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Title: Ryeburn Dale, Upper Swift Place - HPC00157
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Title
Ryeburn Dale, Upper Swift Place - HPC00157
Description
NAME: UPPER SWIFT PLACE MILL
LOCATION: Rishworth Hall Wood
REF: RY 7
GRID REF: 026 187
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Now known as Ryburndale Paper Mill, this site dates from the early 18C as a fulling concern, and continued as such right up to the middle of the 19C. The present mill is a small complex of two and three storey stone buildings and some brick built buildings, with low level sheds, a circular stone chimney and a large dam which is still used.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The mill is fully used for paper making. A public right of way runs through tunnel seen here on the left side of the mill. The site has a picturesque wooded setting.
Photo taken c1985. The firm produced very fine paper used to make bibles.
The mill buildings have now all gone and been replaced by a housing development.
LOCATION: Rishworth Hall Wood
REF: RY 7
GRID REF: 026 187
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Now known as Ryburndale Paper Mill, this site dates from the early 18C as a fulling concern, and continued as such right up to the middle of the 19C. The present mill is a small complex of two and three storey stone buildings and some brick built buildings, with low level sheds, a circular stone chimney and a large dam which is still used.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The mill is fully used for paper making. A public right of way runs through tunnel seen here on the left side of the mill. The site has a picturesque wooded setting.
Photo taken c1985. The firm produced very fine paper used to make bibles.
The mill buildings have now all gone and been replaced by a housing development.
Creator
Harry Pogson
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HPC00157.tif
Collection
Citation
Harry Pogson, “Ryeburn Dale, Upper Swift Place - HPC00157,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7590.
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