Splendid view of Cragg Vale showing Church Bank ans Turvin Mills, with Cragg Vale School. Note the tennis courts beside St johns Sunday School, and at the bottom of the picture you can see water in the lodge or dam at Marshaw Bridge.
Victoria Mill was built by the Cragg Vale Manufacturing Co., a co-operative, in 1861, but went into liquidation by 1864 due to the 'Cotton Famine' and was sold to Hinchcliffe Hinchcliffe and Sons Ltd There were two 30HP engines and a 40HP water…
Turvin Mill was built in 1808. By 1833 it had a 10 HP water wheel and employed 57 workers (of which 31 were children). The water in the brook was supplemented by a catchwater drain half a mile long which collected the overflow from Whiteholm…
Taken near the junction of Halifax Road and Rochdale Road. The building in the centre is the former Municipal Offices, Rise Lane, now apartments. Previously Pickles furniture store