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]
^"Quarry Bank Mill history". Retrieved 25 September 2007.
^ 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 clCalladine & Fricker 1993, p. 163
^ a b c d e f gAshmore 1982, p. 44
^ a b cCalladine, 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.
^ a b c d e f g hCalladine & Fricker 1993, pp. 49–50
^ 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 aoCalladine & Fricker 1993, p. 164
^Calladine & Fricker 1993, pp. 11, 25
^Heritage Explorere
^Macclesfield Mill Photos
^ a bCalladine & Fricker 1993, p. 107
^ a b c"Happy Valley; History". happy-valley.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011.
^ 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 akCalladine & Fricker 1993, p. 162
^A short history of Bollington Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ken Edwards, April 2005
^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.
^Ashmore 1982, p. 30
^Calladine & Fricker 1993, pp. 36, 46
^ a b c d e fAshmore 1982, p. 57
^Happy Valley Heritage Centre
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l mFustian Mills Talk Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Lyndon Murgatroyd 2007
^ a b cStephens 1970, p. 147
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t uAshmore 1982, pp. 35, 38
^ a bNational Archives
^Quine, Dan (December 2022). The Hendre Ddu Tramway: Blue Stones and Green Trees. Lightmoor Press. ISBN 9781915069153.
^Dane Bridge Mill Lyndon Murgatroyd
^Textile company
^Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 105
^Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 98
^"Flint Mill (Central Part of Higher Washford Mill), Congleton, Cheshire East".
^Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 84
^Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 45,66
^Ashmore 1982, p. 66
^Cockhedge Mill Fire Wood engraving 1872
Bibliography
Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0820-4.
Calladine, Anthony; Fricker, Jean (1993). East Cheshire Textile Mills. London: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England. ISBN 1-873592-13-2.
Stephens, W. B. (1970). History of Congleton: Published to Celebrate the 700th Anniversary of the Granting of the Charter to the Town. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-1245-7.
External links
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