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  • Title contains "Mill"
  • AND Subject contains "Todmorden"

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Percy Pollard at the start valve at Fielden's Waterside Mill, Todmorden.

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The dam and the engine house. The mill chimney and the engine house were demolished in 1986 and the site was totally cleared in March 2000.

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The mill chimney and the engine house were demolished in 1986 and the site was totally cleared in March 2000.

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Engine room. The mill chimney and the engine house were demolished in 1986 and the site was totally cleared in March 2000.

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Extracts from the Todmorden and Walsden Website:

In 1830, the three Ingham brothers bought a plot of land in the Castle Street area. Trading as Richard Ingham & Sons, they built Woodhouse Mill as a steam powered cotton-spinning mill in 1832. It…

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NAME: DER STREET MILL

LOCATION: Der Street, Todmorden

REF: CD35

GRID REF: 942 242

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Semi used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A former weaving shed takes up most of…

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BOTTOMS MILL, Walsden
LOCATION: Bottoms
REF: CD6
GRID REF: 934 214
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Quite a small mill site on either side of Rochdale Road. Mill buildings…

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NAME: SANDHOLME MILL
LOCATION: Commercial Street, Todmorden
REF: CD37
GRID REF: 944 242
CLASSIFICATION: B and C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The last of this group of mills…

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NAME: ITALY MILL

LOCATION: Midgelden Clough

REF: CD18

GRID REF: 905 238

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Ruins of another early water-powered site just below Banks…

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NAME: LYDGATE MILL
LOCATION: Lydgate
REF: CD 47
GRID REF: 921 257
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The name suggests that this was the earliest mill…

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BIRKS MILL
LOCATION: Hollingworth Lane, Walsden
REF: CD7
GRID REF: 935 219
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Semi-used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: An early water powered site, a carding and spinning…

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SPRING MILL

LOCATION: Ramsden Wood

REF: CD2

GRID REF: 928 213

CLASSIFICATION: C

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C (site earlier)

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Together with Ramsden Mill just below, this site is…

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NAME: STRINES MILL
LOCATION: Bottoms
REF: CD 4
GRID REF: 933 213
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19c. Site earlier
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This is probably the site of an earlier water-powered cotton mill,…

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NAME: CRESCENT or SALFORD MILLS

LOCATION: Salford, Todmorden

REF: CD30

GRID REF: 935 239

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Semi-used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A varied mix of interconnected two and three…

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NAME: CLOUGH MILL

LOCATION: Just off Rochdale Road, Walsden.

REF: CD12

GRID REF: 930 224

CLASSIFICATION: A

CONDITION: Mostly disappeared

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From late 18C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: An historic site that has now…

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NAME: WATERSTALLS MILL

LOCATION: Bottomley

REF: CD1

GRID REF: 943 212

CLASSIFICATION: A

CONDITION: Ruins

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early-mid 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Perched high on the westerly facing hillside of Walsden Water, only…

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NAME: SMITHY HOLME MILL

LOCATION: Knowl Wood

REF: CD14

GRID REF: 931 227

CLASSIFICATION: B

CONDITION: Empty

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early-mid 19C (site earlier)

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A good example of an early mill building built…

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NAME: GORPLEY MILL

LOCATION: Gorpley Wood

REF: CD20

GRID REF: 918 235

CLASSIFICATION: A

CONDITION: Disappeared

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Built in 1805 as a fulling and raising mill, it was…
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