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Title: Oatsroyd Mill, Luddenden - BIM00280
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Title
Oatsroyd Mill, Luddenden - BIM00280
Description
This extensive mill complex is remarkable for its open setting on the hillside above Luddenden village. Founded in 1847 by John Murgatroyd & Son and named after the fine family house of 1645, it was run as a worsted spinning and manufacturing works, one of the largest concerns in the upper Calder valley. The road divides the site in half, the earliest being on the western side (in the foreground of the photograph). Steam-powered from the beginning, it comprises a three-storey mill, an engine house dated 1847 and a tall chimney. Another four-storey mill was added about 1855. The mill expanded on the east side of the road in 1863, and again in 1886-87 under the supervision of architect T. Lister Padgett of Halifax; large single-storey sheds with characteristic saw-tooth roofs were added to house combing and weaving machinery. The multi-storey buildings were used for preparation and spinning.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
Creator
Bill Marsden
Source
Bill Marsden
Date
1990s
Rights
PHDA - Bill Marsden Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
BIM00280.tif
Collection
Citation
Bill Marsden, “Oatsroyd Mill, Luddenden - BIM00280,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/11097.
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