 2.112°W / 53.641; -2.112 ("Drydock Mill") | ||||
Dunlop Mill | Castleton, Rochdale , SD886851 53°36′04″N 2°10′16″W / 53.601°N 2.171°W / 53.601; -2.171 ("Dunlop Mill") | 1913 | 101 | ||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Eclipse Mill | Rochdale SD 908,139 53°37′19″N 2°08′28″W / 53.622°N 2.141°W / 53.622; -2.141 ("Eclipse Mill") | ||||
Notes: Five storeys, 41 by 14 bays. Ornamental water tower | |||||
Ealees Mill | Rochdale , SD942162 53°38′31″N 2°05′20″W / 53.642°N 2.089°W / 53.642; -2.089 ("Ealees Mill") | ||||
Ellenroad Mill | Newhey, Milnrow, Rochdale SD930116 53°36′04″N 2°06′25″W / 53.601°N 2.107°W / 53.601; -2.107 ("Ellenroad Mill") | 1890 | 1982 | 92 | |
Notes: Five storey fireproof mule mill, brick 40 bays by 18, corner turrets, 3 projecting towers on south front. Damaged by fire in 1916. Rebuilt for ring.Triple expansion horizontal by J & W McNaught, rebuilt by Clayton, Goodfellow as twin tandem 1916. 23.5 in and 43.75 diameter. Corliss valves on high pressure. 28ft rope cylinder. The mill itself is no longer standing, but the engine house, boiler house and chimney still are complete, with the steam engine which is maintained and steamed once a month by the Ellenroad Trust.(in 1982) [3][4] | |||||
Ensor Mill | Queensway Rochdale SD 888,111 53°35′48″N 2°10′17″W / 53.5966°N 2.1713°W / 53.5966; -2.1713 ("Ensor Mill") | 1908 | 116 | ||
Notes: Engine named 'Clara'. a 750hp cross compound engine by Yates and Thom, 1915. 21"HP, 39"LP X 4ft stroke, operating on 160psi, at 73rpm. 21ft flywheel, 21 ropes. Corliss valves on both cylinders. Air pump drive from tail rod. And also a 750hp tandem compound engine by Sharples [Barrow in Furness?], 1908. 19"HP, 40"LP X 4ft stroke. Operating on 160psi, at 72 ½ rpm. 22ft flywheel, 17 ropes. Corliss valves on both cylinders. Air pump drive from crosshead. New Corliss gear and Lumb governors to both engines instead of Dobson's motion. | |||||
Facit Mill | Whitworth Rochdale SD 888,189 53°39′58″N 2°10′16″W / 53.666°N 2.171°W / 53.666; -2.171 ("Facit Mill") | 2012 | |||
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Fieldhouse Mill | Whitworth Road Rochdale SD 897,146 53°37′41″N 2°09′25″W / 53.628°N 2.157°W / 53.628; -2.157 ("Fieldhouse Mill") | ||||
Notes: Earlier mill was four storey, brick, rectangular windows stone sills and lintel. Later mill, three storey with stone decorated water tower: own branch line to Rochdale to Bacup line of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1870. By 1971 one mill was disused and partially demolished, but Bright's continued to use the other mill (with stack). Bright's were always regarded as a good firm to work for – they provided, for instance, a creche where babies and small children could be looked after while their mothers were at work.[5] | |||||
Flat Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Garfield | Milnrow, Rochdale | 1884 | 1968 | 84 | |
Grange Mill (partof) | Rochdale | ||||
Green Grove Mill | Rochdale | ||||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Hanging Lane | Rochdale | 1791 | 233 | ||
Notes: Opened in 1791, Rochdale's first steam-powered mill | |||||
Harp | Rochdale | ||||
Hollings Mill | Rochdale , SD952139 53°37′19″N 2°04′26″W / 53.622°N 2.074°W / 53.622; -2.074 ("Hollings Mill") | ||||
Howard | Rochdale , SD936113 53°35′53″N 2°05′53″W / 53.598°N 2.098°W / 53.598; -2.098 ("Howard") | ||||
Ladyhouse Mill | Milnrow, Rochdale | 1877 | 147 | ||
Ladyhouse Mill | Milnrow, Rochdale SD931123 | 1879 | 145 | ||
Notes: Bales of cotton, the first from Mexico, were blamed for a small smallpox outbreak 30 May 1914, affecting blowing room operatives, and others. The mill was described as having 2 bale breakers, 2 blowing room operatives, 4 cardroom jobbers, 2 can breakers, 4 drawing room (tenter)s and 4 assistants,4 slubbers and 4 assistant slubbers, 6 intermediate roving frame tenters, 8 roving frame tenters and 90 ring room operatives. New Ladyhouse mill was the first ring spinning mill established in 1879. Palm Mill was built in 1884, then Burns ring spinning, Heywood in 1891 and Nile (Oldham) and Era (Rochdale)in 1898. Ring spinning was more labour intensive working a 1:79 spindle to operative ratio.[6] | |||||
Len Vale Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Linden Mill | Rochdale , Queensway OL11 2PQ | ||||
Lower Two Bridge Mill | Rochdale , SD936113 53°35′53″N 2°05′53″W / 53.598°N 2.098°W / 53.598; -2.098 ("Lower Two Bridge Mill") | ||||
Lydgate Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Unity Mill | Rochdale , SD846101 53°35′13″N 2°14′02″W / 53.587°N 2.234°W / 53.587; -2.234 ("Lynity Mill") | ||||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Malta Mill | F.W.Dixon | Middleton 53°32′56″N 2°10′08″W / 53.549°N 2.169°W / 53.549; -2.169 ("Malta Mill") | 1905 | 119 | |
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Manchester Old Road Works | Rochdale | ||||
Marland Mill | Rochdale SD 877,111 53°35′46″N 2°11′13″W / 53.596°N 2.187°W / 53.596; -2.187 ("Marland Mill") | ||||
Notes: engine house is likely to have housed an inverted vertical. | |||||
Mars Mill | Rochdale SD 877,111 53°35′46″N 2°11′13″W / 53.596°N 2.187°W / 53.596; -2.187 ("Mars Mill") | 1906 | demolished | ||
Notes: Mars was built 1906 and the engine house is for a horizontal layout. Mars is demolished. | |||||
Martin's Mill | Rochdale , SD8661 54°02′N 2°13′W / 54.04°N 2.22°W / 54.04; -2.22 ("Martin's Mill") | c.1850 | 1989 | ||
Mayfield Mill | Rochdale , SD908141 53°37′27″N 2°08′20″W / 53.6241°N 2.1389°W / 53.6241; -2.1389 ("Mayfield Mill") | ||||
Millers Brook Mill | Heywood Rochdale SD 858,109 53°35′38″N 2°12′58″W / 53.594°N 2.216°W / 53.594; -2.216 ("Millers Brook Mill") | ||||
Notes: Known locally as the Mop Shop. | |||||
Milnrow | Rochdale SD 928,126 53°36′36″N 2°06′36″W / 53.610°N 2.110°W / 53.610; -2.110 ("Milnrow") | 1992 | |||
Notes: Fire in 1992, re-built, with only the front of the original building remaining. | |||||
Moss Mill | Rochdale SD908124 53°36′29″N 2°08′28″W / 53.608°N 2.141°W / 53.608; -2.141 ("Moss Mill") | ||||
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Mutual Mills No 1 | Rochdale SD 861,111 53°35′46″N 2°12′40″W / 53.596°N 2.211°W / 53.596; -2.211 ("Mutual Mills No 1") | ||||
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Mutual Mills No 2 | Rochdale SD 861,111 53°35′46″N 2°12′40″W / 53.596°N 2.211°W / 53.596; -2.211 ("Mutual Mills No 2") | ||||
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Mutual Mills No 3 | Rochdale SD 862,111 53°35′46″N 2°12′36″W / 53.596°N 2.210°W / 53.596; -2.210 ("Mutual Mills No 3") | ||||
Notes: Heywood. Dated 1914 although not completed until 1923. | |||||
Nathan | Rochdale | ||||
New Hey Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Norden Mill | Rochdale | ||||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Oakenrod Mills | Rochdale SD 888,131 53°36′50″N 2°10′16″W / 53.614°N 2.171°W / 53.614; -2.171 ("Oakenrod Mills") | ||||
Notes: Fulling Mill on River Roch, Woollen mill in 1848. Three storeys, Stone built. [4] | |||||
Oxford Mill | Rochdale [5] | ||||
Park Mill | Rochdale [5] | ||||
Passmonds Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Phoenix Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Portland Works | Rochdale , SD 88?713 | ||||
Pye Mill | Rochdale | ||||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Rakewood Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Red Lumb Mill | Rochdale 53°38′11″N 2°14′22″W / 53.6364°N 2.2395°W / 53.6364; -2.2395 ("Red Lumb Mill") | ||||
Notes: Converted to residential use as "The Meadows" | |||||
Regent Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Riverside Mill | Rochdale 53°37′48″N 2°07′44″W / 53.630°N 2.129°W / 53.630; -2.129 ("Riverside Mill") | ||||
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Roch Mill | Sudden, Rochdale SD 883,124 53°42′29″N 2°10′41″W / 53.708°N 2.178°W / 53.708; -2.178 ("Roch Mills") | ||||
Notes: Flour Mill on River Roch, O.S map 1:10560 1851. Watermill: the leat ran across the present sewage farm. | |||||
Rock Nook Mill | Rochdale SD 947,179 53°39′29″N 2°04′55″W / 53.658°N 2.082°W / 53.658; -2.082 ("Rock Nook Mill") | ||||
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Simpson Clough Mill | Rochdale SD 953,121 53°36′18″N 2°04′23″W / 53.605°N 2.073°W / 53.605; -2.073 ("Simpson Clough Mill") | ||||
Notes: Site in the Cheesden brook valley on the site of a fulling mill, in 1982 it was a paper mill. | |||||
Sladen Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Sladen Wood Mill | Rochdale 53°39′36″N 2°04′58″W / 53.660°N 2.0827°W / 53.660; -2.0827 ("Sladen Wood Mill") | ||||
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Sparth Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Spotland Bridge New Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Standard Mill | Rochdale | 1889 | 135 | ||
State | Rochdale SD 909,124 53°36′29″N 2°08′20″W / 53.608°N 2.139°W / 53.608; -2.139 ("State") | ||||
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Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Town House Shed Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Town House Mill | Rochdale , SD93S'73 | ||||
Trafalgar Mill | Rochdale , SD90 | ||||
Trafalgar Mill | Rochdale , SD924133 53°36′58″N 2°06′58″W / 53.616°N 2.116°W / 53.616; -2.116 ("Trafalgar Mill") | ||||
Trows Fulling Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Trows Upper Works | Rochdale | ||||
Twin Mill | Rochdale , SD862119 53°36′11″N 2°12′36″W / 53.603°N 2.210°W / 53.603; -2.210 ("Twin Mill") | ||||
Two Bridge Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Two Bridges Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Two Bridges Mill | Rochdale | ||||
Tyne Mill | Rochdale , SD933163 53°38′35″N 2°06′11″W / 53.643°N 2.103°W / 53.643; -2.103 ("Tyne Mill") | ||||
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U to V
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Union Mill | Rochdale , SD892118 53°36′11″N 2°09′54″W / 53.603°N 2.165°W / 53.603; -2.165 ("Union Mill") | ||||
Union Ring Mill | Rochdale , SD892118 53°36′11″N 2°09′54″W / 53.603°N 2.165°W / 53.603; -2.165 ("Union Ring Mill") | ||||
Vale Mill | Shaw, Rochdale , SD863106 53°35′31″N 2°12′29″W / 53.592°N 2.208°W / 53.592; -2.208 ("Vale Mill") | ||||
Vale Mill | Rochdale , SD901135 53°37′05″N 2°09′04″W / 53.618°N 2.151°W / 53.618; -2.151 ("Vale Mill") | ||||
Vale Mills | Rochdale , SD906142 53°37′26″N 2°08′38″W / 53.624°N 2.144°W / 53.624; -2.144 ("Vale Mills") | ||||
Valley Ring Mill | Rochdale , SD892117 53°36′07″N 2°09′54″W / 53.602°N 2.165°W / 53.602; -2.165 ("Valley Ring Mill") | ||||
Victoria Mill | Rochdale SD863102 53°35′17″N 2°12′29″W / 53.588°N 2.208°W / 53.588; -2.208 ("Victoria Mill") | ||||
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Victoria Mill | Rochdale , SD905123 53°36′25″N 2°08′42″W / 53.607°N 2.145°W / 53.607; -2.145 ("Victoria Mill") | ||||
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W to Z
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Warwick Mill | Middleton SD872057 53°32′53″N 2°11′42″W / 53.548°N 2.195°W / 53.548; -2.195 ("Warwick Mill") | ||||
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Wardle Mill | Rochdale , SD911171 53°39′00″N 2°08′10″W / 53.650°N 2.136°W / 53.650; -2.136 ("Wardle Mill") | ||||
Wasp Mill | Rochdale , SD913167 53°38′49″N 2°07′59″W / 53.647°N 2.133°W / 53.647; -2.133 ("Wasp Mill") | ||||
Wellfield Mill | Rochdale , SD904124 53°36′29″N 2°08′49″W / 53.608°N 2.147°W / 53.608; -2.147 ("Wellfield Mill") | ||||
White Lees Mill | Rochdale , SD933165 53°38′42″N 2°06′11″W / 53.645°N 2.103°W / 53.645; -2.103 ("White Lees Mill") | ||||
Willow Street Mill | Rochdale , SD858109 53°35′38″N 2°12′58″W / 53.594°N 2.216°W / 53.594; -2.216 ("Willow Street Mill") | ||||
Woodfield Mill | Rochdale , SD859110 53°35′42″N 2°12′54″W / 53.595°N 2.215°W / 53.595; -2.215 ("Woodfield Mill") | ||||
Woodhouse Mills | Rochdale , SD857147 53°37′44″N 2°13′05″W / 53.629°N 2.218°W / 53.629; -2.218 ("Woodhouse Mills") | ||||
Yew Vale Mill | Rochdale , SD901136 53°37′08″N 2°09′04″W / 53.619°N 2.151°W / 53.619; -2.151 ("Yew Vale Mill") | ||||
Yew Vale Mill | Rochdale SD906142 53°37′26″N 2°08′38″W / 53.624°N 2.144°W / 53.624; -2.144 ("Yew Vale Mill") | ||||
Notes: Woollen | |||||
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See also
References
- ^ The Mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, a descriptive book, pub. LCC, Blackfriars House Manchester, January 1951
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Rochdale online Mills". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
- ^ "Spinning the Web". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ a b Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England and where to find it. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0820-4.
- ^ a b c National Archive Records on The Ash Group
- ^ New Ladyhouse Smallpox Outbreak 1914
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