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Title: Gorpley Mill - HPC00320
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Title
Gorpley Mill - HPC00320
Description
NAME: GORPLEY MILL
LOCATION: Gorpley Wood
REF: CD20
GRID REF: 918 235
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Disappeared
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Built in 1805 as a fulling and raising mill, it was enlarged in 1838 and was producing carpets c1850. Demolished in the late 19C. There are now few traces of the mill, which was located below the still discernable dam. The remains of a second, smaller dam can be seen higher up the wooded hillside, along with a lengthy race. Possible remains of a chimney. Much of the site is now overgrown, but has some interest to the industrial archaeologist
Photo taken c1985.
LOCATION: Gorpley Wood
REF: CD20
GRID REF: 918 235
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Disappeared
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Built in 1805 as a fulling and raising mill, it was enlarged in 1838 and was producing carpets c1850. Demolished in the late 19C. There are now few traces of the mill, which was located below the still discernable dam. The remains of a second, smaller dam can be seen higher up the wooded hillside, along with a lengthy race. Possible remains of a chimney. Much of the site is now overgrown, but has some interest to the industrial archaeologist
Photo taken c1985.
Creator
Harry Pogson
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Rights
PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HPC00320.tif
Collection
Citation
Harry Pogson, “Gorpley Mill - HPC00320,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7753.
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