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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The mill buildings have now all gone and been replaced by a housing development.

Creator

Harry Pogson

Source

Pennine Horizons Digital Archive

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PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection

Relation

Pennine Horizons Digital Archive

Identifier

HPC00157.tif

Citation

Harry Pogson, “Ryeburn Dale, Upper Swift Place - HPC00157,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7590.

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