See
Airport,
North Bridge Railway Station,
Sainsbury's Advertisement and
Victoria Mills, Brighouse
Cotton mill.
Question:
Is this the same place as
Salford Works, Hebden Bridge?
This was one of the first steam-powered mills in the area.
In 1811, the mill operated 3072 spindles.
The mill was converted into shops and houses
Question:
Is this the same place as
Salford Mill, Todmorden?
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
Built by the Salterhebble Cotton Spinning Company.
On
30th August 1886,
their mill was badly damaged by fire
The mill was built
around 1864, by the Skircoat Cotton Manufacturing Company.
Because of the cotton famine, cotton production failed and the mill
and machinery were sold at auction.
It was bought by Samuel Shepherd.
The mill burned down on
19th June 1871.
There was a fire at the mill on
24th November 1930.
It was extended in 1907 to handle commercial effluent.
It is still in operation today.
See
Halifax Corporation Sewage Department
The cost of sewers and the disposal works was around £100,000.
The works were formally opened on 17th October 1908 by Mayor Abraham Crossley
Recorded in 1911 & 1921
See Sandholme Iron Company Limited
The chimney at the mill was blown down by winds on
21st February 1850.
On 1st February 1866, Halifax Corporation had to pay £1300 to
John Crossley for the land required to make Bull Close Lane wider at a point opposite Savile Mills.
In 1905, the mill was used for making toffee.
The mill was later known as Brunswick Mills
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It was destroyed by fire in the 1940s.
The mill house is still standing
See
Picker
Recorded in 1921, when
Dean & Howarth's Picker Makers were here
See
George Lumb
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Owners and tenants have included
Worsted mills established by Thomas Smith Scarborough and his
brothers at Haugh Shaw Road, King Cross.
The mills were demolished in 1996, and a Tesco store was built on
the site [1997]
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Scarbottom Cottages, Mytholmroyd are nearby.
It was demolished in 19??.
There is a housing estate – known as The Brook – on the site.
Accidents were recorded at the quarry:
AKA Sedburgh Wire Mill.
Recorded in 1915
It was later called the Cock o' the North brewery.
The brewery was extended in 1893 and 1899.
Some of the work was done by J. F. Walsh.
It was demolished in 1973.
See
Sydel-Ing and
Whitaker's Brewery
3 people were seriously burned in a fire-damp explosion at the pit on
26th July 1859
It stood on Severhills Clough.
It was owned by the Sutcliffe family.
Young Helliwell and Fielden Holt were here for about 8 years
[late 1890s].
Todmorden Commercial Spinning & Manufacturing Company began
business here in the 1850s before building Alma Mill, Walsden.
The mill was demolished in 19??.
A block of flats stands on the site.
See
Shade
See
Picker
It is connected to the engine house by a tunnel which passes
underneath Boys Lane
It is listed
Built on land, much of which was acquired from Addison
and Leonard Duncan.
These were the main factory of John Holdsworth & Company Limited
from 1830.
The mills,
the mill gas plant,
and
the chimney [1855]
are Grade II* listed.
In February 2006, plans were announced to convert half of the
buildings on the site to
In July 2006, the Courier carried details of proposals
for a
which would free up the Victorian mill complex for redevelopment into
a village with 16 new buildings and 10 refurbished buildings
to provide ...
In June 2007, councillors rejected the proposal on account of
the restricted access to the site.
In February 2008, planners gave permission for an £80 million
urban village at the Mills – and they wonder why nobody has any
faith or trust in councillors and politicians ... a few days
later, the company announced that it would close.
See
Shaw Lodge Mills Dead Brief Society
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Straight Lane.
Aka Shaw's Mill.
19th century mill built on the site of the Mixenden Fulling Mill.
In 1846, the farm was described as
The mill was gutted by fire on
1st December 1926
The mill was 6 storeys high and 18 windows long.
About 1840, Henry Ambler converted it to worsted spinning.
The mill was destroyed by fire on
3rd February 1872.
From 1865 until about 1900, it was owned by John Crossley & Sons – then trading as the Ovenden Worsted Company.
Crossley's also maintained a school here for their young employees,
of whom many were part-timers.
The school was underneath the mill.
In 1905, Page, Arnold & Company Limited began the manufacture and
printing of wallpapers here.
Subsequently, the premises were acquired by Smith Bulmer & Company.
The mill was bought by Drakes Limited and reduced to a single
storey workshop
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Closed in 1???
By 1797, they were known as Aydon & Elwell.
Their work included
By 1806, they had acquired mineral rights in the Wibsey area, and
were operating 2 blast furnaces.
It was associated with coal mines at
In September 1821, the Aydon & Elwell partnership was dissolved by
mutual consent.
Aydon carried on the business of making cast iron goods on his
own account.
Elwell carried on the business of making pig iron on his own
account.
In 1824, the business was declared bankrupt, and was taken over by
Low Moor Iron Company, Norwood Green.
In 1824, an amalgamation of Low Moor and Shelf ironworks was
reported, when there was an increase in the demand for pig iron.
In 1836, there were 3 furnaces at Shelf, and 6 at Low Moor.
In 1849, production ceased at Shelf.
The iron master's house became Shelf Vicarage.
Closed in 1???.
Demolished in 1???.
A housing estate now stands on the site
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See
Vitriol
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Several accidents were recorded here in the 19th century
The business was bought by Webster's [30th December 1932].
See
Shibden Head and
Whitehall, Hipperholme
The manorial corn mill here is mentioned in 1308.
The mill was driven by the Shibden Brook.
In 1562,
local tenants were granted permission to take their corn to the mill
instead of Rastrick Mill as the Lord of the Manor of Brighouse
required.
Around 1665, it was owned by the Lister's – Samuel Lister – of Shibden Hall.
William Shepherd is recorded here in 1681.
Around 1699, George Bottomley was granted a lease on the
mill by Samuel Lister.
In the early 1800s, it was converted to a worsted mill.
After the mill burned down
4th February 1859,
it remained unoccupied for some time.
There was a maypole here until the mid-19th century
On 5th August 1890, the property was sold to Webster's brewery.
It became the Shibden Mill Inn.
The present inn was the miller's home.
This is discussed in the books
Halifax Antiquarian Society Transactions and
Our Home & Country.
See
Dam Head, Shibden and
Shibden Mill Dam
A wire-manufacturing business was established here by
Royston's in 1797.
The mill had its own dam to provide water for the plant, which was
alongside the brook which supplied it.
The site is now buried under the Shroggs Tip
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Joseph Morton was here after 1855.
The Ex-servicemen's club now stands on the site
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Recorded as disused in 1907
From around 1850, Titus Kitson had a pottery at Siddal.
The Morton family took this over in 1858.
It was then taken over by the Halliday family.
It closed in 1???
See
Silk Industry
Simm Carr Clough drove a waterwheel which pumped
water from the mine
See
The beck that runs through Rastrick and
Crowtrees Mill, Rastrick
Owners and tenants have included
On
16th June 1864,
the mill was burned down
Recorded in 1914
Owners and tenants have included
The quarry was filled in by J. & J. Fee [1970s]
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Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ref 15-1371 Saint Anne's Quarry, Southowram Ref 15-1177 Saint John's Works, Halifax Ref 15-661
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Saint Peg Mills, Brighouse Ref 15-S741
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Salem Mills, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-S855
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Salford Card Works, Brighouse Ref 15-1002
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Salford Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-120
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Salford Old Foundry, Todmorden Ref 15-1317
This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda BriggsSalford Works, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-495
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Salt Pie Mill, Heptonstall Ref 15-635 
Salterhebble Cotton Company Mill Ref 15-1266 Salterhebble Mill Ref 15-553
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Salterhebble Sewage Works Ref 15-S9 Salterlee Mills, Halifax Ref 15-441
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Sand Beds Mill, Ovenden Ref 15-949
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Sandbeds Sewage Works, Charlestown Ref 15-S786 Sandholme Iron Works, Todmorden Ref 15-1128 Sandholme Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-338
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Sandholme Rope Works, Todmorden Ref 15-1043
Sandymere Quarry, Shelf Ref 15-787
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Saunders Clough Colliery, Todmorden Ref 15-1044
Savile Mill, Colden Ref 15-341 Savile Mill, Halifax Ref 15-186
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Saville's Brick Works, Siddal Ref 15-1401 Scaitcliffe Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-292
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Scaitcliffe Picker Works, Todmorden Ref 15-710
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Scaitcliffe Tannery, Todmorden Ref 15-1448 Scammonden Cotton Mills Ref 15-684 Scar Mill, Rastrick Ref 15-1108 Scar Mills, Upper Greetland Ref 15-1410
Scarborough Mills, Halifax Ref 15-S655
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Scarbottom Mill, Elland Ref 15-S847 Scarbottom Mill, Mytholmroyd Ref 15-600
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Scarr Bottom Mills, Greetland Ref 15-716
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
School Field Quarries, Rastrick Ref 15-789
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Scotland Quarry, Midgley Ref 15-469
Owners and tenants of the quarries have included
Scout Quarry Ref 15-914 Scout Quarry, Northowram Ref 15-939
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Sedburgh Mills, Halifax Ref 15-38
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Sedburgh Wire Mill, Halifax Ref 15-161 Seedlings Mount Brewery, Halifax Ref 15-S33
Sentry Edge Delfs, Warley Ref 15-1235 Seventeens Pit, Hartshead Ref 15-478
Owners and tenants of the pit have included
Severhills Mill, Ripponden Ref 15-413
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Shade Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-293
Subsequent owners and tenants of the mill have included
This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda BriggsShade Picker Works, Todmorden Ref 15-360
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Shaking Delph, Southowram Ref 15-1210 Sharneyford Brick Works, Todmorden Ref 15-708
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Shaw Bridge Mill, Hipperholme Ref 15-S745
Shaw Hill Chemical Works Ref 15-191 Shaw Laithe Works, Elland Ref 15-1460 Shaw Lane Mill, Illingworth Ref 15-212
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Shaw Lodge Mills: Chimney Ref 15-1247 
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax Ref 15-S715
... create a new community here ... [with] ... a combination of
residential, workplaces, offices and facilities like a health centre,
dental practice, shops and sport complexes
new, single-storey, purpose-built environment
... 34 town houses, 31 retirement homes and 420 apartments ... more
than 100,000 sq ft of office space is planned, a medical centre, a
69-bedroom hotel, conference facilities, a health club, gym, tennis
court and clubhouse, restaurants and shops, including a chemist and
village store ... [and] ... a large multi-storey car park
Shaw Mill, Mixenden Ref 15-612
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
20 days' work of land
Shay Lane Mill, Holmfield Ref 15-169 Shear Barrow Colliery, Clifton Ref 15-1144 Sheard's Brewery, Pellon Ref 15-S7
Shelf foundry Ref 15-52
Shelf Mills Ref 15-516
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Shelf Pottery Ref 15-S1848 Shelf Sewage Works Ref 15-827 Shelf Vitriol Works Ref 15-518 Shibden Hall Colliery Ref 15-616 Shibden Head Brewery Ref 15-S23 Shibden Mill Ref 15-252
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Subsequent owners and tenants of the mill have included
Shoot Pit, Boothtown Ref 15-1298 Shore Mills, Todmorden Ref 15-1390 Shroggs Mills, Shroggs Road Ref 15-239 Siddal Brickworks Ref 15-1147 Siddal Lane Chemical Works Ref 15-575
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Siddal Pottery Ref 15-S1853 Siddal Wells Mine, Southowram Ref 15-1288 Silk Mill, Elland Ref 15-480 Silk Mill, Hebden Bridge Ref 15-369 Simm Carr coal mine, Shibden Ref 15-S123 Simplon Works, Halifax Ref 15-988
Owners and tenants of the works have included
Skircoat Moor Quarries, Halifax Ref 15-840
Owners and tenants of the quarries have included
Sladdin's Mill, Rastrick Ref 15-382 Slade Lane Mill, Rastrick Ref 15-29
Sladen Wood Mill, Todmorden Ref 15-1402 Slaten Quarry, Southowram Ref 15-1344