Photo was taken just after the motorway opened in 1971. Scammonden Bridge spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 (the former A6025) Elland to Buckstones road over the M62.
A fulling mill existed in the area prior to the 16th century which had been replaced and extended. In 1861, Worrals a firm of dyers and finishers from Salford bought the newly built dyeworks and lower mill and extended the water supply by creating…
This small mill is situated next to the Rochdale Canal and is now a private residence. It appears to have been used for a variety of purposes including by Richard H. Ingham as a woollen mill or warehouse as well as by a size manufacturer (size is a…