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View of Mythomroyd showing Scarbottom Mill. Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book "A Village Childhood" c1937. Also a good view of the railway parcels shed and sorting sidings to the right of the station, both dismantled following…

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A general view from Holebottom showing the railway cutting across the centre of the town. Clearly visible on the right are Christ Church and its Vicarage. The former Ridgefoot Mill complex can be seen abutting the viaduct.

From a lithograph by…

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In the centre, over the river from the playground, one of the buildings of Hangingroyd Mill in a derelict condition with the mill yard used for parking for Shepherds wagons, now the site of Waterside Fold. The building on the right was also part of…

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Looking over the playground and across the the river to Shepherd's wagons parked on the former yard and demolition site of part of Hangingroyd Mill. One of the derelict mill buildings in the centre and another far right.

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NAME: VICTORIA MILLS
LOCATION: Halifax Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 21
GRID REF: 043 203
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid to late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: This is a large six storey, stone built mill…

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Victoria Mill was built by the Cragg Vale Manufacturing Co., a co-operative, in 1861, but went into liquidation by 1864 due to the 'Cotton Famine' and was sold to Hinchcliffe Hinchcliffe and Sons Ltd There were two 30HP engines and a 40HP water…

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Looking down from Victoria Road with the bridge over Hebden Water in the foreground. On the left part of Hangingroyd Mill in a state of dereliction, now the site of Waterside Fold. The buildings on the left have been partly demolished to widen the…

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Looking down Valley Road taken from the former Hangingroyd Mill. Bottom right junction with Moss Lane and the single storey building on the left has gone.

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The Co-op weaving shed is on the right. In 1919 the fustian weavers co-operative at Nutclough Mill was acquired by the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) but in 1967 the mill closed and the business transferred to Hebden Works seen here.

The…

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The derelict building on the left is part of Hangingroyd Mill at the junction of Moss Lane and Valley Road. The site of the mill is now Waterside Fold and most of the building on the left has also gone.

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The Co-op weaving shed is on the right. In 1919 the fustian weavers co-operative at Nutclough Mill was acquired by the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) but in 1967 the mill closed and the business transferred to Hebden Works seen here.

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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…

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NAME: UPPER FIRTH HOUSE MILLS

LOCATION: Wood Head

REF: BB 4

GRID REF: 060 177

CLASSIFICATION: C

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mainly late 19C/early 20C (site earlier).

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Built on the site…

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NAME: UNDERBANK MILL
LOCATION: Dunford Road, Underbank
REF: HU 18
GRID REF: 146 074
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated on the valley side of Ribbleden Clough, this…

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NAME: UNDERBANK MILL

LOCATION: Dunford Road, Underbank

REF: HU 18

GRID REF: 146 074

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Mostly used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated on the valley side of Ribbleden…

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Turvin Mill was built in 1808. By 1833 it had a 10 HP water wheel and employed 57 workers (of which 31 were children). The water in the brook was supplemented by a catchwater drain half a mile long which collected the overflow from Whiteholm…

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NAME: TRAVIS HOLME MILL

LOCATION: Rochdale Road, Walsden

REF: CD11

GRID REF: 931 224

CLASSIFICATION: B and C

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From late 18C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Here or hereabouts was the site of…

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NAME: TOWN ING MILL

LOCATION: Stainland Road, Stainland

REF: BB 18

GRID REF: 080 195

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Semi used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Located in the old hill top settlement of…

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Looking over Todmorden from Lumbutts Road, with a small reservoir in the foreground. Todmorden viaduct is near the centre of the picture and Mons Mill towards the left.
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