Joint with Lee Bank Mills, Halifax.
On
17th July 1900,
there was a fire in the part of the mills used by Briggs & Stott.
On
27th November 1918,
two women died and many were seriously injured in a fire at the mill.
In 1919, George Hoyle received the Edward Medal, and
in 1925, he received the Carnegie award, both for gallantry
at the fire
Chris Barker recalls a fire at the mill around 1962-1964, in
which a lady died
Question:
Can anyone tell me anything about the fire?
The mill closed in 19?? and was demolished in 19??.
There has been a succession of pubs, hotels and restaurants on the
site, including
Jenny Dee's
and
The Water Mill Premier Inn.
There have been reports of an apparition of a young boy and the
sounds of crying in the cellar
This & associated entries use material contributed by Chris Barker & Denise Wright
See
Firth House Mills, Scammonden and
Firth House Mills, Stainland
This & associated entries use material contributed by Hilary Norcliffe
17th fulling mill on Lumb Clough.
On
15th January 1931,
the mill was destroyed by fire, and Lilywhite's moved to
Mearclough, Sowerby Bridge.
See
Ann Crabtree's School and
Lower Lumb Mill
Upper and Lower Mill were attacked during the Plug Riots of
1842.
Shown as a Corn Mill [1854], it stood on the south bank of Brighouse Navigation Cut, just north of Brook Villa.
In 1893, it was shown as Upper Mill.
Owners and tenants have included
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andy Eccles
It was known as New Mill [1853] and Upper Mill [1894].
The mill was a cotton mill.
It had a very large water reservoir area (1.4 acres) which comprised
a man-made stone dam overlaid with soil.
The water cames from Withens Brook, flowing west to east.
The Mill was almost immediately on the east side of the dam, within
an area of relatively flat valley bottom.
The centre sluice from the dam fed water down a deep funnel.
At the bottom, the water entered a man made tunnel under the mill and
emerged approx 100 ft downstream where the brook resumed its normal
course.
There was a secondary sluice slightly north.
The present day condition reveals a small section of cast iron
conduit set into the dam.
The original start and finish are missing.
A third sluice at the north end of dam, no longer present, fed
overflow water along a short channel to a set of man-made stone steps
weir that fell approx 40 ft to allow water to fall back into the
brook a short distance downstream from the tunnel exit.
Question:
Does anyone know why it had such a large reservoir for a cotton mill?
Was it once water powered?
On
27th January 1900,
the mill was completely destroyed by fire.
In 1821, William Appleyard bought the mill from Jonas Tillotson.
The Mill was powered by a water-wheel at the north end of the
building, and beam engine at the other end.
I. & I. Calvert took this and New Mill, Wainstalls on a
14 years' lease from Appleyard's [1st January 1884].
By 1897, Calvert's used the Mill for
winding,
drawing,
spinning,
and
twisting.
They left when the lease expired [1897].
They gradually acquired the property again: they bought Upper
Mill from the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited
[around 1900].
By this time, it was derelict, so they demolished it and a new
mill – designed by Mark Crossley – built on the same site.
The new 2-storey mill was completed in 1907.
In April 1910, New Mill, Wainstalls was bought from
J. Whalley & Company.
See
Old Mill, Wainstalls and
Wainstalls Mill
Owners and tenants have included
One of the Swift Place Mills.
It stood below the dam wall of Ryburn Reservoir.
The mill was damaged by fire on
25th August 1901.
The mill was demolished in 1997.
Houses stand on the site
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Underbank Dye Works, Stansfield Ref 15-1204 Underbank Mill, Stansfield Ref 15-U32 Union Foundry, Elland Ref 15-561
Owners and tenants of the foundry have included
Union Mills, Halifax Ref 15-484
Owners and tenants of the mills have included
Union Mills, Holmfield Ref 15-U66 Union Mills, Salterhebble Ref 15-U65
Upper Bradley Mill, Stainland Ref 15-605
Upper Firth House Mill, Stainland Ref 15-1185
the old mill
Upper Firth Mills, Stainland Ref 15-U5 Upper Lumb Mill, Colden Ref 15-1104 Upper Lumb Mill, Mill Bank Ref 15-461
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
Upper Mill, Brighouse Ref 15-276
Upper Mill, Cragg Vale Ref 15-1126
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian LawUpper Mill, Wainstalls Ref 15-1308 Upper Place Quarry, Southowram Ref 15-1338
Upper Pule Quarry, Swalesmoor Ref 15-937
Owners and tenants of the quarry have included
Upper Soyland Mill, Soyland Ref 15-58 Upper Swift Place Mill, Soyland Ref 15-59
Owners and tenants of the mill have included
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