A good view of the cricket field with the railway line and Rochdale Canal to the left of the picture. The complex of buildings to the eft of the road is Gordon Rigg's Garden Centre.
View towards Todmorden with the tower of Dobroyd Castle above the distant trees left of centre. The railway was built 1840 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway.
Looking over Walsden sports field to Scar Rocks, c 1910. The small building on the left, called, 'Jerico' once stood on the line of the old canal. Winterbutlee Mill now gordon Rigg's Garden Centre, can be seen on the right. The mill in the middle…
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…
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…
Walsden, viewed from Gauxholme Stones, in the 1950s. the station just visible on the right. Clough Mill, in the foreground, is thought to be the first cotton mill in the Todmorden area. Through the years it has been occupied by a variety of trades…
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
When the railway was constructed in the late 1830s the canal had to be diverted to make way for the deep railway cutting. The line of the canal originally ran closer to the cottages on Square Road, via the present railway bridge and through what is…
HOLLINS MILL
LOCATION: Rochdale Road, Walsden
REF: CD8
GRID REF: 935 221
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: One of the largest mills in the Todmorden area, a four storey,…