Pictured at Library Lock. Area to rear of men is Veevers Wharf. Shop to left Melias shop, shop on right was firstly butchers shop run by ? Uttley and secondly pork butchers shop run by Mark Priestley. Then it became Bon Marche, and latterly Indian…
Gibson Mill began its life around 1803 as a water-powered spinning mill. Less than a hundred years later, it was called Lord Holme Mill, and part of a major tourist attraction. It was eventually left to and restored by the National Trust by Abraham…
Postcard with February 1909 postmark. A former water powered cotton mill at the heart of Hardcastle Crags it was built early 19th century by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee and officially known as Lord Holme Mill. The mill was converted into an…