List of mills in Lancashire

A classroom display of the stages in processing cotton

This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Lancashire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, in Derbyshire using the Arkwright system and were powered by the water. When Stationary steam engines were introduced, they still needed water, so the mills were built along the rivers and canals. As a broad rule of thumb, spinning mills were built in the south east of the county, and weaving sheds to the north and west. Parts of Lancashire have been subsumed into Greater Manchester and Merseyside. Parts of Yorkshire are now included in this county.

Accrington

'Home of Howard & Bullough'

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Broad Oak Mill		SD759283 53°45′04″N 2°22′01″W
Spring Hill Mill		SD746279 53°44′49″N 2°23′13″W
Union Mill		SD746281 53°44′56″N 2°23′13″W
Woodnook Mill		SD759277 53°44′42″N 2°22′01″W
Victoria Mill
Ellesmere Mill
Lodge Mill
Broad Oak Printworks		SD767279 53°44′49″N 2°21′18″W
Baxenden Printworks		SD776259 53°43′44″N 2°20′28″W
Alliance Mill
Victoria Mill
Queen Mill		SD764293 53°45′36″N 2°21′32″W
Hambledon Mill		SD761296 53°45′43″N 2°21′50″W
Fountain Mill		SD756289 53°45′22″N 2°22′19″W

Bacup

Rossendale

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Ross Mills		SD870220 53°41′38″N 2°11′53″W
Irwell Mills
Britannia Mills		SD880215 53°41′24″N 2°10′59″W
Waterside Mills		SD867234 53°42′25″N 2°12′11″W
Broad Clough Mill		SD868242 53°42′50″N 2°12′04″W
Irwell Springs Printworks		SD874257 53°43′41″N 2°11′31″W
Olive Mill		SD862217 53°41′31″N 2°12′36″W
Kilnholme Mill
Victoria Mill
Stacksteads Mill		SD855218 53°41′31″N 2°13′16″W
Rossendale Mill		SD849216 53°41′28″N 2°13′48″W

Barnacre

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Calder Vale Mill		SD533458 53°54′22″N 2°42′43″W
Barnacre Weaving Co.		SD531452 53°54′04″N 2°42′54″W

Barnoldswick

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Bancroft Mill		SD874461 53°54′40″N 2°11′35″W
Long Ings		SD884469 53°55′05″N 2°10′41″W
Lower Barnsey
Clough Mills
Bankfield Shed		SD882475 53°55′23″N 2°10′52″W

Blackburn

'Home of Northrop Loom Works' and William Dickinson

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Brookhouse Mills		SD687288 53°45′18″N 2°28′34″W
Roe Lee Mills		SD686303 53°46′05″N 2°28′41″W
Vale Mill		SD687306 53°46′16″N 2°28′34″W
Imperial Mill		SD700287 53°45′14″N 2°27′22″W
Burmah Mill
Greenbank Mill
Britannia Mill		SD701282 53°44′56″N 2°27′18″W
Prospect Mill		SD698278 53°44′46″N 2°27′32″W
Parkside Mill		SD697277 53°44′42″N 2°27′40″W
Audley Hall Mill		SD692275 53°44′35″N 2°28′05″W
Cicely Bridge Mill		SD687278 53°44′46″N 2°28′34″W
Alma Mill
Bridgewater
Canton Mill
Jubilee Mill		SD693282 53°44′56″N 2°28′01″W
Nova Scotia Mill		SD682272 53°44′24″N 2°29′02″W
Albion Mill		SD674262 53°43′52″N 2°29′46″W
Waterloo Mill		SD665258 53°43′41″N 2°30′32″W
Phoenix Mill		SD677277 53°44′42″N 2°29′28″W
Fir Mill
Bank Top Mill
Waterfall Mills		SD672268 53°44′13″N 2°29′56″W

Harle Syke

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Briercliffe Mill		53°48′44″N 2°12′13″W
	Notes: Faces Burnley Road.
Harle Syke Shed Oxford Mill Siberia Mill		53°48′44″N 2°12′15″W
	Notes: Mill engine displayed in the Science Museum, London
Kings Mill		SD868349 53°48′36″N 2°12′07″W
	Notes:
Oxford Mill		SD8635 53°48′N 2°12′W
	Notes: Faces Burnley Road.
Primrose Mill		SD8635 53°48′N 2°12′W
	Notes: Room and Power weaving shed. Now demolished.it was powered by a Pollit & Wigzell horizontal tandem compound steam engine
Queen Street Mill		SD868349 53°48′36″N 2°12′07″W	1894	Standing	119
	Notes: The mill was built by a workers cooperative in 1894. It was powered by a 500hp Tandem Compound by William Roberts of Nelson. 300 of the original 1138 Harling & Todd and Pemberton Lancashire Looms are still in situ and workable. Now a Textile Museum run by Lancashire Museums
Siberia Mill		53°48′45″N 2°12′18″W
	Notes: Now industrial units occupy the weaving shed
Walshaw Mill		53°48′37″N 2°12′22″W
	Notes: Faces Talbot St.

Brierfield

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Brierfield Mills		SD844365 53°49′30″N 2°14′17″W

Burnley

The home of Butterworth & Dickinson

Mills in Burnley 

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Ashfield Shed		SD837328 53°47′28″N 2°14′56″W
Calder Vale Shed
Waterloo Shed		SD836324 53°47′17″N 2°15′00″W
Trafalgar Mill
Clock Tower Mill (Sandygate Mill)		SD836325 53°47′20″N 2°15′00″W
Wiseman Street Mill		SD835326 53°47′20″N 2°15′07″W
Sandygate Shed
Victoria Mill		SD833326 53°47′20″N 2°15′18″W
Woodfield Mill
Bellevue Mill
Finsley Mill		SD842321 53°47′06″N 2°14′28″W
	Notes:
Plumbe Street Shed
Dean Mills
Central Mill
Park Mill
Old Mill		SD847322 53°47′10″N 2°14′02″W
Daneshouse Mill		SD841337 53°47′56″N 2°14′35″W
Old Hall Mill
Throstle Mill
Livingstone Mill		SD840342 53°48′14″N 2°14′38″W
Cameron Mill		SD841342 53°48′14″N 2°14′35″W
Woodbine Mill		SD821327 53°47′24″N 2°16′23″W
Peel Mill
Lowerhouse Mill and Printworks		SD804329 53°47′31″N 2°17′56″W

Chipping

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Kirk Mill			1780	Standing	106
	Notes: An original Arkwright-type mill built in the 1780s. The mill continued spinning cotton using water frames and then throstles until 1886, when it was sold and became HJ Berry's chairmaking factory. It was powered by a 32 ft waterwheel which continued in use, generating electricity until the 1940s.
Saunderrake Factory		SD614438 53°53′20″N 2°35′20″W
Wharf Mill		SD623433 53°53′06″N 2°34′30″W

Chorley

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Bagganley Mills		SD596182 53°39′32″N 2°36′47″W
Birkacre Mill
	Notes: Arkwright's Mill leased in 1777 for ₤180 per annum, fitted with water frames and burnt down in 1779. Over 2 days, 2000 'wild' people from Chorley burned down part of the mill. 1 person was drowned, 2 killed and 8 wounded.
Birkacre Printworks		SD571151 53°37′52″N 2°39′00″W
Cowling Bridge Print Works near		SD595169 53°38′49″N 2°36′50″W
Cowling Mill
Yarrow Road Mill		SD592168 53°38′46″N 2°37′08″W

Clitheroe

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Primrose Mill		SD738407 53°51′43″N 2°24′00″W
Greenacre Mill (Holmes Mill)		SD742414 53°52′05″N 2°23′38″W
Claremont Mill		SD749415 53°52′08″N 2°22′59″W
Shaw Bridge Mill
Low Moor Mill		SD729418 53°52′19″N 2°24′50″W

Colne

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Spring Gardens Mill		SD888396 53°51′11″N 2°10′19″W
	Notes: a stone, five storey cotton spinning mill built by the England family, in the 1840s and stayed in spinning to around 1942 when it was taken over by a carpeting firm, Pressed Felts Ltd who operated it until 1988. Since then it has hosted John Cotton Ltd, the Lear Corporation and LBS Polythene. In March 2013 demolition was proposed.
Green Road Mill		SD888396 53°51′10″N 2°10′21″W
Stanley Mill
Walk Mill
Primet Mill
Holker Street Mill
Garden Vale Mill
Bankfield Mill
Empress Mill		53°51′29″N 2°10′00″W
	Notes: Management buyout in 1927. Still trading in sewing cotton in 2013
Vivary Bridge Mill		SD885402 53°51′29″N 2°10′34″W
Derby Street Shed		SD887402 53°51′29″N 2°10′23″W
Ball Grove Mill		SD908402 53°51′29″N 2°08′28″W

Coppull

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Coppull Mill		SD563147 53°37′38″N 2°39′41″W	1906
Mavis Mill		SD562147 53°37′38″N 2°39′46″W	1908

Darwen

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Bowling Green Mill		SD696210 53°41′06″N 2°27′43″W
Waterfield Mill		SD699207 53°40′55″N 2°27′25″W
Grimshaw Street Mill		SD698211 53°41′06″N 2°27′32″W
Hope Mill		SD695214 53°41′17″N 2°27′47″W
Belgave Works		SD692220 53°41′38″N 2°28′05″W
India Mill		SD694218 53°41′31″N 2°27′54″W
Greenfield Mill		SD704209 53°41′02″N 2°27′00″W
Hollin Grove Mill		SD686234 53°42′22″N 2°28′37″W
Dob Meadow Works
Cobden and Peel Mills
Vale Rock Mill		SD718224 53°41′49″N 2°25′44″W
Grimshaw Bridge Cotton Mill		SD708242 53°42′47″N 2°26′38″W

Earby

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Kellbrook Mill		SD903464 53°54′50″N 2°08′56″W

Dolphinholme and Ellel

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Galgate Silk Mills		SD485557 53°59′42″N 2°47′13″W	1792
	Notes: A water powered corn mill replaced by the 1792 stone-built three storey wooden beamed mill of Thompson, Noble and Armstrong. It had a projecting stair tower and mill pond. Cast iron pillars inserted later. Second three storey mill from early 1800s, stone-built with internal cast-iron pillars, a seven aisled roof. The third mill from 1851 is a five storey brick built mill with corner pillasters and an internal beam engine house.
Dolphinholme Mill (Worsted)		SD519534 53°58′26″N 2°44′06″W	1795
	Notes: Original mill built by Thomas Edmondson to spin using Arkwright water frames. Replaced in 1795 by a larger mill with waterwheel, a steam engine was installed in the 1820s. In 1850s it changed to cotton spinning and weaving but ceased operation in 1867. Demolished but chimney, a row of cottages and waterwheel pit survived.

Farington

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Mill Street Mill		SD547232 53°42′11″N 2°41′17″W

Great Harwood

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Record Mill		SD740329 53°47′31″N 2°23′46″W
Premier Nos.1 and 2 Mills		SD737326 53°47′20″N 2°24′04″W
Deveron Mill
Palatine Mill		SD730318 53°46′55″N 2°24′40″W
Premier No. 3 Mill
Waveridge Mill		SD730318 53°46′55″N 2°24′40″W

Haslingden and Helmshore

'Home of S.S.Stott and Co' and Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albert Mill, Helmshore		SD7721 53°41′13″N 2°20′15″W
	Notes:
Albion Mill, Helmshore		SD7721 53°41′14″N 2°20′04″W
	Notes: 442 looms in 1891
Bridge End Mill
Carr's Mill
Duckworth Clough Mill, Haslingden		53°42′57″N 2°19′13″W
	Notes: A new chimney was erected in 1916. It weighed 635 tons and contained 108,000 bricks.When it was taken out of cotton it became a timber mill, which closed in 2006 and the site is now housing.
Hare Clough Mill
Higher Mill, Helmshore		SD777217 53°41′28″N 2°20′20″W
	Notes: Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Hope Mill		SD779256 53°43′34″N 2°20′10″W
Irwell Vale Mill
	Notes: 7,500 spindles, 221 and 301; 120 looms, calicoes, belting, fustians, filter cloths and cotton drying felts for paper makers.
Park Mill, Helmshore		53°41′19″N 2°20′16″W
	Notes: In 1891, 2,800 spindles, 38/108 counts ; 78 looms, waste twills and sheetings.
Rising Bridge Mill		SD782256 53°43′34″N 2°19′55″W
Sunny Bank Mill		53°40′49″N 2°20′08″W
Syke Mill
Tanpits Mill
Whitaker's Mill, Helmshore		SD777217 53°41′28″N 2°20′20″W
	Notes: Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Hoghton

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Higher Mill		SD628265 53°44′02″N 2°33′54″W
Lower Mill		SD627272 53°44′24″N 2°34′01″W

Kirkham

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Kirkham Linen Mill		SD424323 53°47′02″N 2°52′34″W

Nelson

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Victoria Mills		SD861379 53°50′13″N 2°12′47″W
Bradley Corn Mill (Cotton)
Walverden Mill		SD862376 53°50′02″N 2°12′40″W
Vale Street Shed		SD866375 53°50′02″N 2°12′18″W
Valley Mills		SD868372 53°49′52″N 2°12′07″W
Clover Mill
Marsden Mill
Oak Bank Mill		SD870382 53°50′24″N 2°11′56″W
Hendon Mill		SD870382 53°50′24″N 2°11′56″W
Malvern Mill		SD870382 53°50′24″N 2°11′56″W
Glenfield Mill		SD870382 53°50′24″N 2°11′56″W
Dale Shed		SD870382 53°50′24″N 2°11′56″W
Manor Mill		SD870382 53°50′24″N 2°11′56″W
Lomeshay Mill		SD851377 53°50′06″N 2°13′41″W
Lomeshay Bridge Mill		SD853377 53°50′06″N 2°13′30″W
Spring Bank Mill		SD852375 53°50′02″N 2°13′34″W
Whitfield Mill
Laurel Bank Mill
Seed Hill Mill		SD857381 53°50′20″N 2°13′08″W
Albert Mills		SD859383 53°50′28″N 2°12′58″W
Reedyford Mill
Pendle Street Shed

Oswaldtwistle and Stanhill

Home to James Hargreaves

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Moscow Mills		SD744280 53°44′53″N 2°23′24″W
Foxhill Bank Printworks		SD741282 53°45′00″N 2°23′38″W
Stanhill Ring Spinning Mill		SD730282 53°44′56″N 2°24′40″W
Vine Mills		SD732272 53°44′24″N 2°24′29″W
Brookside Printworks		SD722272 53°44′24″N 2°25′23″W
Cabin End Mill		SD722272 53°44′24″N 2°25′23″W
Fern Mill		SD721266 53°44′06″N 2°25′26″W

Padiham

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Thompson Street Sheds		SD796334 53°47′49″N 2°18′40″W
Jubilee Mill		SD797333 53°47′46″N 2°18′36″W
Albion Mill (Perseverance Mill)
Britannia Mill		SD796339 53°48′04″N 2°18′40″W

Preston

Main article: List of mills in Preston

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Pitt Street Mill		SD534294 53°45′32″N 2°42′29″W
Hanover Mill		SD533299 53°45′47″N 2°42′36″W
Fylde Road Mill		SD530300 53°45′50″N 2°42′50″W
Arkwright Mill		SD532302 53°45′58″N 2°42′40″W
Aqueduct Street Mill		SD529304 53°46′05″N 2°42′58″W
Shelley Road Mill		SD525303 53°46′01″N 2°43′19″W
Tulketh Road Mill		SD524309 53°46′19″N 2°43′26″W
Embroidery Mill
Red Scar Mill		SD525306 53°46′12″N 2°43′19″W
	Notes: 1939
Stocksbridge Mill		SD525306 53°46′12″N 2°43′19″W
Brookfield Mill		SD538305 53°46′08″N 2°42′07″W
St Georges Road Mill		SD539306 53°46′12″N 2°42′04″W
Centenary Mill		SD551297 53°45′43″N 2°40′59″W
Hartford Mill		SD551298 53°45′47″N 2°40′59″W
Cliff Mill		SD557297 53°45′43″N 2°40′23″W

Ramsbottom

Further information: List of mills in Rochdale

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Four Acre Mill		SD828175 53°39′14″N 2°15′43″W
Cheesden Lumb Mills		SD824162 53°38′31″N 2°16′05″W
Croston Close Upper Mill		SD824162 53°38′31″N 2°16′05″W
Croston Close Lower Mill		SD824162 53°38′31″N 2°16′05″W
Longland Mill		SD823153 53°38′02″N 2°16′08″W
Cobhurst Nab Mill		SD823153 53°38′02″N 2°16′08″W
Deeply Vale Print Works		SD823153 53°38′02″N 2°16′08″W
Lower Wheel Mill		SD829142 53°37′26″N 2°15′36″W
Lee Hill Bleachworks		SD805175 53°39′14″N 2°17′49″W

Rawtenstall

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Rawtenstall Lower Mill		SD811228 53°42′04″N 2°17′17″W
Holmes Mill, Reeds Holme		SD808244 53°42′58″N 2°17′31″W
Holmes Shed		SD808244 53°42′58″N 2°17′31″W
Reedsholmes Mill		SD808244 53°42′58″N 2°17′31″W
Sunnyside Printworks		SD811249 53°43′12″N 2°17′17″W
Love Clough Printworks		SD810272 53°44′28″N 2°17′24″W
Hall Carr Mill		SD817226 53°42′00″N 2°16′44″W
Baltic Mill		SD833219 53°41′35″N 2°15′14″W
Holt Mill (felt)
Bridge End Mill (felt)
Gaghills Mill		SD836221 53°41′42″N 2°15′00″W
Globe Mill		SD827225 53°41′56″N 2°15′50″W
Dale Mills
Clark Holme Mill
Shawclough Mill		SD841233 53°42′22″N 2°14′31″W
Shawclough Lower Mill
Osborne Mill		SD835238 53°42′36″N 2°15′04″W
Sagar Hole Mill
Isle of Man Mill
Forest Mill

Rishton

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Unity Mill		SD727308 53°46′23″N 2°24′58″W
Britannia Mill
Bridgefield Mill
Albert Mill		SD726305 53°46′12″N 2°25′01″W
York Mill		SD726305 53°46′12″N 2°25′01″W

Sabden

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Sabden Printworks		SD772370 53°49′44″N 2°20′53″W
Victoria Mill
Cobden Mill

Samlesbury

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Samlesbury Bottoms Mill		SD619289 53°45′18″N 2°34′44″W
Roach Bridge Mill		SD596288 53°45′14″N 2°36′50″W

Trawden

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Black Carr Mills		SD912390 53°50′49″N 2°08′06″W
Forest Shed		SD912390 53°50′49″N 2°08′06″W

Walton le Dale

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Bamber Bridge Mill		SD566255 53°43′26″N 2°39′32″W
Higher Walton Mill		SD554284 53°45′00″N 2°40′41″W
Penwortham Mill		SD540273 53°44′24″N 2°41′56″W

Whalley

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Abbey Mills		SD733360 53°49′12″N 2°24′25″W

Whitworth

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Orama Mill		SD883178 53°39′25″N 2°10′44″W
Bridge Mills		SD884182 53°39′36″N 2°10′37″W
Brookside Mill		SD884182 53°39′36″N 2°10′37″W
Dora Mill		SD884182 53°39′36″N 2°10′37″W
Facit Mill		SD889190 53°40′01″N 2°10′08″W

Withnell

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Abbey Mill		SD640225 53°41′53″N 2°32′49″W
Brinscall Hall Printworks		SD623205 53°40′48″N 2°34′19″W

See also

• Category:Lists of textile mills in the United Kingdom

• List of mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited

• List of mills in Rochdale

• List of mills in Oldham

Bibliography

• Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0820-4. Retrieved 2009-06-25.