This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in the Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, which comprises Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich.
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Ainsworth Mercerising Works | SD 753094 53°34′52″N2°22′30″W / 53.581°N 2.375°W | ||||
Ainsworth Mills | SD 756092 53°34′44″N2°22′12″W / 53.579°N 2.370°W | ||||
Ainsworth Vale Works | SD 753093 53°34′48″N2°22′30″W / 53.580°N 2.375°W | ||||
Albert Mill | Whitefield, SD 817060 53°33′00″N2°16′41″W / 53.550°N 2.278°W | ||||
Albert Mill | Whitefield, SD 783072 53°33′40″N2°19′44″W / 53.561°N 2.329°W | ||||
Albert New Mill | Whitefield, SD 811059 53°32′56″N2°17′13″W / 53.549°N 2.287°W | ||||
Albion Mill | Prestwich SD 842039 53°31′55″N2°14′24″W / 53.532°N 2.240°W | ||||
Notes: Hulme Weaving Co, Albion Mills, Rooden lane; 160 looms | |||||
Albion Mills | Bury, SD 796108 53°35′35″N2°18′36″W / 53.593°N 2.310°W | ||||
Bankside Works | Whitefield, SD 792061 53°33′04″N2°18′55″W / 53.55110°N 2.31531°W | ||||
Barn Brook Mills | Bury SD 812110 53°35′43″N2°17′08″W / 53.59522°N 2.28542°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Bury Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co, Limited, 50,000 spindles, 208/508 weft, 328 ring. twist; 918 looms | |||||
Beech Mill | SD 812102 53°35′17″N2°17′07″W / 53.58803°N 2.28537°W | ||||
Beehive Works | SD 819076 53°33′53″N2°16′29″W / 53.56468°N 2.27465°W | ||||
Bentley & Lunn Mills | SD 810138 53°37′13″N2°17′19″W / 53.62038°N 2.28862°W | ||||
Bevis Green Works | SD 810138 53°37′13″N2°17′19″W / 53.62038°N 2.28862°W | ||||
Black Lane Mills (Constellation) | Ainsworth Rd, Radcliffe SD 777088 53°34′31″N2°20′17″W / 53.57530°N 2.33814°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co, Ltd., 70,000 spindles, 140 looms Now renamed Constellation Mill | |||||
Bleaklow Mill | Hawkshaw SD 765149 53°37′48″N2°21′24″W / 53.63008°N 2.35673°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Rigg Brothers, Bleaklow Mill; 8,000 spindles, 20'/405 twist; 170 looms Converted to an apartment block and renamed Hawkshaw Lodge. | |||||
Bolholt Mills | SD 785117 53°36′05″N2°19′35″W / 53.60140°N 2.32626°W | ||||
Brickhouse Mills | SD 813110 53°35′43″N2°17′02″W / 53.59522°N 2.28391°W | ||||
Notes: 1891- J. and A. Entwistle, Brick House Mill, Wash lane; 4,000 spindles, 51/108; 140 looms | |||||
Bridge Hall Works | SD 824106 53°35′30″N2°16′02″W / 53.59166°N 2.26727°W | ||||
Bridge Mills | SD 797111 53°35′46″N2°18′29″W / 53.59606°N 2.30809°W | ||||
Bridge Street Mill | SD 812113 53°35′52″N2°17′08″W / 53.59791°N 2.28544°W | ||||
Britannia Mill | Woolfold SD 789120 53°36′15″N2°19′13″W / 53.60412°N 2.32024°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-John Fletcher, 50 looms; Tweedale and Farrar, 400 looms | |||||
Britannia Mill | Prestwich, SD 812039 53°31′53″N2°17′06″W / 53.53140°N 2.28499°W | ||||
Britannia Mills | Free Town, Bury, SD 813114 53°35′56″N2°17′02″W / 53.59881°N 2.28394°W | ||||
Britannia Mills | Radcliffe SD 782074 53°33′46″N2°19′50″W / 53.56274°N 2.33050°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Street and Son, 8,000 spindles, 168/268 twist, 168/368 weft | |||||
Brookhouse Mill | Tottington SD 776137 53°37′10″N2°20′24″W / 53.61934°N 2.34001°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Bury Commercial Co, Limited, Brook House Mill; 467 looms. On Kirklees Brook. | |||||
Brooksbottoms Mill (The Spinnings) | Summerseat SD 794152 53°37′58″N2°18′46″W / 53.63290°N 2.31290°W | ||||
1356822 Notes: 1891-Joshua Hoyle and Sons Ltd, 61,560 spindles, 1,082 looms. Now an apartment block. | |||||
Burrs Mill | SD 799126 53°36′34″N2°18′19″W / 53.60955°N 2.30517°W | ||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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California Mill | Lord Street, Bury SD 809107 53°35′33″N2°17′24″W / 53.59251°N 2.28994°W | ||||
Notes: Wilson and Ingham, 680 looms | |||||
Canal Mill | Radcliffe SD 779074 53°33′46″N2°20′06″W / 53.56273°N 2.33502°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Stand Lane Mill Co, (together with Allen Street), 390 looms | |||||
Chesham Mills | Chesham, Bury SD 813118 53°36′09″N2°17′02″W / 53.60241°N 2.28396°W | ||||
Notes: 1891- Bury and Heap Commercial Co, Ltd.,(together with Woodhill Mills, Elton), 57,586 spindles, 168/328 twist, 208/508 weft; 791 looms | |||||
Cobden Mill | SD 792166 53°38′44″N2°18′58″W / 53.64547°N 2.31602°W | ||||
Commercial Mill | SD 806115 53°35′59″N2°17′40″W / 53.59969°N 2.29452°W | ||||
Cross Mill | Radcliffe SD 794078 53°33′59″N2°18′45″W / 53.56639°N 2.31241°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Bowker Squire and Son, 252 looms | |||||
Crow Oaks Works | SD 795064 53°33′14″N2°18′39″W / 53.55381°N 2.31080°W | ||||
Crown Mill | SD 762150 53°37′51″N2°21′41″W / 53.63096°N 2.36127°W | ||||
Crystal Mill | SD 784068 53°33′26″N2°19′39″W / 53.55736°N 2.32743°W | ||||
Derby Street Mill | SD 809109 53°35′40″N2°17′24″W / 53.59431°N 2.28995°W | ||||
Dingle Vale Works | SD 778069 53°33′30″N2°20′11″W / 53.55823°N 2.33650°W | ||||
Dumers Lane Mill | SD 803083 53°34′15″N2°17′56″W / 53.57091°N 2.29885°W | ||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Egyptian Mills | Elton, Bury SD 794102 53°35′17″N2°18′45″W / 53.58796°N 2.31256°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Milnes Brothers and Hoyle,10,000 spindles, 561/628 twist; 334 looms | |||||
Elton Cop Works | SD 791114 53°35′55″N2°19′02″W / 53.59873°N 2.31718°W | ||||
Elton Fold Mills | SD 792113 53°35′52″N2°18′56″W / 53.59784°N 2.31566°W | ||||
Elton Vale Works | SD 787110 53°35′42″N2°19′23″W / 53.59512°N 2.32319°W | ||||
Fern Grove Mills | SD 822115 53°35′59″N2°16′13″W / 53.59975°N 2.27034°W | ||||
Fernhill Mill | Fernhill, Bury, SD 806115 53°35′59″N2°17′40″W / 53.59969°N 2.29452°W | ||||
Fernhill Mills | Hornby St, Fernhill, Bury, SD 807117 53°36′05″N2°17′35″W / 53.60149°N 2.29302°W | ||||
Fernhill Mills | Hornby St, Fernhill, Bury, SD 807116 53°36′02″N2°17′35″W / 53.60059°N 2.29301°W | ||||
Field Mill | SD 794171 53°39′00″N2°18′47″W / 53.64998°N 2.31302°W | ||||
Fold Mill | SD 757084 53°34′18″N2°22′06″W / 53.57162°N 2.36832°W | ||||
Foundry Mill | Radcliffe SD 781068 53°33′26″N2°19′55″W / 53.55735°N 2.33196°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-John Bleakley, 60 looms | |||||
Fountain Street North Mill | SD 713110 53°35′41″N2°26′06″W / 53.59477°N 2.43500°W | ||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Glen Mill | Tottington SD 783122 53°36′21″N2°19′46″W / 53.60589°N 2.32932°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Bury and Elton Commercial Co, Ltd (together with Soho Mill, Elton), 50,000 spindles, 161/36, ring twist, 201/468 weft; 500 looms | |||||
Gollinrod Mill | Summerseat, SD 800155 53°38′08″N2°18′14″W / 53.63562°N 2.30384°W | ||||
Heap Bridge Mills | SD 824106 53°35′30″N2°16′02″W / 53.59166°N 2.26727°W | ||||
Higher Mills | Free Town, Bury SD 812113 53°35′52″N2°17′08″W / 53.59791°N 2.28544°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-John Pilling and Co, 7,000 spindles; 108/208 throstle twist | |||||
Hollins Vale Works (Bleachworks) | Unsworth SD 815085 53°34′22″N2°16′51″W / 53.57276°N 2.28074°W | ||||
Hollins Vale Works (Dyeworks) | Unsworth SD 814085 53°34′22″N2°16′56″W / 53.57275°N 2.28225°W | ||||
Holly Bank Mills | Radcliffe SD 778073 53°33′43″N2°20′12″W / 53.56183°N 2.33653°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-W. Allen and Sons, 700 looms | |||||
Holme Mill | Ramsbottom SD 792163 53°38′34″N2°18′58″W / 53.64278°N 2.31600°W | ||||
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Hope Mill | Edenfield, SD 801187 53°39′52″N2°18′09″W / 53.66438°N 2.30254°W | ||||
Hope Mill | Radcliffe SD 778074 53°33′46″N2°20′12″W / 53.56273°N 2.33653°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-John C. Hamer, 350 looms, | |||||
Hope Works | Holcombe, SD 778162 53°38′31″N2°20′14″W / 53.64182°N 2.33716°W | ||||
Hudcar Mills | Free Town, Bury SD 812117 53°36′05″N2°17′08″W / 53.60151°N 2.28546°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-R. and S. Alcock, 14,672 mule and 1,964 ring spindles, 20' twist, 26' weft; 450 looms | |||||
Irwell Bridge Mills | Bury, SD 797111 53°35′46″N2°18′29″W / 53.59606°N 2.30809°W | ||||
Irwell Bridge Mills | Ramsbottom, SD 794168 53°38′50″N2°18′47″W / 53.64728°N 2.31300°W | ||||
Irwell Vale Works | Radcliffe, SD 789070 53°33′33″N2°19′12″W / 53.55918°N 2.31990°W | ||||
Irwell Works | Radcliffe, SD 799085 53°34′22″N2°18′18″W / 53.57270°N 2.30490°W | ||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Kenyon Street Mill | Ramsbottom, SD 793 172 53°39′03″N2°18′52″W / 53.65087°N 2.31454°W | ||||
Kenyons Mill | Hawkshaw, SD 762150 53°37′51″N2°21′41″W / 53.63096°N 2.36127°W | ||||
Kersal Vale Mill | Prestwich, SD 809018 53°30′45″N2°17′22″W / 53.51251°N 2.28939°W | ||||
Kilnecroft Mill | SD 819076 53°33′53″N2°16′29″W / 53.56468°N 2.27465°W | ||||
Kirklees works | SD 784128 53°36′41″N2°19′40″W / 53.61129°N 2.32785°W | ||||
Notes: On Kirklees Brook. | |||||
Leemans Mill | SD 783122 53°36′21″N2°19′46″W / 53.60589°N 2.32932°W | ||||
London Vale Works | SD 809018 53°30′45″N2°17′22″W / 53.51251°N 2.28939°W | ||||
Lower Croft Works | SD 776110 53°35′42″N2°20′23″W / 53.59507°N 2.33981°W | ||||
Lumn Mills | Walmersley SD 810138 53°37′13″N2°17′19″W / 53.62038°N 2.28862°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-E. D. Mimes and Brother | |||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Meadow Mill | SD 793167 53°38′47″N2°18′52″W / 53.64638°N 2.31451°W | ||||
Moorside Mill | Ainsworth, SD 767104 53°35′23″N2°21′12″W / 53.58964°N 2.35337°W | ||||
Moorside Works | Bury, SD 811111 53°35′46″N2°17′13″W / 53.59611°N 2.28694°W | ||||
Moss Lane Works | SD 811058 53°32′54″N2°17′12″W / 53.54847°N 2.28662°W | ||||
Mossfield Mills | Bury SD 819114 53°35′56″N2°16′30″W / 53.59884°N 2.27487°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-John and Samuel Hoyle, 3,110 spindles; 110 looms | |||||
Mount Pleasant Mill | Walmersley SD 810151 53°37′55″N2°17′19″W / 53.63206°N 2.28870°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-John Hall Limited, 250 looms | |||||
Mount Sion Works | SD 767067 53°33′23″N2°21′11″W / 53.55639°N 2.35309°W | ||||
New Road Mills | SD 795064 53°33′14″N2°18′39″W / 53.55381°N 2.31080°W | ||||
New Victoria Mills | Wellington St, Bury SD 796105 53°35′26″N2°18′34″W / 53.59066°N 2.30956°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-New Victoria Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co, Limited; 30,000 spindles; 520 looms | |||||
Nursery Mills | Chapelfield, Whitefield SD 790061 53°33′04″N2°19′06″W / 53.55109°N 2.31833°W | ||||
Notes: 1891-Bancroft and Co, 70 looms | |||||
Old Ground Mill | SD 791167 53°38′47″N2°19′03″W / 53.64637°N 2.31754°W | ||||
Olive Bank Mill | SD 789120 53°36′15″N2°19′13″W / 53.60412°N 2.32024°W | ||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Paradise Mill | John St, Bury 53°35′45″N2°17′29″W / 53.5957°N 2.2913°W | ||||
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Pilot Mill | Alfred St, Bury SD 53°35′06″N2°17′06″W / 53.585°N 2.285°W | ||||
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Stanley Mill | Whitefield, Greater Manchester SD | ||||
Notes: 1891-W. T. Ashton and Son, Stanley Mill, about 300 looms | |||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Tottington Mill | SD | ||||
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Whitefield Mill | Whitefield SD | ||||
Notes: 1891-Francis Mather, 232 looms | |||||
Whitefield New Mill | Whitefield SD | ||||
Notes: 1891-W. H. Oldroyd and Co, 274 looms | |||||
Wood Street Mill | James St, Bury 53°35′19″N2°17′03″W / 53.5887°N 2.2841°W | ||||
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Minerva Mill was a cotton spinning mill in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. It was built between 1891 and 1892 for the Minerva Spinning Company which was later known as the Ashton Syndicate. Minerva Mill was next to the later Texas mill, at Whitelands. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1920s and was demolished in 1937.
Atlas Mill was a cotton spinning mill in the Waterloo district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, in England. It was built between 1898 and 1900 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. It was last mill in Ashton to cease spinning. It was spinning artificial fibres in 1987, it closed in 1990 and was demolished in 1994; the site is now a housing estate.
Cedar Mill was a cotton spinning mill in the Hurst area of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, in England. It was built between 1903 and 1905 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. It was the last mill in Ashton spinning cotton. It ceased in 1980. It was demolished and the land was used for housing.
Arkwright Mill, Rochdale is a cotton spinning mill in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1885 by the Arkwright Cotton Spinning Co. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. It was located next to Dale Mill on Roch Street. The ring and doubling frames were made by Howard & Bullough, Accrington. The mill closed in 1980, was demolished in 2007 and the land redeveloped for housing.
Malta Mill, Middleton is a former cotton spinning mill in the Mills Hill area of Chadderton, Greater Manchester. It lies alongside the Rochdale Canal. It was built in 1904 as a new mule mill, by F. W. Dixon The engine stopped in 1963. The building still stands.
Harp Mill was a former cotton spinning mill in the Castleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Queensway, Castleton was a hub of cotton mills including the three 't', Th'Arrow, Th'Harp, and Th'Ensor. The 1908 Castleton map includes: Marland Cotton Mill, Castleton Cotton Mill, Globe Works, Arrow Cotton Mill, Harp Cotton Mill, Globe Leather Works, Castleton Size Works and Castleton Iron Works. Th'Harp was built in 1908 for the Harp Doubling Company and was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1938. The mill closed in 1958, and was sold to the hosiery manufacturer N. Corah Ltd.
Mars Mill was a former cotton spinning mill in Castleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Castleton joined the Borough of Rochdale in 1899. Queensway, Castleton was a hub of cotton mills; Mars, Marland, and Castleton Mill were a group of three. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1935 and passed to Courtaulds in 1964 and demolished in the 1990s; Marland survived until 2004.
Kingston Mill, Stockport is a mid nineteenth century cotton spinning mill in Edgeley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. Production finished, it was made over to multiple uses.
Wear Mill was an integrated cotton works on the Cheadle Heath bank of the River Mersey in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England. It was started around 1790 and added to, particularly in 1831 and 1884. In 1840, the Stockport Viaduct was built over the river and over Wear Mill.