List of mills in Royton
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This list of mills in Royton, lists textile factories that have existed in Royton, Greater Manchester, England.
A–E
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Bee | Wild & Collins | Shaw Road SD 926 075 53°33′51″N 2°06′46″W / 53.5642311°N 2.1126685°W / 53.5642311; -2.1126685 ("Bee") | 1901 | Standing | 63 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 102,216 Platts/ Engine - George Saxon 1500hp[1] | |||||
Beech | Chapel Street | <1838 | 1917 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 55,000 Platts/Asa Lees.[1] | |||||
Belgian | Blackshaw Lane | c.1862 | 1955 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 61,392 Platts/Asa lees. Engine - 1877 J. Musgrave & Sons 450hp[1] | |||||
Birchinlee | Off Middleton Road, SD 909 071 53°33′37″N 2°08′22″W / 53.5603272°N 2.1394843°W / 53.5603272; -2.1394843 ("Birchinlee")[2] | <1845 | |||
Delta | Stotts & Sons | Crompton Street SD 918 073 53°33′43″N 2°07′27″W / 53.562054°N 2.1242314°W / 53.562054; -2.1242314 ("Delta") | 1902 | Standing | 77 |
![]() | Notes: Spindleage - 1954: 124,996 Mule, 9,120 Ring, Platts. Engine - J & E Wood 1500hp. The mill was extended in 1913. From 1950 to 1979 it was occupied by Cotton & Rayon Spinners Ltd. In 1981 three of the six floors were removed.[3] In 1984 it became occupied by Money Controls Ltd who in 2009 submitted a planning application for its demolition and replacement with residential housing which was approved.[4][5] In 2010 Money Controls were absorbed into Crane Payment Innovations who still occupy the mill.[6][7] | ||||
Dogford | Low Crompton Road | c.1795 | 1861-1871 | ||
Notes: Engine - Water power, 20hp steam[8] | |||||
Downey | Mill Street [8] | <1838 | <1939 | ||
Elk | A. Turner & Son | Broadway SD 911 068 53°33′31″N 2°08′11″W / 53.5584883°N 2.1362527°W / 53.5584883; -2.1362527 ("Elk") | 1927 | 1999 | 71 |
![]() | Notes: 1927:107,240 Mule, Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - Parsons Steam Turbine, 2600hp. Elk Mill, on the Chadderton-Royton boundary, in Greater Manchester, England. The last mill to be built in Lancashire during the recession of 1926 and driven by a Parsons steam turbine that drove the mill by ropes and the neighbouring Shiloh Mills by electricity. It used cotton mules until 1974. Scrapped in 1983. Closed in 1998. Demolished in 1999. Part of Central Retail Park (also known as Elk Mill Retail Park) is built where it stood.[8] | ||||
Elly Clough | Holden Fold Lane | <1817 | 1930s | ||
Notes: Engine - Water power, 10hp steam[9] | |||||
F–J
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Fields / Lees Hall | Holden Fold Lane | <1817 | c.1950 | ||
Notes: Engine - 7hp Steam Engine[10] | |||||
Fir | A.Turner | Highbarn Street SD 923 079 53°34′03″N 2°07′03″W / 53.5675561°N 2.1175578°W / 53.5675561; -2.1175578 ("Fir") | 1906 | 2021[11] | 53 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 107,184 Platts. Engine - Scott & Hodgson 1600hp. Known since its closure as a cotton mill as Vernon Works[10] | |||||
Grape | T.W. Jenkins | Crompton Street SD 917 073 53°33′43″N 2°07′37″W / 53.561821°N 2.1269996°W / 53.561821; -2.1269996 ("Grape") | 1906 | Standing | 57 |
![]() | Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 126,324 Platts/ Engine - J. Musgrave & Sons horizontal cross compound of 1600 hp. Built by the Grape Mill Co Ltd. [12] | ||||
Gravel Hole | Springfield Lane 53°34′55″N 2°07′49″W / 53.581905°N 2.130359°W / 53.581905; -2.130359 ("Gravel Hole") | c.1870 | >1959 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1954: 90 Looms.[12] | |||||
Hall Street / Top of the Fold | Fleet Street | 1776-8 | c.1900 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 55,650 Mule.[13] | |||||
Holden Fold / Strange | Holden Fold Lane SD 914 068, 53°33′29″N 2°07′51″W / 53.558121°N 2.1308892°W / 53.558121; -2.1308892 ("Holden Fold") | 1832 | Standing | 159 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 10,000 346 Looms Platt/Asa Lees/ Engine - 12 hp[14] | |||||
Holly | Wild, Collins & Wild | Flake Lane | 1890 | 1957 | 67 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1890: 72,660 : 1905-142,664 Platts/ Engine - Pollit & Wigzell 1400hp[15] | |||||
Industry | E.Potts | Industry Street | 1875 | 1930s | 52 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1887: 77,412/ Engine - Benjamin Goodfellow 850hp[16] | |||||
K–O
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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King | Wild, Collins & Wild | Crompton Street (now Shaw Road) 53°33′56″N 2°06′50″W / 53.5654389°N 2.113849°W / 53.5654389; -2.113849 ("King") | 1897 | 1982 | 62 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 75,036 Mule, 277,504 Ring, Platts. Engine - G Saxon, 1500hp[17] | |||||
Lion | Wild, Collins & Wild | Fitton Street SD 927 076 53°33′54″N 2°06′40″W / 53.5648858°N 2.111055°W / 53.5648858; -2.111055 ("Lion") | 1890 | Standing | 77 |
![]() | 1376630Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 109.680 Platts. Engine - Pollit & Wigzell, 2000hp. 5 storey, cast-iron and steel-framed, fireproof brick-arched construction with brick cladding. 23x10 bays with narrow stilted arched windows. Main sprinkler and stair tower projects from NE elevation. The Italianate detailed tower rises 2 storeys above the roof line.[18] | ||||
Luzley Brook / Albion | Crompton Street (now Shaw Road) | <1776 | 1891 | ||
Notes: Water mill[19] | |||||
Monarch | F.W. Dixon | Jones Street SD 919 068 | 1903 | 2005 | 69 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 132,744 Platts/Howard & Bullough/ Engine - George Saxon 1700hp[20] | |||||
Moss / Lamb / Rhos | 1886 - Stotts & Sons | Higginshaw Lane 53°33′35″N 2°06′11″W / 53.5596543°N 2.1030607°W / 53.5596543; -2.1030607 ("Moss / Lamb / Rhos") | 1862 | 1975 | 113 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 24,563 Mule 10,864 Ring/ Engine - 1898 Scott & Hodgson 600hp[21] | |||||
Norman | P.S. Stott | Boundary Street | 1887 | >1931 | 44 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 50,456/ Engine - 1889 Buckley & Taylor[22] | |||||
P–T
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Park and Sandy No.1 | Sandy Lane | c.1850/1875 | 1960s | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 35,178 Platts/ Engine - 1881 - Timothy Bates & Co[23] | |||||
Park and Sandy No.2 | A.Turner | Schofield Street SD 919 083 53°34′14″N 2°07′27″W / 53.5706933°N 2.1242074°W / 53.5706933; -2.1242074 ("Royton Lane") | 1913 | 2005 | 64 |
![]() | Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 100,000 Asa Lees. Engine - Yates & Thorn 1600hp[23] | ||||
Park Lane / Vinegar | Park Lane [23] | c.1844 | |||
Park No.1 / Highfield | E.Potts | Bleasdale Street SD 919 081 53°34′12″N 2°07′23″W / 53.5699171°N 2.122987°W / 53.5699171; -2.122987 ("Park No.1") | 1876 | 1989 | 86 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 250,000 Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - J Musgrave & Sons 2200hp[24] | |||||
Park No.2 | A.Turner | Bleasdale Street SD 921 082 53°34′13″N 2°07′18″W / 53.570251°N 2.1217233°W / 53.570251; -2.1217233 ("Park No.2") | 1912 | 2004 | 92 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 100,000. Engine - Yates & Thorn 1600hp. During demolition, the mill's chimney was felled by Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah, his last before his death.[25][24] | |||||
Parkside no.1 | Edge Lane Street 53°33′56″N 2°07′02″W / 53.5654662°N 2.1172925°W / 53.5654662; -2.1172925 ("Parkside No.1") | 1872 | 1930s | 56 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 48,762 Platts . 1915: 143,232 Platts Asa/Lees. Engine - 1876: George Saxon 1750hp[23] | |||||
Parkside No. 2 | Stotts & Sons | Edge Lane Street 53°33′56″N 2°07′02″W / 53.5654662°N 2.1172925°W / 53.5654662; -2.1172925 ("Parkside No.1") | 1891 | 1983 | 90 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 143,232 Platts Asa/lees. Engine - 1915: Pollit & Wigzell, 1250hp / 1891 Timoth Bates & Co[23] | |||||
Roy | P.S. Stott | Rochdale Road 53°34′30″N 2°07′41″W / 53.574943°N 2.1281264°W / 53.574943; -2.1281264 ("Roy") | 1906 | 1984 | 75 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 140,000 Platts/ Engine - 1915: Buckley & Taylor 1800hp[26] | |||||
Royton | Mill Lane [27] | <1891 | c.1900 | ||
Royton Lane / Lane End | Royton Lane (Now Middleton Road) SD 916 074 53°33′46″N 2°07′41″W / 53.5627998°N 2.128164°W / 53.5627998; -2.128164 ("Royton Lane") | <1817 | Standing | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1923: 120 Looms/ Engine - 1832: 20 hp steam engine. Replaced with a Blackstone Oil Engine. Mill also known as Haggate, Holden's, Wheatfield and currently Charlton House[27] | |||||
Royton Ring | P.S. Stott | Industry Street (Now St. Phillips Drive) 53°33′17″N 2°07′09″W / 53.5546°N 2.1191°W / 53.5546; -2.1191 ("Royton Ring Mill") | 1908 | 1992 | 58 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 64,176 Ring, 6,400 Doubling/ Engine - 1915: Urmson & Thompson 1700hp[27] | |||||
Royton Spinning No.1 | J. Wild | High Barn Street | 1872 | 1961 | 86 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 68,196 Platts/ Engine - 1872: Woolstenhumes & Rye. 1902: J. Musgrave & Sons[27] | |||||
Royton Spinning No.2 | J. Mawson | High Barn Street | 1883 | 1961 | 75 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 68,196 Platts/ Engine - J & W McNaught[27] | |||||
Sandy Lane | Sandy Lane [28] | <1832 | |||
Seville's | Sandy Lane | <1850 | |||
Notes: Replaced by Park and Sandy No. 1 Mill[23] | |||||
Shiloh | Holden Fold Lane 53°33′35″N 2°08′10″W / 53.5596736°N 2.1361575°W / 53.5596736; -2.1361575 ("Shiloh") | 1789 | 1870 | 81 | |
Notes: Burnt down.[29] | |||||
Shiloh No.1 | J. Wild | Holden Fold Lane 53°33′35″N 2°08′10″W / 53.5596736°N 2.1361575°W / 53.5596736; -2.1361575 ("Shiloh No.1") | 1876 | 1957 | 77 |
Notes: Spindleage - 26,460 Patts/Asa Lees. Engine - George Saxon[30] | |||||
Shiloh No.1A | Holden Fold Lane 53°33′35″N 2°08′10″W / 53.5596736°N 2.1361575°W / 53.5596736; -2.1361575 ("Shiloh No.1A") | 1888 | 1957 | 65 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 9144 Patts/Asa Lees. [30] | |||||
Shiloh No.2 | Wild, Collins & Wild | Holden Fold Lane 53°33′35″N 2°08′10″W / 53.5596736°N 2.1361575°W / 53.5596736; -2.1361575 ("Shiloh No.2") | 1899-1901 | 1976 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 74,748 Patts/Asa Lees. Engine - Wood Brothers[30] | |||||
Spaw / Spa / Owler | 1866 Extn: J. Wild | Mill Lane | <1838 | >1959 | |
Notes: Engine - 1908: Pollit & Wigzell[31] | |||||
Springfield | Moss Lane 53°33′40″N 2°06′08″W / 53.5611948°N 2.1022664°W / 53.5611948; -2.1022664 ("Springfield") | 1869 | 1962 | 85 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 74,000 Mule, Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - 1901: J Musgrave & Sons 1000hp. Burnt down.[31] | |||||
Springhill | Middleton Road | c.1830 | 1930 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 40,000 527 Looms.[32] | |||||
Star | J.Wild | Edge Lane Street 53°33′57″N 2°06′59″W / 53.5657085°N 2.1164354°W / 53.5657085; -2.1164354 ("Star") | 1874 | 1929 | 55 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915 106,632 Platts. Engine - 1885: George Saxon, 700hp 1915: George Saxon, 750hp[32] | |||||
Thornham No.1 | J. Wild | Oozewood Road SD 914 086 | 1874 | 1962 | 88 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 85,560 Mule, Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - J. & W. McNaught 618hp[33] | |||||
Thornham No.2 | J. Mawson | Oozewood Road 53°34′25″N 2°07′49″W / 53.5735818°N 2.1301546°W / 53.5735818; -2.1301546 ("Thornham No.2") | 1885 | Standing | 139 |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 85,560 Mule, Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - Woolstenhulmes & Rye 500hp[33] | |||||
Thorp | Thorp Clough 53°33′58″N 2°08′09″W / 53.5660°N 2.1358°W / 53.5660; -2.1358 ("Thorp") [33] | 1764 | >1792 | 24 | |
Travis | Holden Fold Lane 53°33′35″N 2°08′10″W / 53.5596736°N 2.1361575°W / 53.5596736; -2.1361575 ("Shiloh No.2") | <1838 | 1897 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1889:140 Looms. Replaced with Shiloh No.2 Mill[33] | |||||
Turf Lane | Turf Lane 53°33′45″N 2°06′28″W / 53.5623856°N 2.10788°W / 53.5623856; -2.10788 ("Turf Lane") | 1874 | 1960s | 56 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 115,888 mule, 14,348 Ring, Platts. Engine - 1884: Buckley & Taylor, 1898: J. & E. Wood 900hp[34] | |||||
U–Z
Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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Union | Union Street | <1827 | >1896 | ||
Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 24,000 and 600 Looms.[34] | |||||
Vine | Wild, Collins & Wild | Middleton Road 53°33′46″N 2°07′39″W / 53.5628°N 2.1274°W / 53.5628; -2.1274 ("Vine Mill") | 1897 | Standing | 127 |
![]() | Notes: Built Royton Textile Corporation Ltd. Spindleage - 1915: 97,680, Platts. Engine - George Saxon, 1800hp. [35] | ||||
Woodstock New Mill | Wild & Collins | Meek Street | 1884 | 50 | |
Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 93,804 Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - J. Musgrave & Sons 200hp[36] | |||||
Woodstock Old Mill | Meek Street [36] | 1873 | 1939 | 61 | |
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Bibliography
- Gurr, Duncan; Hunt, Julian (1998). The Cotton Mills of Oldham. Oldham Education & Leisure. ISBN 0-902809-46-6. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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- David Bellhouse
- Bradshaw Gass & Hope
- F.W. Dixon & Son
- Edward Potts
- Stott
- Stott and Sons
- Sidney Stott (later Sir Philip)
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- Daniel Adamson
- Ashton Frost
- Ashworth & Parker
- Bateman & Sherratt
- Boulton & Watt
- Browett, Lindley & Co
- Buckley & Taylor
- Carels Frères
- Clayton, Goodfellow & Co
- Earnshaw & Holt
- Fairbairn
- W & J Galloway & Sons
- Benjamin Goodfellow
- B. Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co
- John Musgrave & Sons
- J & W McNaught
- Petrie of Rochdale
- William Roberts & Co of Nelson
- George Saxon
- Scott & Hodgson
- Urmson & Thompson
- Yates & Thom / Yates of Blackburn
- Willans & Robinson
- J & E Wood
- Woolstenhulmes & Rye
- Brooks & Doxey
- Butterworth & Dickinson
- Curtis, Parr & Walton
- Dobson & Barlow
- John Hetherington & Sons
- Joseph Hibbert
- John Pilling and Sons
- Harling & Todd
- Howard & Bullough
- Geo. Hattersley
- Asa Lees
- Mather & Platt
- Parr, Curtis & Madely
- British Northrop Loom Co
- Pemberton & Co
- Platt Brothers
- Taylor, Lang & Co
- Textile Machinery Makers
- Tweedales & Smalley
- T. Wildman & Sons
- Elkanah Armitage
- Henry Ashworth
- Hugh Birley
- Hugh Hornby Birley
- Joseph Brotherton
- James Burton
- Peter Drinkwater
- Nathaniel Eckersley
- John Fielden
- William Gray
- Hannah Greg
- Samuel Greg
- Richard Howarth
- William Houldsworth
- John Kennedy
- George Augustus Lee
- Charles Macintosh
- Hugh Mason
- Samuel Oldknow
- Robert Peel
- John Rylands
- Thomas Whitehead and Brothers
- Oldham Limiteds
- Fine Spinners and Doublers
- Lancashire Cotton Corporation
- Bagley & Wright
- Combined Egyptian Mills
- Courtaulds
- James Burton & Sons
- Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust
- Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
- Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
- Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association
- Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union
- Amalgamated Weavers' Association
- Cardroom Amalgamation
- General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association
- General Union of Loom Overlookers
- Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Society
- North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association
- Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation
- The Textile Institute
- United Textile Factory Workers' Association
- Richard Arkwright
- Samuel Crompton
- Peter Foxcroft
- James Hargreaves
- Thomas Highs
- John Kay (flying shuttle)
- John Kay (spinning frame)
- Robert Owen