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The derelict building on the right is part of the former Hangingroyd Mill on Moss Lane at the top of Hangingroyd Lane. The young girl is Linda Holden.

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The Co-op weaving shed is on the right. In 1919 the fustian weavers co-operative at Nutclough Mill was acquired by the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) but in 1967 the mill closed and the business transferred to Hebden Works seen here.

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Gorpley Mill was built in 1805, initially as a fulling and perching mill for wool, but later converted to cotton spinning. Until 1838 it was powered by water from Midgelden Brook (the upper and lower water-wheel races can be seen on the left in this…

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When this photograph was taken, c. 1900-1910, all that remained of the former weaving and spinning mill was the upper wheel race. Built in 1805 the mill was operated by the Ormerod Bros. from 1824 until about 1870. The place stood empty for many…

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Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…

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Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…

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Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…

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Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
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