List of mills in Tameside

This list of mills in Tameside, lists textile factories that have existed in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.

From the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century, the towns of Tameside were a major centres of textile manufacture, particularly cotton spinning. During this period, the valleys of the River Etherow, River Tame and their tributaries were dominated by large rectangular brick-built factories, many of which still remain today as warehouses or converted for residential or retail use.

Mills in Ashton under Lyne

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albion
Alger (see Curzon Mill)
Ashton
Atlas		SD 935001 53°29′53″N 2°05′56″W
Bank		SD 981033 53°31′34″N 2°01′48″W
Bankfield		SJ 936986 53°29′02″N 2°05′53″W
Banquet Mill see Junction mills
Bardsley
Bardsley Vale		SD 931 013 53°30′29″N 2°06′22″W
Bengal
Birch		SJ 928977
Brasseys
Bridge End		(Spring Grove)
Bridge End		(Whitelands)
Carrs		SD 952000 53°29′49″N 2°04′26″W
Cavendish		SJ 936986 53°29′02″N 2°05′53″W
Cedar		SD 947001 53°29′51″N 2°04′52″W
Charlestown
Cockbrook
Co-operative
Croft
Cross Street
Currier Slacks
Curzon (later known as Alger Mill)		53°29′45″N 2°04′53″W
Delamere Street
Duncan Street		53°28′33″N 2°06′38″W
Egret
Fern
Flash Hall
Foundry Street
Gas Street
Gibraltar
Gladstone
Good Hope		SJ 934988 53°29′10″N 2°06′04″W
Grey Street
Grosvenor		SJ 932981 53°28′48″N 2°06′14″W
Guide Bridge		SJ 923978 53°28′37″N 2°07′01″W
Guide		SJ 926976 53°28′30″N 2°06′47″W
Harper		SJ 944991 53°29′20″N 2°05′10″W
Hazelhurst
Higham Fold
Hurst		SD 949002 53°29′53″N 2°04′41″W
Hurst Brook
Hurst Mount		SJ 942996 53°29′35″N 2°05′20″W
James Ogdens
Junction Mills		53°28′58″N 2°06′03″W
Kenworthy's
Knowles
Lees Street		SJ938996 53°29′35″N 2°05′42″W
Leigh
Manorial
Mellors
Minerva		53°29′N 2°05′W
Oldhams
Old Street
Oxford		SJ 931980 53°28′44″N 2°06′18″WSJ930979
Park Bridge
Park Hall
Portland
Ralph Ogdens
Rock		SD 932340 53°29′54″N 2°06′07″W Near Atlas.
Ryecroft		SJ 927983 53°28′52″N 2°06′40″W
Ryecroft 2
Stanley
Tame Valley		SJ 948983 53°28′52″N 2°04′48″W
Texas		53°28′58″N 2°05′16″W
Throstle Nest		SJ 942956 53°27′25″N 2°05′20″W
Tongue Bottom
Tudno Ryecroft 3
Tudor		53°29′00″N 2°05′57″W
Union		SD981033 53°31′34″N 2°01′48″W
Victoria		SJ942967 53°28′01″N 2°05′20″W
Walk
Waterside		SJ 944985 53°28′59″N 2°05′10″W
Wellington		SJ 945986 53°29′02″N 2°05′02″W
West
Wharf		SJ 938988 53°29′10″N 2°05′42″W
Whitelands		SJ 944985 53°28′59″N 2°05′10″W
Whittakers
Wilshaw
Wood & Harrops

Mills in Droylsden

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albion
Angola Mill
Christy		(Fairfield)
Droylsden Mill
Edge Lane Mill
Lumb (Littlemoss)		SJ 911994 53°29′28″N 2°08′10″W
Oakfield
Royal		SJ 910991 53°29′20″N 2°08′13″W
Saxon		SJ 906988 53°29′10″N 2°08′35″W
Victoria Mill

Mills in Dukinfield

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albert	George Woodhouse	53°28′00″N 2°05′18″W	1873	1947	59
	Notes: Built by the Newton moor Spinning Co. in 1873-4, to plans by George Woodhouse. It was powered by a quadruple exansion engine by Adamson. It contained 48,000 spindles, but by 1911, it had 57,000 spindles. In 1920, it and its sister mill were taken over by Astley Mill Co Ltd a company running well over 200,000 spindles. Hard times and the mill stopped spinning in 1932.
Albion Mills see Oxford Road Mill Park Mill
Alma Mill see Waterside Mill		53°28′58″N 2°05′48″W
Aqueduct Mill /Dukinfield Mill		SJ 935984 53°28′56″N 2°05′56″W
	Notes: The land between the Portland Basin branch off the Peak Forest Canal and the River Tame, was sold to John Stanley an ironmaster for an ironworks. He speculatively built two cotton mills in 1841 on surplus land. Dukinfield mill was small, with four storeys running 13584 spindles. In 1893 the mill changed its name to Aqueduct Mill, being leased by the cotton doubling firm of James Cooper & Sons. Doubling continued till around 1940. The mill was subsequently demolished.
Astley Mill	Stott& Sons	53°28′10″N 2°05′20″W	1883	1935	48
	Notes: Built on share capital of 100,000 during 1883, by Aaron Haughton contractors to Stott and Son design. It was four storeys. The steam engine was a 1300 IHP, horizontal cross compound with a seven foot stroke. It powered a 34 feet (10 m) flywheel that ran 32 ropes. The engines were christened Beatrice and Constance.. It had 35 pairs of mules built by Taylor, Laing & Co of Stalybridge. It spun twist and weft. Opening and scutching machines were by the same firm, but the 70 double carding engines were by Asa Lees & Co. It was recapitalised in the 1920s and took over the Albert and Victoria Mills, thus had control of over 200,000 spindles. It went into liquidation in 1931, and was demolished in 1935 and the site used for housing.
Astley Street Mill see Stanley Wood Mill		53°28′27″N 2°06′07″W ,
Barrack Mill see Dukinfield New Mill		53°29′03″N 2°05′25″W
Barn Meadow Mill	Robert Ashton	53°28′11″N 2°06′09″W	1834	1985	50
	Notes: Built about 1835, it was the first purpose built combined mill in Dukinfield. Run by Robert Asahton until 1857 it was then leased to Rowbottoms till 1864, then Messrs Woolnough & Kendal.
Bow Mill see Dukinfield New Mill		53°29′03″N 2°05′25″W
Bridge Eye Mill		53°29′05″N 2°05′33″W	1815	1910	72
	Notes: Bridge Eye is a loop in the River Tame. Robert Lees, see New Mill, built the first part of this mill in 1815. During the investment boom of the 20s, Lees expanded the mills in 1822 and 1823, and again in 1827. In 1833 it was powered by three steam engines; two of 50 hp and one of 36 hp. It employed 1134 people, 487 spinning 40/60 counts, and the remainder weaving. Lees sons built the Walk Mill in Ashton- together the mills employed 1500. In 1874, the aging factory was sold to Henry Gartside & Co. In 1884, when it closed, it contained 14556 spindles and 761 power looms.
Chapel Hill Mill		53°28′45″N 2°05′16″W	1792	1970	170
	Notes: Erected about 1792, its original purpose was probably a warehouse, it was first described as a mill in 1803 when it is assumed that a steam engine had been installed and in 1811 it ran 4320 mule spindles, It was run as a separate concern and combined with Oxford Road Mills. In 1833 it had a 12hp steam engine. It stood empty for some years and working again in 1850. In 1854 it was damaged by a boiler explosion. By 1864 it had become a combined mill, but by 1874 spinning stopped and in 1884 it was a weaving shed with 428 looms. In 1886 it was taken over by John Henry Gartside and Co and occupied until 1908. The Winterbottom Book Cloth Company took over and 400+ looms were used until 1953, the mill closed in 1962 and was demolished in the 1970s.
Crescent Mill see Dukinfield New Mill		53°29′03″N 2°05′25″W
Dog Lane Mill see Dukinfield Hall Mill		53°28′15″N 2°06′05″W
Dukinfield Mill (1835) see Aqueduct Mill		53°28′56″N 2°05′56″W
Dukinfield Mill (1898) see Oxford Road Mills
Dukinfield Hall Mill		53°28′15″N 2°06′05″W	1838	1895	56
	Notes: Owned by Abel Wimpenny, occupied by Messrs Gee & Hindley, then Hindley & Sutcliffe spinning 36 counts of twist and weft. From 1851 to the fire in 1864 it was Charles Frederick Hindley and Co. By 1868 the Dukinfield Hall Spinning Co was in occupation, it wasz incorprated in 1874 and was running 40,236 spindles of 32/54 counts.This produeced 23,000 pounds (10,000 kg) of yarn a week. The company was wound up in 1894 and the mill demolished in 1895
Dukinfield New Mill		53°29′03″N 2°05′25″W	1802	1933	131
	Notes: Built in 1802 as a steam powered Mill. In 1811 it ran 12480 mule spindles powered by a 20hp engine. In 1830 it was leased by Alexander Wylde Thorniley who employed 182 people, 121 in spinning and 61 on power looms. In August 1836 the lease expired and the mill became the barracks for the 10th, 20th and 38th Regiment of foot. It was back in cotton in 1845, occupied by James Ogden and Son. New mill was destroyed by fire in February 1866. At this time the main spinning block contained 5 storeys of 15 bays. The next owners were the Bow Mill Co. Ltd. who renamed it Bow Mill and ran 20000 spindles. It was renamed again around 1896, when Bowker and Ball took over. They spun 24/40s of twist yarn. They stayed at Ćrescent Mills until December 1933, when it was destroyed by fire. Bowkers and Ball moved their business to the Tame Valley Mill, where they remained until 1996.
Dukinfield Old Mill	extension Sidney Stott	SJ 945984 53°28′57″N 2°05′05″W	1792		161
	Notes: The earliest part of the mill was erected 1792, it was water powered. By 8111 it was occupied by Buckley & Binns and ran 5760 mule spindles, it was extended in 1818 and again in 1824. The owner was was Cyrus Armitage, and then in 1826 by Robinson and Armitage.Power loom weaving started here in 1828, and in 1833 we know 173 people were employed here, 76 were spinning 36/40 counts and rest were power weaving. It was in this year that a stream engine was brought in to supplement the waterwheel that gave between 8ph and 20hp. Weaving was still recored here in 1847. The mill was slightly altered to allow construction of Park Road in the 1850s. Owners changed and in November 1880 the mill suffered a serious fire. It was expanded again in 1891, and then in 1894 Sidney Stott built a further mill extension, with Adamson boilers. The older buildings were redundant- it appears the plan was to demolish them and extend the extension into a full mill. In 1895 there were 52000 mule spindles, of which 45000 continued in operation to 1953. The Stott mill was still standing in 1993.
Furnace Mill		Bridge Eye 53°29′00″N 2°05′34″W
	Notes: Landowner Mr Astley had a foundry on this site before 1784. Furnace Mill was built in 1792, its waterwheel was driven by a goit constructed across the Bridge Eye loop in the River Tame. In 1808 Furnace Mill was a five storey 92 feet (28 m) by 36 feet (11 m)main building with a three storey 8 yards (7.3 m) square cotton warehouse. The mill was extended in 1825 and let out in two parts. The part occupied by Leigh & Leton had 17 carding engines and mules with 5400 spindles. James Ogden and Son ran this mill in conjunction with New Mill. It was destroyed by fire in August 1868.
Old Barracks Mill see Dukinfield New Mill		53°29′03″N 2°05′25″W
Old Hall Mill	rebuilt Sidney Stott	53°28′09″N 2°05′59″W	1864	1933	69
	Notes: It was a weaving shed suitable for 200 looms. It was built speculatively at the end of the Cotton Famine and occupied between 1871 and 1874 by William Young & Co and then Henry Bannerman & Sons of Stalybridge. It was extended, and by 1884 had 300 looms and at the time of the fire in 1906 it had 550 looms. It was rebuilt to plans from Sidney Stott. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1930 and decommissioned, closing in 1933.
Old Ship Mill see Furnace Mill		53°29′00″N 2°05′34″W
Oxford Road Mills		53°28′37″N 2°04′48″W	1815	1937	122
	Notes: This was Hindley's Mill started in 1815.It was run from 1819 by Charkes Hindley.The first mill was known as Park Mill. Weaving was introduced in 1828. Major additions were made on the opposite side of Foundry Street, between 1833 and 1840. The Oxford Road and Park Mills sometime known as Albion Mills were sold around 1870 to Abel and Nathaniel Buckley. In 1884 the mills contained 50,000 spindles and 900 power looms, but weaving had ceased by 1898. Then the mills became the property of the Dukinfield Mill Co Ltd, some buildings were demolished and the remains renamed to Dukinfield Mill and spun coarse medium counts of twist and weft. Between 1911 and 1920 the mules were replaced with ring frames, there were 40,000 ring spindles. The mills closed on 1937 and were demolished.
Park Mill see Oxford Road Mills		53°28′37″N 2°04′48″W
Park Road Mill	AH Stott & Sons	53°28′56″N 2°04′58″W	1891	1995	74
	Notes: 1992 Image This company was an offshoot of the Astley Mill Co Ltd having the same directors. It was built alongside Old Mill on the banks of the Tame. It was a five storey mill, the contractors being Messrs E.Taylor & Co of Littleborough. It was filled with 38 pair of mules carrying 92,280 spindles, serviced by 96 carding engines all by Asa Lees & Co. It was considered at the time to be a typical state of the art spinning mill and it featured in a series of articles on good practice in the the Textile Recorder around May 1894. The power was provided by a pair of horizontal cross compound triple expansion engines by Benjamin Goodfellow of Hyde. They delivered 1500 IHP, to the shafts via a 30 feet (9.1 m) flywheel grooved for 45 ropes. It concentrated on spinning twists and weft from coarse counts of American cotton. Ring spinning was introduced by 1950 and by 1961 it had increased so there were 27,864 ring spindles and 17,664 mule spindles. It closed to cotton in 1965 and was subsequently used by ICL Computers Ltd but closed and was demolished 10 Aug 1995.
Queen	1901	53°28′38″N 2°04′53″W	1959		21
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River Mill	Edward Potts	53°28′54″N 2°04′51″W	1877		57
	Notes: A four story mill built for Christian Koch near his Tame Valley Mill and the later Tower Mill. It had 45,000 spindles producing twist from American cotton. River & Tower Mills Co became a limited company about 1912 and were in work until 1934. The building found other uses
St Helens Mill		SJ 950983
Stanley Wood Mill		53°28′27″N 2°06′07″W	1861	1906	35
	Notes: Or Aatley Street Mill, probably erected in 1861, it was occupied by Frederick Hindley, then Messrs Wood and Scholfield. It had a capacity of between 30,000 and 40,000 spindles but after 1888 it was only running 3000 doubling spindles. It closed in 1896 ane was demolished by 1906.
Tameside Mills	Edward Sigley & Sons No.3 Potts, Son & Pickup	53°28′57″N 2°04′44″W	1852		85
	Notes: Built by the Chadwick family in 1852. The main block was six storeys. It was extended in 1857, 1860 and 1872 over doubling in size in 1884 it ran 102,000 spindles for spinning and doubling. In 1884 Potts Son and Pickup built the four storey building known as No.3 Mill by 1920 they were 115,596 mule spindles, 14,108 ring and 10,240 doubling spndles. This large enterprise closed in 1933, and all the buildings other than the No.3 mill were demolished
Tame Valley Mill	Extension B Morton & Sons	53°28′54″N 2°04′36″W	1853		143
	Notes: The mill was erected in 1853 by GJ Wainwright, formerly a spinner at St Helens Mill. It was a small four storey mill with 26,000 mule spindles. In the early 1870s it was taken over by Koch & Co. They built a four storey extension in 1909 increasing its spindlage to 43000. In 1933 the mill was idle. Bowkers and Ball had been spinning 24/40s of twist yarn, at the Dukinfield New Mill (then named Crescent Mill) when, December 1933, it was destroyed by fire. Bowkers and Ball moved their business to the Tame Valley Mill, which was renamed to Crescent Mill. They remained until 1996 employing ninety people.
Tower Mill		SJ 951983 53°28′52″N 2°04′30″W
Union Mill	Sidney Stott	53°28′21″N 2°06′10″W	1850	1883	−11
	Notes: Union Mill was built in 1850 to the east of the Peak Forest canal, and occupied by William, John and James Garforth. It span cotton and uniquely wove hose, which was traditionally only done in Nottingham. It was taken over by JE Lawton who just worked cotton. It closed suddenly in 1883.
Victoria	George Woodhouse	53°28′05″N 2°05′22″W	1861	1947	71
	Notes: Built by the Newton moor Spinning Co. in 1861, to plans by George Woodhouse. It was powered by a twin triple expansion engine by Daniel Adamson. It contained 57,414 spindles in 1878, but by 1911, it had 66,000 spindles. In 1920, it and its brother mill were taken over by Astley Mill Co Ltd a company running well over 200,000 spindles. Hard times and the mill stopped spinning in 1932.
Warbrick's Mill		53°28′59″N 2°05′37″W
	Notes: Warbricks Mill was a very small mill ( juswt 50 feet (15 m) by 30 feet (9.1 m) built over the Furnace Mill Goit. It was probably built in 1825 and by 1845, the land was part of Furnace Hill Ironworks.
Waterside Mill		53°28′58″N 2°05′48″W
	Notes: The land between the Portland Basin branch off the Peak Forest Canal and the River Tame, was sold to John Stanley an ironmaster for an ironworks. He speculatively built two cotton mills in 1841 on surplus land. Waterside mill was small, with four storeys, but unsuitable for longer mule frames. In 1896 the mill changed its name to Alma Mill, being leased by Leech, Hardy & Co. It was used for reeling and winding and later doubling. It closed around 1914.

Mills in Hyde

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Ashton
Gee Cross		SJ 942937 53°26′24″N 2°05′20″W
Hyde		SJ 951965 53°27′54″N 2°04′30″W
Providence		Alexandra Street ,  SJ 944945 53°26′49″N 2°05′10″W
Slack Mill		SJ 954945 53°26′49″N 2°04′16″W
Throstle Bank		SJ 942956 53°27′25″N 2°05′20″W

Mills in Mossley

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Bottoms Mill		SD 975021 53°30′58″N 2°02′20″W
Brunswick Mill		SD 978018 53°30′47″N 2°02′06″W
Buckton Vale Print Works		SD 991009 53°30′18″N 2°00′54″W
Carr Hill Mill		SD976025 53°31′08″N 2°02′17″W
Carr Mill		Carrbrook
Castle Mill		Carrbrook
Castle Clough Mill		Carrbrook ,  SD 982016 53°30′40″N 2°01′44″W
Clough Mill		Micklehurst Brook ,  SD 987021 53°30′58″N 2°01′16″W
Croft Mill		SD 975020 53°30′54″N 2°02′20″W
Doctors Mill		Micklehurst Brook
Hollins Mill		Micklehurst Brook,  SD980019 53°30′50″N 2°01′55″W
Milton Mill		SD977025 53°31′08″N 2°02′10″W
Squire Mill		Micklehurst Brook
Vale Mill		Micklehurst Brook ,  SD984020 53°30′54″N 2°01′34″W
Woodend Mill		SD978027 53°31′16″N 2°02′06″W

Mills in Mottram

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albion Mill		53°27′41″N 1°59′57″W
Dry Mill- hand spinning/horse powered			1790		234

Mills in Stalybridge

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Ray		SJ 952983 53°28′52″N 2°04′26″W
Spring Grove		SJ 976999 53°29′46″N 2°02′17″W
Staley		SJ977996 53°29′35″N 2°02′10″W
Cheethams Mill
Stalybridge
Victor		SJ 953982 53°28′52″N 2°04′19″W

Others

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Oakwood Mill
Longlands Mill		(Urban Splash) Castle Street	1805		219
Rassbottom			1776		248
Scout Mill		Mossley
Copley Mill		53°29′08″N 2°02′32″W

Bibliography

• Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaelogy of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0719008204. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
• Haynes, Ian (1987). Cotton in Ashton. Tameside Metropolitan Borough. ISBN 0904506142. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
• Haynes, Ian (1993), Dukinfield Cotton Mills, Neil Richardson, ISBN 1852160802 {{citation}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
• Williams, Mike (1992). Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester. Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 0948789891. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External links

• www.englishmills.co.uk Documenting all the mills in Tameside through pictures and information.