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Mons Mill - MOT00208
Mrs Whitham on a bobbin winding frame, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00209
Mrs Eastwood, working on a ring spinning frame, Mons Mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00210
Mons Mill works outing to Filey and Scarborough, 1947.
Mons Mill under Construction, 1908 - 9 - MOT00197
The mill's founder, Jonathan Gledhill, supervised the cutting of the first sod in June 1907.
Mons Mill under Construction, 1908 - 9 - MOT00198
Its founder, Jonathan Gledhill, supervised the cutting of the first sod in June 1907.
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00199
Until 1914 the mill was known as Hare Mill, recognisable by the huge white letters faced into the chimney in glazed brick.
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00200
Rear view of Mons Mill in 1936 showing the office building, now occupied by the Ukrainian Club. It is said that Mons Mill was built to only half of its intended size. The only clue to this grand plan is in the south gable, shown here, which was left…
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00201
View of the magnificent tiled engine house at Mons Mill, in 1936.
Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00169
Clearing the water course at Ramsden Wood Clough, about 1900.
Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00170
Wood block printers at Ramsden Wood works. The man standing on the left of the table is Matthew Barr, of Walsden.
Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden about 1870 - MOT00168
Originally built as a cotton spinning mill in the early 19th Century, the buildings were later converted to a print and dye works. The abundant water supply was the chief reason for the selection of the site, but the chimney which is situated on the…
Robinwood Mill and Nott Wood Viaduct, Lydgate. - MOT00174
Robinwood c1910, a panorama of industry and communications with the 13 arch Nott Wood Viaduct on the Todmorden-Burnley line, the so called Copy Pit Line. Robinwood Mill, built in 1834, and purchased by Fielden Bros. in 1844, became the centre of…
Springside, Todmorden, c1910 - MOT00419
View looking towards Springside from Lob Mill area, c1910.
The long wooden building by the canalside was originally a rope works, erected Jonas Clegg in 1887.
The buildings on the roadside have all disappeared, along with the place names: Nell Cote…
The long wooden building by the canalside was originally a rope works, erected Jonas Clegg in 1887.
The buildings on the roadside have all disappeared, along with the place names: Nell Cote…
Stoneswood Mill, Bacup Road, 1993. - MOT00176
Midgelden Clough flowing down the Bacup valley provided a ready source of water for the early cotton mills. Stoneswood Mill once formed one of the outside factories of Fielden Bros. but was given up more than a century ago, the spinning machinery…
Sunnyside, Todmorden - MOT00423
Todmorden's earliest industrial 'estate', viewed from Sunnyside about 1905.
View over Todmorden - MOT00424
One of the earliest known photographs of Todmorden, about 1866, showing the building of the Unitarian Church. Waterside Mill is in the foreground.
View overlooking Springside, about 1900. - MOT00420
Springside 1910 - This view overlooking Springside provides a splendid record of the mills, which once dominated this part of the valley. In the foreground, lying between the river and the Rochdale canal is Nanholme Mill, which was used primarily for…
Waterside - MOT00181
A view across the 'New' shed at Waterside in 1912. Interior of the large weaving shed at Waterside in 1912. It is now the site of the Morrisons Supermarket.
Waterside c1866 - MOT00179
The three cottages in the centre of the picture were the homes and workplaces of the entrepreneurial Fielden family who moved there from Edge End in 1782. The various stages of expansion can be seen in the five-storey building which was a spinning…
Waterside Mill - MOT00180
During the hey-day of the weaving activities the sheds were powered by a pair of steam engines of 1,000 hp, which were named 'Sam' and 'John' after the two eldest surviving Fielden sons. The photograph shows Leslie Baron who was in charge of the…
Woodhouse Mill - MOT00175
Woodhouse Mill, built in 1832, was sited directly alongside the Rochdale Canal to take advantage of the transport facilities and process water. The small engine house can be seen on the left of the mill. The chimney was detached from the mill in…
Woodhouse Mill, Todmorden - MOT00173
Woodhouse Mill, seen from the towing path of the Rochdale Canal, c. 1906. The three-storey terrace of houses was called Bank View. The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom…