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Category Archives: Mills

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Maud Foster Windmill

Aug 26, 2018Daisy GraceLincolnshire, Mills

Seven-storey, five-sail tower mill close to the Maud Foster Drain, from which she is named, in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire.

John Holker

Aug 9, 2018Eric CorbettChemical engineering, Industrialists, Mills

Jacobite soldier, industrialist, and one of the world’s first industrial espionage agents.

Mather Lane Mill

Jul 15, 2018Daisy GraceGreater Manchester, Mills

Former complex of cotton mills built on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh in Lancashire, England.

Leigh Spinners

Jun 27, 2018Daisy GraceGreater Manchester, Mills

Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is a Grade II* listed double cotton spinning mill near the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh, England.

James Burton

Jun 16, 2018Daisy GraceIndustrialists, Mills

James Burton (1784–1868) was the owner of several cotton mills in Tyldesley and Hindsford in the mid-19th century.

Barnfield Mills

Jun 8, 2018Daisy GraceGreater Manchester, Mills

Former complex of six cotton spinning mills, known locally as Caleb Wright’s, on either side of Union Street in Tyldesley.

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