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NAME: COMMERCIAL MILLS

LOCATION: Oldham Road, Ripponden

REF: RY 16

GRID REF: 035 192

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Mostly used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mostly 20C (site earlier)

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Most of this…

NAME: Chapel Field Mill, Ripponden
LOCATION: Elland Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 20
GRID REF: 042 197
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The present three storey,…

Ripponden Free Brewery Co. Ltd, Hanging Lee Mill, Hanging Lane, Ripponden, West Yorkshire.

Registered March 1900 as the Sowerby Bridge & District United Clubs Brewery Co. Ltd.

Wound up 17th November 1923 and a new company was registered as above in…

NAME: BARKISLAND MILLS
LOCATION: Beestonely
REF: BB 9
GRID REF: 066 197
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A large, five storey stone built mill with the…

Baitings and Ryburn reservoirs were built for Wakefield Corporation. Baitings was opened on 14 November 1956 after eight years work and a cost of £1.4 million. It covers 64 acres with a volume of 775 million gallons, reaching a depth of 155 feet (47…

Baitings and Ryburn reservoirs were built between 1948 and 1956 for Wakefield Corporation. Baitings was opened on 14 November 1956 after eight years work and a cost of £1.4 million. It covers 64 acres with a volume of 775 million gallons, reaching a…

Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefield with water. Started in 1925 it was completed in 1933 and has…