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The Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited was incorporated 23 January 1929, and became the worlds largest spinner of cotton. In 1950 it operated 53 cotton mills.^[1]

The mills

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Atlas		Ashton-under-Lyne	1900	1994	94
	Notes: Atlas Mill, Waterloo. was last spinning mill still working, although with artificial fibres, It was demolished in 1994 and the site is now a housing estate. ^[2]53°29′43″N 2°05′48″W / 53.4952°N 2.0968°W / 53.4952; -2.0968
Ace		Hollinwood, Oldham
	Notes: The 5 storey mill, has a floor area of 38500 sq ft. It is now use as a warehouse.53°31′52″N 2°09′23″W / 53.5312°N 2.1565°W / 53.5312; -2.1565
Arkwright		Rochdale	1885
	Notes: Ring and doubling. ring frame by Howard and Bullough, Accrington.The mill is demolished and the land put to housing. 53°37′33″N 2°08′20″W / 53.6257°N 2.1388°W / 53.6257; -2.1388
Blackridings		Oldham
	Notes: Baled Waste for export
Bolton Union Mill		Bolton
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Brunswick	David Bellhouse	Ancoats, Manchester	1840
	Notes:Brunswick Mill, Bradford Road alongside the Ashton Canal,was a seven storey mill with 35 loading bays facing directly onto the canal, with a smaller three 3/4 story block of warehouses and offices backing onto Bradford Road. The Brunswick Mill was one of the largest in Britain at that time and by the 1850s held some 276 carding machines, and 77,000 mule spindles. ^[3]20 drawing frames, fifty slubbing frames and eighty one roving frames.^[4] In 2008- it is a shopping complex of 139 sqm, and 130 residential units.53°29′07″N 2°12′51″W / 53.4852°N 2.2143°W / 53.4852; -2.2143
Cedar		Ashton-under-Lyne	1905	1970s
	Notes:Built in Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne off the Queens Road. It was powered by an Inverted vertical inline triple 1200 hp engine supplied in 1905 by Saxon, it worked through to 1966.^[5] The mill was demolished and the site has been used for housing. ^[2]53°29′51″N 2°04′52″W / 53.4975°N 2.0811°W / 53.4975; -2.0811
Century		Farnworth
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Coppull		Coppull, Chorley
	Notes: This was a ring mill. The mill is now used as an enterprise centre.53°37′38″N 2°39′41″W / 53.6271°N 2.6615°W / 53.6271; -2.6615
Dawn	P.S. Stott	Eastway, Shaw and Crompton	1901	2006	105
File:Dawn mill1.jpg	Notes: Built on the site of Shaw Mill at the 'dawn' of the 20th century Dawn mill was equipped with mule weft spindles in 1950. Then it was sold on and up until 2005, was home to distribution company DTS Logistics and used for storing and distributing clothing. It was demolished in 2006 to make way for an ASDA supermarket.
Elder		Romiley, Marple
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Empress		Ince, Wigan
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Fox		Hollinwood, Oldham
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Foxsons		Staincliffe, Dewsbury
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Harp		Castleton, Rochdale
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Heron		Hollinwood, Oldham
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Hawk	A. Turner	Store Street, Shaw and Crompton	1908	1991	83
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Imperial		Blackburn
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Junction		Middleton Junction
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Kingston		Stockport
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Kent	G Stott	Chadderton	1908	1994	86
	Notes: Cotton spinning mill built in 1908 by Kent Mill Ltd. In 1950 , LCC had converted it from a mule mill to ring mill for Egyptian cotton. Latterly part of the Courtaulds Group. Architect was G Stott. 104,000 spindles. 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Mill closed 1991 and demolished 1994.
Laurel		Middleton Juction
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Magnet	F. W. Dixon	Denton Lane, Chadderton	1902	c. 1966
File:Magnet Mill, Chadderton 0015.png	Notes: This factory was built by the Magnet Mill Ltd. in 1902, but purchased by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s. It was later taken over by the Courtaulds Group. Ceased textile production in December 1966 and was demolished soon after. A suburban residential estate now occupies this site.^[6]
Malta		Middleton
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Manor		Chadderton
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Majestic		Waterhead, Oldham
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Mars		Castleton, Rochdale
	Notes: <<Notes>>
May		Pemberton, Wigan
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Mavis		Coppull, Chorley
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Mons		Todmorden
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Monton		Eccles
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Newby Elm	Joseph Stott	Linney Lane, Shaw and Crompton	1890	N/A	116+
	Notes: Opened as Elm mill in 1890 but the name was later changed to Newby. In 1950 it was a mule spindle mill supplying mule weft and twist. In 2008, now named Shaw No 3, it is part of Littlewoods' Shaw National Distribution Centre who have adapted it for warehousing and bulk storage for their catalogue distribution operations. It's linked by a new building to Lily (No.2) mill and by a bridge to a newer building that occupies the site of Rutland mill. Signs of its cotton heritage can still be seen including its engine house with original crane system which is still largely intact.
Pilot		Bury
	Notes:
Regent	George Stott	Failsworth	1906	1958, 1966
	Notes:Plans extant in Oldham Local Studies Centre. This was designed as a ring mill (thus lower head room was required than in a mule mill) it was 345 feet (105 m)by 130 feet (40 m) It was four storeys high, the floors comprising of a cellar: a warehouse, yarn cellar, waste room, cotton room, and dust room. The first floor was the card room, the second floor was the ring frame room and the third floor was the winding, warping and beaming room. It was powered by a marine type vertical engines built by Buckley and Taylor of Oldham with 1800 installed horsepower. The engine had a 63-inch diameter low-pressure cylinder and was sometimes loaded to 2,000 ihp. It ran until 1958, when it was scrapped. It ran 60000 spindles. The mill was acquired by the LCC around 1930. The chimney was 210 feet (64 m), it and the engine house were demolished in 1964. It is now owned by Salton.^[7]53°30′31″N 2°09′37″W / 53.5087°N 2.1604°W / 53.5087; -2.1604
Rock		Ashton-under-Lyne
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Royd		Oldham
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Royton Ring Mill		Royton
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Rutland	F.W. Dixon & Son	Linney Lane, Shaw and Crompton	1907	1993	86
	Notes: Built and run by Rutland Mill Ltd. In 1950, in LCC ownwership it had both ring and mule spindles. By 1964, it was in the Courtaulds Group. In the late 1980s, as Courtaulds moved operations to other parts of the world, the mill was bought by Littlewoods.^[8] Under the Littlewoods name it was run as warehousing for a short time before it was demolished and replaced by a new automated storage warehouse.
Stalybridge		Stalybridge
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Saxon		Droylsden
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Texas		Ashton-under-Lyne
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Textile		Chadderton
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Trencherfield		Wigan
	Notes:Now part of the Wigan Pier redevelopment area. The 2500 hp steam engine has been restored and operates as a visitor attraction.
Trent	F.W. Dixon & Son	Duchess Street, Shaw and Crompton	1908	1967-1969	61
	Notes:Dual purpose , mule yarns: twist and weft- ring yarns
Tudor		Ashton-under-Lyne
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Welkin		Lower Bredbury,Stockport
	Notes:Ring mill now housing printers.
Waterside		Ashton
	Notes: <<Notes>>
Wilton		Radcliffe
	Notes:<<Notes>>
Ainsworth		Bolton
File:Ainsworth Mill, Bolton 0010.png	Notes: <<Notes>>

Other Mills that were owned before 1951

Vernon, Stockport
Palmer, Stockport
India, Stockport
Travis Brook, Stockport

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Gallery

Other images of the above mills in 1950.

Dawn
Heron
Kent
Malta

Malta
Manor

Manor
Mars
Newby
Orme

References

Notes

^ The Mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation- a descriptive book, pub LCC, Blackfriars House Manchester, January 1951
^ ^a ^b "Cotton Mills of Ashton - Archive Photographs". Retrieved 2009-01-09.
^ "Graces guides, Brunswick Mill". Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ Parkinson-Bailey, John (2000). Manchester: An architectural history. Manchester University Press. ISBN ISBN 0719056063, 9780719056062. Retrieved January 2009. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Hills, Richard Leslie (1993). Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine. Cambridge University Press,. p. 244. ISBN ISBN 052145834X, 9780521458344. Retrieved January 2009. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Gurr & Hunt 1998, p. 77.
^ Dunkerley, Philip. "Dunkerley-Tuson Family Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth". Retrieved 2009-01-09.
^ Hunt & Stott (1988). Looking back at Crompton, Oldham Leisure Services. ISBN 0-902809-17-2
^ Astle, William. "Chapter VI: Trade and Industry during the Decade". History of Stockport (1922) Supplement. Stockport Advertiser. pp. 25 (Page 30 in pdf).

Bibliography

Gurr, Duncan; Hunt, Julian (1998), The Cotton Mills of Oldham, Oldham Education & Leisure, ISBN 0-902809-46-6

[LCC-1] The Mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation- a descriptive book, pub LCC, Blackfriars House Manchester, January 1951

[Ashton-2] "Cotton Mills of Ashton - Archive Photographs". Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[Grace-3] "Graces guides, Brunswick Mill". Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[Manchester-4] Parkinson-Bailey, John (2000). Manchester: An architectural history. Manchester University Press. ISBN ISBN 0719056063, 9780719056062. Retrieved January 2009. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[Hills-5] Hills, Richard Leslie (1993). Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine. Cambridge University Press,. p. 244. ISBN ISBN 052145834X, 9780521458344. Retrieved January 2009. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[6] Gurr & Hunt 1998, p. 77.

[Regent-7] Dunkerley, Philip. "Dunkerley-Tuson Family Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth". Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[8] Hunt & Stott (1988). Looking back at Crompton, Oldham Leisure Services. ISBN 0-902809-17-2

[9] Astle, William. "Chapter VI: Trade and Industry during the Decade". History of Stockport (1922) Supplement. Stockport Advertiser. pp. 25 (Page 30 in pdf).

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