4-storey mill with a distinctive Italianate tower, built for Brear & Brown.
There was a fire here in
1988
In 2008, proposals were approved to clear the site and build 14
houses on the site.
The tower was to be converted into offices.
In 2010, another place was approved to build 43 houses, and the tower
was demolished
Recorded on 6th July 1951, when
the Yorkshire Evening Post announced
Near Malt Shovel Inn, Southowram.
To be sold by auction on the 11th July for B.E.C
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It was a part of the Shibden Estate [1920s].
Owners and tenants have included
The quarry was closed by the 1950s.
During the 1960s, Halifax Corporation used it as a refuse tip.
It was filled in by the 1970s
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The quarries across the lane from Marsh Quarries, Southowram and
extend to Stub Thorn Lane.
Owners and tenants have included
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The quarries closed in the 1940s, and were filled with ash from
Halifax Gas Works and from Paton & Baldwin Limited.
A driver for Paton & Baldwin Limited was killed when he
reversed his lorry too near the edge of the quarry and went over the
edge
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Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
There were serious accidents at the Mills on
24th March 1840,
when the mill was badly damaged by fire,
and on
16th November 1854,
when 4 people were killed and others were seriously injured in a
boiler explosion at the mill.
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The mill became a part of the Dean Clough complex
In 1795, it was used as a wool scribbling mill.
The mill burned down in
1843.
The Leeds Intelligencer [Saturday 2nd March 1844] advertised
In the township of Erringden.
The Cragg Hall Estate.
The Mills, Dwellinghouses, Cottages, Lands etc., at Marshaw
Bridge in the occupation of Messrs Ingham.
Lithographic Plans have been prepared by Messrs Lister & Ingle
of Bradford.
L. & E. N. Alexander, Solicitors, Halifax
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Joseph Kagan manufactured Gannex here.
After his death in 1994, the mill was disused for a time.
In 1996, Ardeth Engineering Limited used a part of the mill.
In 2003, there was a proposal to build an Asda superstore on the
site, but this was rejected.
In June 2005, there was a proposal to convert the mill into 91
apartments.
The new complex was renamed The Silk Mill.
On
7th February 2006,
one of the buildings was badly damaged by fire – arson was suspected
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6-storey mill.
Built in the late 1800s.
In 1961, the Plebeians Halifax Jazz Club rented a room here.
In the early 1980s, the weaving sheds were demolished to make way for
a B & Q DIY superstore.
Much of the mill was vacant and only a part was occupied [1988].
The chimney has been truncated.
In 2006, planning permission was given to convert the mill into
apartments.
In 2018, there was a £7m proposal to convert the mill into 60
apartments
On
4th November 1849,
the mill was destroyed when the dam burst
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The original corn mill was built in 1429.
Early 19th century saw mill on the side of the Rochdale Canal.
The wheelhouse has a cast-iron and steel
breast-shot wheel 16 ft diameter and 15 ft wide.
The waterwheel, wheelhouse and weir still remain and are listed.
The mill was used for the manufacture of egg-boxes in the 20th
century.
It was damaged by fire on
4th March 1932
and burned down in
1936.
It was derelict for some time.
In 2004, the building was converted into private apartments.
See
Mayroyd House, Hebden Bridge
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When it was up for sale in 1809, the property was described as
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The Northowram Register records
that the daughter of John Lupton was killed here in 1734
It was demolished in June 1983, just as it was about to be listed.
A supermarket now stands on the site
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Owners and tenants have included
Sutcliffe & Woodhead [1881]
Owners and tenants have included
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Worrall's Dye Works, Midgehole
Aka Causey Mill, Causeway Mill – but not Causeywood Mill.
Owners and tenants have included
It was dilapidated [1883] and subsequently demolished [after 1907]
See
Henry Senior
The property was bought by a man from Denholm who also bought
Brighouse Motor Agency / Calder Engineering
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On
4th August 1893,
the Mill burnt down
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Owners and tenants have included
The site was derelict for several years until Halifax Corporation
used it as a refuse tip [1970s].
The site was reclaimed and is now used by Southowram Cricket Club
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Brockwell Lane Chimney, Sowerby Bridge
This was the first cotton mill in Brighouse, and was built in 1857 by
cousins Henry & Jonathan Stott.
The buildings were damaged by fire on
12th November 1868.
It was destroyed by fire on
17th February 1874
and was replaced by the present building.
Part of the mill burned down in
1878,
but the section was not rebuilt as the land was considered unstable.
The mill is 7-storeys high with 14 bays, and the frontage on
to the canal is 450 ft wide.
William Booth started a cotton doubling and warp making
business in a shed attached to Mill Royd Mill [1892].
It was still in use by Hy. Cullingworth & Sons Limited until 2001,
and was popularly known as Cullingworth's Mill.
In 2003, there were proposals by Richard Binks to convert the
mill into residential property with 134 apartments – to be known
as Millroyd Island on account of its location between the
Calder and the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
When sales opened in autumn 2003, it was claimed that 100 flats were
sold in 4 hours – before work had even started.
The conversion was completed in 2004.
In autumn 2004, the developer was proposing that further blocks of
flats be built there
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Owners and tenants have included
The mill was damaged by fire in the 1970s and partially demolished
afterwards
Question:
Can anyone identify the mill?
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Milner Royd Mills, Sowerby Bridge and
Milner Royd, Sowerby Bridge
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Milner Royd Dye Works, Sowerby Bridge and
Milner Royd, Sowerby Bridge
The mill was damaged by fire on
14th November 1867
The area around the corn mill became known as Mixenden Mill
well into the 1700s.
Owners and tenants have included
William Walsh [1845],
Bairstow Brothers [1845-1898],
and
William Simpson [1861].
From 1900 to 1905, it was a mechanics' shop and used the wheel for
cheap power.
See
Mixenden Mill
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Anthony Buckless writes
It was on the Mixenden part of Fold Farm, part of the
cottage industry system.
Shaw Mill became known, affectionately, as Zachi Moor's
by all, employing around 60 people.
After Bairstow's closed in Mixenden Corn Mill, it made bobbins as
well.
After the fire I seem to recall it going to Whitehill, I think Moor's
had a factory there as well
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Anthony Buckless writes
Towards the end of the 1800 it changed to the carbonising process
of wool, which continued until the millclosed.
In 1978 it became a business park under Provident.
In 2001, Swindon took over, along with Colonnade,
and Hebble Insurance.
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It was bought by the newly-formed Mons Mill Company Limited and the
name was changed to Mons Mill after the World War I Battle
of Mons.
The Mons Mill (1919) Limited company took over the mill in
1919.
The mill was originally powered by
an engine built by Carels of Belgium which drove about 73
belts.
On
19th September 1918,
12 year-old Herbert Heywood was killed in an accident
at the Mill.
In the 1950s, the Mill was bought by the Lancashire Cotton
Corporation.
The mill was closed for a time from
18th March 1953,
when there was an epidemic of smallpox.
In 1964, the company was taken over by Courtaulds.
In 1968, the mill closed.
From 1971, the building was used by Ward & Goldstone Limited
until the 1990s when they left.
In 197?, the mill chimney was reduced by 30 ft.
In 1986, the mill chimney and the engine house were demolished.
The site was cleared in March 2000.
The domed building which housed the offices and board room is now a
private dwelling
See
William Riley
Anthony Buckless writes
Owners and tenants have included
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One of the Mount Tabor Quarries.
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Haugh Shaw Mills
In 1897, workmen at the quarry found pieces of Bronze Age urns and
human bones
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Cotton spinning and manufacturing mill built about 1789 by a
partnership headed by James King.
The mill was driven by water from springs in Rawtonstall Wood.
The wheel – measuring 52½ ft by 9½ ft – was one of the
largest in the district.
It stood by the turning circle for vehicles going to Heptonstall.
The mill chimney was constructed some distance from the mill and
linked by a flue at ground level.
In 1796, the partnership became Turner, Bent & Company, then
Hamlet Bent & Company.
All of which used the mill.
In the early 19th century, it was one of the first local mills to
produce fustian.
The Rev James Armytage Rhodes loaned rooms here for use as a church
school.
Much of the mill – then known as Brown's Mill – was destroyed
by fire in the
the 1980s.
In 2005, it was demolished and houses and business units were built
on part of the site.
The chimney remains.
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Macauley's Park Quarry, Rastrick Ref 15-682
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Machpelah Works, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-1111 
Maiden Cross Colliery, Todmorden Ref 15-M292 Malt Kiln Mill Ref 15-848 Maltings Mill, Hipperholme Ref 15-M181
Subsequent owners and tenants of the maltings have included
Mansley's Quarries Ref 15-1429
Mansley's Quarries, Cross Platts
Maple Works, Halifax Ref 15-984
Market Hall Rope Works, Halifax Ref 15-941
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Marsh Delves Quarry, Southowram Ref 15-1343
Marsh Factory, Stansfield Ref 15-863 Marsh Lane Quarries, Southowram Ref 15-1342
The quarries closed in the 1940s, and were filled with ash from
Smith Wire Works and Mackintosh's
Marsh Quarries, Southowram Ref 15-744
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Marsh Quarry, Sowerby Bridge Ref 15-611
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Marshall Hall Mills, Elland Ref 15-M403
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Marshall's Mill, Dean Clough Ref 15-378
Marshall's Quarry, Southowram Ref 15-1207
Marshaw Bridge Mill, Cragg Vale Ref 15-873
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Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Marshfield Mill, Elland Ref 15-M404
Martin Holt's Mill, Eastwood Ref 15-371 Martin's Mill: Chimney Ref 15-1256
Martin's Mill, Halifax Ref 15-625
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Martin Mill, Wadsworth Ref 15-130
Mayfield Mill, Elland Ref 15-1329 Mayroyd Mill, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-M94
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Meadowcroft's Mill, Ripponden Ref 15-215 Mearclough Mills, Sowerby Bridge Ref 15-9
a newly-built corn mill
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
Mearclough Works, Sowerby Bridge Ref 15-824
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Meddle Bottom Mill Ref 15-414 Melbourne Mill, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-373
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Melbourne Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-264
Melbourne Works, Heptonstall Ref 15-M406
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Mellor's Mill, Stainland Ref 15-927 Melville Saw, Planing & Moulding Mills, Halifax Ref 15-1113 Merry Boys Quarry, Northowram Ref 15-1352
Miall Street Mills, Halifax Ref 15-M405
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Middle Delph Quarry, Rastrick Ref 15-793
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Midgehole Dye Works, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-976
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Midgehole Mill, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-322
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Midgehole Mill, Langfield Ref 15-857
This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda BriggsMidgley Quarry, Hipperholme Ref 15-1457 Mile Cross Works, Halifax Ref 15-631
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Mile Thorn Mills, Halifax Ref 15-946
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Mile Thorn Works Ref 15-170 Milking Hill Quarries, Southowram Ref 15-1211
Mill chimneys Ref 15-387 A mill, Dean Clough Ref 15-1226 Mill House Chimney, Triangle Ref 15-1248 Mill House Estate, Sowerby Bridge Ref 15-1183 Mill House Mill, Sowerby Ref 15-M77
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
Mill House Mill, Triangle Ref 15-M378
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Mill Royd Mill, Brighouse Ref 15-M356
Mills to houses Ref 15-84 Millstead Mills, Todmorden Ref 15-1456 Millsteads Mill, Langfield Ref 15-88
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Milne's Mill, Longbottom Ref 15-931
Milner Royd Dye Works, Sowerby Bridge Ref 15-1313 Milner Royd Mills, Sowerby Bridge Ref 15-1312
Miss Lister's Mine, Shibden Ref 15-1169 Mitchell's Mill, Elland Ref 15-555
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Mitchell's Mill, Wadsworth Ref 15-1195 Mixenden Corn Mill Ref 15-401 Mixenden Fulling Mill Ref 15-613
A footpath runs from the top of Straight Lane, diagonally across the
fields, through the wall at the bottom, and up into Mixenden.
On going through the wall, the Mill was over on the right, as you
head towards Mill Lane.
Some time back, mobile part of the stream connection was still
visible under the vegetation.
The quickest way, however, is along the track just up Mill Lane a
little from the bridge.
Mixenden Mills Ref 15-158
A big party – with 3000 people attending – was thrown when the mill
reopened following expansion in the late 1800s.
Several big Yorkshire Stars performed.
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Mixenden Works, Ovenden Ref 15-25 Mons Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-M150
Monumental Works, Halifax Ref 15-694 Moor End Mill, Mixenden Ref 15-1083
This can be found as you enter Mixenden, and you pass Mixenden Old Hall, just below this was Moor End Mill, now Tabor Heights
Moor End Quarry, Mount Tabor Ref 15-922
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Moorfield Mills, Halifax Ref 15-37
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Moss Pit, Todmorden Ref 15-M296 Mount Pleasant Mill, Mytholmroyd Ref 15-266
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Mount Pleasant Mill, Wadsworth Ref 15-131 Mount Quarry, Brighouse Ref 15-792
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Mount Skip Quarry, Old Town Ref 15-747
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Mount Works, Elland Ref 15-421
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Mount Works, Halifax Ref 15-660
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Mountain End Colliery, Northowram Ref 15-636 Mountain Mills, Queensbury Ref 15-1070
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Murgatroyd's Mill, Luddenden Ref 15-M336 Mytholm Iron Works, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-816
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Mytholm Iron Works, Hipperholme Ref 15-753
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Mytholm Mill, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-339
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
