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List of textile mills in Cheshire

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This is a list of the silk, cotton and other textile mills in Cheshire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, in Styal by Samuel Greg using the Arkwright system and were powered by the water of the River Bollin. There were significant early cotton mills; Cheshire was an important centre of the silk industry. Parts of Cheshire have been subsumed into Stockport and Tameside.

River Bollin

Styal


Macclesfield


River Dean

Bollington

The Swindells family dominated cotton spinning in Bollington. They operated or owned Ingersley Vale Mill from 1821, Rainow Mill from 1822 both until 1841. They built the Clarence Mill with their partners the Brooke family in 1834, and extended it in 1841, 1854 and 1877. Thomas Oliver & Sons were at the Higher and Lower Mill from 1832 until 1859 and at the Waterhouse Mill from 1841. The Greg family from Quarry Bank Mill and later Reddish leased the Lower House Mill in 1832. The Swindells went on to build the Adelphi Mill in 1856.[11][12]


Rainow


River Dane

Congleton

Congleton had England's third oldest silk-throwing mill and spun both cotton and silk. Its prosperity depended on tariffs imposed on imported silk. When the tariffs were removed in the 1860s, the empty mills moved over to fustian cutting. A limited silk ribbon weaving industry survived into the 20th century, and woven labels were still being produced to the 1990s. Many mills survive, as industrial or units.[20]


Kettleshulme


Knutsford


Warrington


Prestbury


See also

References

  1. ^ Historic England (2011). "Quarry Bank Mill (1237687)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Quarry Bank Mill history". Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 163
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Ashmore 1982, p. 44
  5. ^ a b c Calladine, Anthony; Fricker, Jean (Spring 1988). "Pickford Street: A Study of Macclesfield Textile Mills". Industrial Archaeology Review. 10 (2). Manley: 146–161. doi:10.1179/030907288786472324.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Calladine & Fricker 1993, pp. 49–50
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 164
  8. ^ Calladine & Fricker 1993, pp. 11, 25
  9. ^ Heritage Explorere
  10. ^ Macclesfield Mill Photos
  11. ^ a b Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 107
  12. ^ a b c "Happy Valley; History". happy-valley.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 162
  14. ^ A short history of Bollington Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ken Edwards, April 2005
  15. ^ Compiled by Revd. A. C. Oliver (1940). "Thomas Oliver & Sons (Bollington) Ltd". One hundred and fifty years of Fine Cotton Spinning. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  16. ^ Ashmore 1982, p. 30
  17. ^ Calladine & Fricker 1993, pp. 36, 46
  18. ^ a b c d e f Ashmore 1982, p. 57
  19. ^ Happy Valley Heritage Centre
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fustian Mills Talk Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Lyndon Murgatroyd 2007
  21. ^ a b c Stephens 1970, p. 147
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Ashmore 1982, pp. 35, 38
  23. ^ a b National Archives
  24. ^ Quine, Dan (December 2022). The Hendre Ddu Tramway: Blue Stones and Green Trees. Lightmoor Press. ISBN 9781915069153.
  25. ^ Dane Bridge Mill Lyndon Murgatroyd
  26. ^ Textile company
  27. ^ Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 105
  28. ^ Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 98
  29. ^ "Flint Mill (Central Part of Higher Washford Mill), Congleton, Cheshire East".
  30. ^ Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 84
  31. ^ Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 45,66
  32. ^ Ashmore 1982, p. 66
  33. ^ Cockhedge Mill Fire Wood engraving 1872

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