List of mills in Manchester

This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.

Mills

Name	Owners	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albany Works		SD 882 007 53°30′11″N 2°10′44″W
Albert Mill		SJ 875 941 53°26′38″N 2°11′24″W
Albion Mill		Pollard Street, Ancoats ,  53°28′45″N 2°13′14″W
Alexandre Works		SD 855 022 53°30′58″N 2°13′12″W
Anchor Works		SD 845 013 53°30′29″N 2°14′06″W
Aquatite Mills		SJ 839 999 53°29′46″N 2°14′38″W
Ashenhurst Works		SD 847 030 53°31′23″N 2°13′55″W
Ashleigh Mills		SD 847 012 54°43′19″N 2°19′12″W
Atlantic Works		SD838 000 53°29′46″N 2°14′46″W
Atlas Mills		SJ876 942 53°26′38″N 2°11′17″W
Bank of England Mills		SJ 857 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′01″W
Beehive Mill		Ancoats SJ850987 53°29′06″N 2°13′41″W	1824
	Notes: (Room and Power)
Bengal Street Block		SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W
Beswick Street Mills		SJ858 985 53°28′59″N 2°12′54″W
Beswick		SJ863 986 53°29′02″N 2°12′29″W
Big Cotton Mill		SJ 876 942 53°26′38″N 2°11′17″W
Bowker Bank Works		SD847 030 53°31′23″N 2°13′55″W
Bradford Mill		SJ872 986 53°29′02″N 2°11′38″W
Bradford Road Mill		SJ857 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′01″W
Bridge Mill		SJ856 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′05″W
Broom House		SJ882 940 53°26′35″N 2°10′44″W
Brownsfield Mill		Ancoats  SJ849 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′44″W
	Notes: (Room and power) on Great Ancoats Street, Seven storeys L-shaped formation. In 1910, Verdon Roe established the AV Roe Company manufacturing aeroplanes.
Brunswick Mill		Ancoats SJ859 987 53°29′06″N 2°12′50″W	1840
	Notes: Adjacent to the Ashton Canal, it had seven storeys .35 loading bays faced directly onto the canal. It was built by David Bellhouse. In the 1850s it had some 276 carding machines, and 77,000 mule spindles.
Cambridge Street India Rubber Works	Hugh Birley	Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ837974 53°28′23″N 2°14′49″W	1814
	Notes: The first mill was built in 1814 and had six storeys and two basements with 20 loading bays along Cambridge Street. It was owned by Hugh Birley, infamous for his involvement at Peterloo. It was constructed using cast iron columns and iron framing, in-filled with brickwork. The mill was driven by a beam engine made by Boulton & Watt and used gas lighting; having its own gas storage tanks in the cellars. The several mills on Cambridge Street were interconnected by underground tunnels with rail tracks. By the end of the 1830s, Cambridge Street mill had a 600 loom shed and employed 2,000 people in spinning and weaving.A further block was added in 1845. In the 1860s the mill was sold to Charles Macintosh & Company who produced rubberised waterproofs. The word mackintosh became the generic term for waterproof overcoats
Chain Bar Mill		SD882031 53°31′26″N 2°10′44″W
Chapeltown Street Mill		SJ851980 53°28′44″N 2°13′34″W
	Notes:
Chatham Mill Runcorn's Mill		Chester Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ840973 53°28′19″N 2°14′35″W	1820
	Notes: Built 1820 with an adjoining 1823 built warehouse at right angles. The mill has wooden floors (not fireproof) but the warehouse has iron columns. There is a truncated chimney at the back.
Chatsworth Mill		SJ882 961 53°27′43″N 2°10′44″W
Chepstow Street Mill		SJ838978 53°28′37″N 2°14′46″W
Chorlton New Mill	Birley family	Chorlton-on-Medlock Little Ireland.  SJ838 974 53°28′23″N 2°14′46″W	1813
	Notes: Most of the site is under the Manchester Metropolitan University buildings. The three multi-storey mills were built in stages in 1813, 1818 and 1845. The complex included mills and associated engine house and a basement level gas works. The steel strapped chimney was built in 1853.
Chorlton New Mill (north end)		Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ838 974 53°28′23″N 2°14′46″W
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Chorlton Old Mill Cambridge Mill		Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ839 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′38″W
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Chorlton Twist Mill		SJ842 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′20″W
City Corn Mill		SJ851 987 53°29′06″N 2°13′34″W
Clayton Works		SJ879 984 53°28′55″N 2°11′02″W
Collyhurst Works		SJ849 998 53°29′42″N 2°13′44″W
Crumpsall Mill		SD855 021 53°30′54″N 2°13′12″W
Culcheth Lane Mill		SD884001 53°29′49″N 2°10′34″W
Daisy Bank Mill		SD887002 53°29′53″N 2°10′19″W
DeckerMill		Ancoats  SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W	Murray Mills
	Notes: -
Doubling Mill see Waulk Mill		Ancoats ,  SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W
Drinkwater's Mill See Piccadilly Mill		SJ 845 979 53°28′41″N 2°14′06″W
Fireproof Mill see Waulk Mill		Ancoats ,  SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W
Garratt Mill		SJ 843 975 53°28′26″N 2°14′17″W
Gorebrook Works		SJ 875 956 53°27′25″N 2°11′24″W
Gorton Wadding Works		SJ891 966 53°27′58″N 2°09′58″W
Great Bridgewater Street Mills		SJ837 975 53°28′26″N 2°14′49″W
Great Marlborough Street Mills		SJ840 974 53°28′23″N 2°14′35″W
Hanover Mill		SJ 849 976 53°28′30″N 2°13′44″W
Harpurhey Dyeworks		SD854 014 53°30′32″N 2°13′19″W
Havelock Mills		SJ 837 975 53°28′26″N 2°14′49″W
Heaton Mills		SD 844 046 53°32′17″N 2°14′13″W
Holt Town Works		SJ 862 986 53°29′02″N 2°12′32″W
Hope Mills		Ancoats ,  SJ 857 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′01″W
Jackson Street Mills		SJ847 976 53°28′30″N 2°13′55″W
Knutsford Vale Works		SJ875 956 53°27′25″N 2°11′24″W
Levenshulme Works		SJ 883 946 53°26′53″N 2°10′41″W
Little Green Works		SD 849 001 53°29′49″N 2°13′44″W
Little Mill	Murray Mills	Ancoats  SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W
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Lloydsfield Mill		Miles Platting  SJ 856 991 53°29′17″N 2°13′05″W
	Notes:
Macintosh's Mill see:Cambridge Street Mills		Chorlton-on-Medlock	1837
McConnel and Kennedy Mills		Ancoats
	Notes: Royal Mill 1797 Sedgewick Mill, 1818-1820 Sedgewick New Mill 1912 Paragon Mill 1912, 8 storey.Worlds tallest cast iron structure when built. Alexis de Tocqueville, described Redhill Street Mill in 1835 as "...a place where some 1500 workers, labouring 69 hours a week, with an average wage of 11 shillings, and where three-quarters of the workers are women and children". It was the biggest mill in the Manchester region. Further buildings were added in 1868 and 1912.
Marslands Mill		SJ 840 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′35″W
Medlock Mill		SJ 838 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′46″W
Monsall Mills		SD 863 009 53°30′18″N 2°12′29″W
Moston Mill		SD 885 027 53°31′16″N 2°10′30″W
Murray Mills		Ancoats
	Notes: Old Mill 1798 Decker Mill 1799 New Mill 1802 Murray Block 1804
Murray Street Block		SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W
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New Mill	Murray Mills	Ancoats  SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W	1802
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New Old Mill see Royal Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats  SJ 850 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W
	Notes: With 8 floors and an area of 650 square yards. Gas lighting was installed in 1809 by Boulton & Watt. By 1811, with a downturn in trade the firm of McConnel & Kennedy went bankrupt (to re-emerge later
Newton Silk Mill		SD 882 007 53°30′11″N 2°10′44″W
Old Mill	Murray Mills	Ancoats ,  SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W	1798
Old Mill, Henry Street see Royal Mill		McConnel and Kennedy Mills ,  SJ 849 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′44″W	1799
Paragon Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats,  SJ 849 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′44″W	1912
Phoenix Mill		Ancoats  SJ 855 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′12″W
	Notes: (Room and Power) Doubling
Piccadilly Mill <aka>Drinkwater's Mill		SJ 845 979 53°28′41″N 2°14′06″W
	Notes: Built at Bank Top, Piccadilly in the late 1780s by Peter Drinkwater and managed in the 1790s by Robert Owen, this cotton mill was the first in Manchester to use a stationary steam engine made by Boulton and Watt. Isaac Perrins was involved in the installation of this.
Pin Mill		Ancoats ,  SJ 856 976 53°28′30″N 2°13′05″W
Reservoir Mill		SJ 865 987 53°29′06″N 2°12′18″W
Redhill Street Mills,	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats,  SJ850985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W	1818
Rhodes Mill		SJ 857 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′01″W
Royal Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats  SJ 849 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′44″W	1797
	Notes: Renamed after visit from HM King George, 19 November 1942
Salvin's Factory		Ancoats ,  SJ 852 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′26″W	c1788
Sedgwick Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats  SJ 850 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W	1818
	Notes: Designed by James Lowe 8 storey, 17 bay.
Sedgwick New Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoat,  SJ850985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W>	1912
Shudehill Mill		Shudehill,  SJ844989 53°29′13″N 2°14′13″W
Smedley Vale Dye Works	James Ashworth 1891	SD850011 53°30′22″N 2°13′41″W
Smedley Works		SD850 012 53°30′25″N 2°13′41″W
Soho Iron Works Site		SJ 855 983 53°28′52″N 2°13′12″W
	Notes: A manufacturer and supplier of mill machinery, spindles and other goods to the textiles industries. The Soho Factory had many specialist manufactures within its 100 yard frontage, including machinery makers, spindle makers and calico printing machinery makers. They also supplied the dyeing, bleaching and local chemical industries, with goods and parts.
Supreme Mills		SJ 852987 53°29′06″N 2°13′30″W
Talbot Mill		SJ 827974 53°28′23″N 2°15′43″W
Ten Acres Mill		SD873 003 53°29′56″N 2°11′35″W
Thistle Mill		SD855 021 53°30′54″N 2°13′12″W
Union & Bengal Mills		SJ861 988 53°29′10″N 2°12′40″W
Victoria Mill	William Holland	Miles Platting  SJ 859 993 53°29′24″N 2°12′50″W	1867, 1873
	Notes: Alongside the Rochdale Canal and Varley Street, Victoria Mills were constructed for William Holland, of the Adelphi Mill, Salford. It was designed by George Woodhouse of Bolton. It was a six storey double mill with shared engine house. It had an octagonal chimney. It was worked to the 1960, and has now been converted into office space and residential.
Victoria Mills		Ancoats ,  SJ 856 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′05″W
Waterside Works		SD 839 034 53°31′37″N 2°14′38″W
Waulk Mill aka Fire Proof Mill, Doubling Mill	Murray Mills	Ancoats  SJ 861 988 53°29′10″N 2°12′40″W	1842
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Wellington Mill		Ancoats ,  SJ 859 987 53°29′06″N 2°12′50″W
Wellington Mill		SD 866 003 53°29′56″N 2°12′11″W
Wellington Mills		SJ 832 976 53°28′30″N 2°15′18″W
York Mill		SJ 845 983 53°28′52″N 2°14′06″W

Bibliography

• Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0719008204. 
• Williams, Mike; Farnie (1992). Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester. Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 0948789891. 
• Miller, Ian; Wild, Chris (2007), A & G Murray and the Cotton Mills of Ancoats, Oxford Archaeology North, ISBN 978-0-904220-46-9 
• "Cotton Mills in Manchester and Salford 1891". Graces Guides. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Cotton_Mills_in_Manchester_and_Salford_1891. Retrieved 2009-11-13.