List of mills in Manchester
Mills

List of mills in Manchester

Section Title: Mills
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Name	Owners	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)

Albany Works	SD 882 007 53°30′11″N 2°10′44″W / 53.503°N 2.179°W

Albert Mill	SJ 875 941 53°26′38″N 2°11′24″W / 53.444°N 2.190°W

Albion Mill	Pollard Street, Ancoats 53°28′45″N 2°13′14″W / 53.4793°N 2.2206°W

-	Notes: J. and J. L. Gray John Hetherington & Sons

Alexandre Works	SD 855 022 53°30′58″N 2°13′12″W / 53.516°N 2.220°W

Anchor Works	SD 845 013 53°30′29″N 2°14′06″W / 53.508°N 2.235°W

Aquatite Mills	SJ 839 999 53°29′46″N 2°14′38″W / 53.496°N 2.244°W

Ashenhurst Works	Blackley SD 847 030 53°31′23″N 2°13′55″W / 53.523°N 2.232°W

Notes: 1891- W. D. Ryde, Sons and Co, silk weavers

Ashleigh Mills	SD 847 012 53°43′19″N 2°19′12″W / 53.722°N 2.32°W

Atlantic Works	SD838 000 53°29′46″N 2°14′46″W / 53.496°N 2.246°W

Atlas Mills	SJ876 942 53°26′38″N 2°11′17″W / 53.444°N 2.188°W

Bank of England Mills	SJ 857 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′01″W / 53.482°N 2.217°W

Beehive Mill	Jersey Street, Ancoats SJ850987 53°29′06″N 2°13′41″W / 53.485°N 2.228°W	1824	194

Ancoats- Beehive 4469.JPG	Notes: Built as Room and Power mill 1891-B. and I. Wild, 12,000 spindles

Bengal Street Block	SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W	1848	170

-	Notes: 1848- extension of Beehive Mill 1861- Part rebuilt after fire 1891-C. E.

Beswick Street Mills	SJ858 985 53°28′59″N 2°12′54″W / 53.483°N 2.215°W

-	Notes: 1891-Peter Joynson and Co (silk and fancy dress goods), 500 looms

Beswick	Bradford Street SJ863 986 53°29′02″N 2°12′29″W / 53.484°N 2.208°W

Big Cotton Mill	SJ 876 942 53°26′38″N 2°11′17″W / 53.444°N 2.188°W

Bowker Bank Print Works	SD847 030 53°31′23″N 2°13′55″W / 53.523°N 2.232°W

Notes: 1891-John F. Hill and Co, calico printers

Bradford Mill	SJ872 986 53°29′02″N 2°11′38″W / 53.484°N 2.194°W

Bradford Road Mill	SJ857 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′01″W / 53.484°N 2.217°W

Bridge Mill	SJ856 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′05″W / 53.483°N 2.218°W

Broom House	SJ882 940 53°26′35″N 2°10′44″W / 53.443°N 2.179°W

Brownsfield Mill	Binns Place, Gt Ancoats St, Ancoats SJ849 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′44″W / 53.482°N 2.229°W	c.1825

-	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	Bradford Road, Ancoats SJ859 987 53°29′06″N 2°12′50″W / 53.485°N 2.214°W	1840	178

-	Notes: Adjacent to the Ashton Canal, it had seven storeys. 35 bays faced directly onto the canal, four storey block completing the courtyard with entrance on Bradford Road.

Cambridge Street India Rubber Works	Hugh Birley	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ837974 53°28′23″N 2°14′49″W / 53.473°N 2.247°W	1900s

-	Notes: Owned by 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 / 53.524°N 2.179°W

Notes:

Chatham Mill Runcorn's Mill	Chester Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ840973 53°28′19″N 2°14′35″W / 53.472°N 2.243°W	1820	198

-	Notes: Built 1820 with an adjoining 1823 built warehouse at right angles. 6 storeys.

Chatsworth Mill	SJ882 961 53°27′43″N 2°10′44″W / 53.462°N 2.179°W

Notes: 1891-Robert Williams, finisher, dresser, waterer, embosser, etc

Chepstow Street Mill	Oxford Street SJ838978 53°28′37″N 2°14′46″W / 53.477°N 2.246°W	1813-20	1990

Notes: 1891-Wadkin and King, together with Springfields Mill, Salford, 30,000 spindles

Chorlton Mill complex	Birley family	Little Ireland Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ838 974 53°28′23″N 2°14′46″W / 53.473°N 2.246°W

Notes: Most of the site is under the Manchester Metropolitan University buildings. Chorlton Old Mill rebuilt 1866 Chorlton New Mill 1814, 1818, 1845 Marsland Mill

Chorlton New Mills	Birley family	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ838 974 53°28′23″N 2°14′46″W / 53.473°N 2.246°W	1813	205

-	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Chorlton Mill complex Cotton spinning mill, afterwards partially used as rubber processing works. Built 1813, extended in 1818 and 1845, with chimney dated 1853.

Chorlton Old Mill Cambridge Mill	Birley family	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ839 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′38″W / 53.472°N 2.244°W	1866	152

-	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Chorlton Mill complex Earlier mill built in 1795 managed by Robert Owen, considerably extended c.1810, and then largely rebuilt in 1866.

Chorlton Twist Mill	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock SJ842 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′20″W / 53.472°N 2.239°W	1795	1866	71

Notes: built 1795 for Robert Owen and partners. Rebuilt 1866 as Chorlton Old Mill

City Corn Mill	SJ851 987 53°29′06″N 2°13′34″W / 53.485°N 2.226°W

Clayton Works	SJ879 984 53°28′55″N 2°11′02″W / 53.482°N 2.184°W

Collyhurst Works	Collyhurst SJ849 998 53°29′42″N 2°13′44″W / 53.495°N 2.229°W

Crumpsall Mill	Factory Lane, Harpurhey SD855 021 53°30′54″N 2°13′12″W / 53.515°N 2.220°W

Notes: 1891-Crumpsall Mill Co, 40,000 spindles and 300 looms

Crusader Works aka Chapeltown Street Mill	Mid 19th C	SJ851980 53°28′44″N 2°13′34″W / 53.479°N 2.226°W

-	Notes: Original for spinning, then used for machine manufacture, then as a garment factory. It was the home to Rogue Studios and other businesses for ten years.

Culcheth Lane Mill	SD884001 53°29′49″N 2°10′34″W / 53.497°N 2.176°W

Notes: 1891- Robinson and Trevor, 130 looms

Daisy Bank Mill	SD887002 53°29′53″N 2°10′19″W / 53.498°N 2.172°W

Notes: 1891-Alexander Bedell and Co, 236 looms

Decker Mill	Murray Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W	1799	219

-	Notes: Grade II* listed building (with Old Mill) Part of Murray Mills complex

Doubling Mill see Waulk Mill	Ancoats, SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W

Drinkwater's Mill See Piccadilly Mill	SJ 845 979 53°28′41″N 2°14′06″W / 53.478°N 2.235°W

Fireproof Mill see Waulk Mill	Ancoats, SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W

Garratt Mill	SJ 843 975 53°28′26″N 2°14′17″W / 53.474°N 2.238°W

Gorebrook Works	SJ 875 956 53°27′25″N 2°11′24″W / 53.457°N 2.190°W

Gorton Wadding Works	SJ891 966 53°27′58″N 2°09′58″W / 53.466°N 2.166°W

Great Bridgewater Street Mills	Great Bridgewater St, SJ837 975 53°28′26″N 2°14′49″W / 53.474°N 2.247°W

Great Marlborough Street Mills	SJ840 974 53°28′23″N 2°14′35″W / 53.473°N 2.243°W

Hanover Mill	Berry Street SJ 849 976 53°28′30″N 2°13′44″W / 53.475°N 2.229°W

Notes: 1891-Hanover Mill Co,

Harpurhey Dyeworks	Harpurhey SD854 014 53°30′32″N 2°13′19″W / 53.509°N 2.222°W

Notes: 1891-Harpurhey Printing Co, bleachers, dyers, finishers and calico printers

Havelock Mills	SJ 837 975 53°28′26″N 2°14′49″W / 53.474°N 2.247°W

Notes: 1891-Greenough, Occleston and Co, smallware

Heaton Mills	Blackley SD 844 046 53°32′17″N 2°14′13″W / 53.538°N 2.237°W

Notes: 1891-Whittaker and Harwood, silk and cotton yarn dyers

Holt Town Works	SJ 862 986 53°29′02″N 2°12′32″W / 53.484°N 2.209°W

Hope Mills	Pollard Street, Ancoats SJ 857 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′01″W / 53.483°N 2.217°W

-	Notes: Grade II* listed building Built 1824 for Joseph Clarke and Sons, with later 19th and 20th century additions and alterations.

Jackson Street Mills	SJ847 976 53°28′30″N 2°13′55″W / 53.475°N 2.232°W

-	Notes: 1891-Jackson Street Spinning Co, 85,000 spindles

Knutsford Vale Works	SJ875 956 53°27′25″N 2°11′24″W / 53.457°N 2.190°W

Levenshulme Works	SJ 883 946 53°26′53″N 2°10′41″W / 53.448°N 2.178°W

Notes: 1891-Thomas Boyd and Co, calico and muslin printers

Little Green Works	Collyhurst Road, Collyhurst SD 849 001 53°29′49″N 2°13′44″W / 53.497°N 2.229°W

Notes: 1891-John Walton, Little Green Dye Works, dyer and finisher

Little Mill	Murray Mills	Jersey Street, Ancoats SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W	1908	110

-	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Murray Mills complex Built in 1908 on site of earlier mill (c.1820). Earliest mill in Greater Manchester built to use mains electricity as principal power source.

Lloydsfield Mill	Miles Platting SJ 856 991 53°29′17″N 2°13′05″W / 53.488°N 2.218°W

-	Notes:

Macintosh's Mill see:Cambridge Street India Rubber Works	Chorlton-on-Medlock	1837	181

McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex	Redhill Street, 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.

Marslands Mill	Cambridge St/Chester St, Chorlton SJ 840 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′35″W / 53.472°N 2.243°W

-	Notes: Part of Chorlton Mill complex Grade II listed building

Maskrey Mill, later Marlborough Mill	Union Street, Ardwick SJ855975 53°28′26″N 2°13′08″W / 53.474°N 2.219°W	1810s/20s	1950s/60s

Notes: To 1828, William Maskrey. 1830s-70s, Thomas Barton and Sons.

Medlock Mill	SJ 838 973 53°28′19″N 2°14′46″W / 53.472°N 2.246°W

Monsall Mills	Newton Heath SD 863 009 53°30′18″N 2°12′29″W / 53.505°N 2.208°W

Notes: 1891-William Hall and Co, yarn dyers, printers, winders, warpers and bleachers

Moston Mill	Moston SD 885 027 53°31′16″N 2°10′30″W / 53.521°N 2.175°W

Notes: 1891-Samuel Barlow and Co Ltd, yarn dyers and printers

Murrays' Mills complex	Murray Street, Ancoats

Notes: Old Mill 1798 Decker Mill 1799 New Mill 1802 Murray Street Block 1804 Doubling/Fireproof Mill 1842 Little Mill (rebuilt) 1908 1891-A.

Murray Street Block	SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W	1804	214

-	Notes:

New Mill	Murray Mills	Jersey Street, Ancoats SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W	1802	216

-	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Murray Mills complex

New Old Mill see Royal Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats, SJ 850 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W / 53.483°N 2.228°W	1912	106

Newton Silk Mill	Holyoak Street, Newton Heath SD 882 007 53°30′11″N 2°10′44″W / 53.503°N 2.179°W	1832	186

-	Notes: Grade II listed building Now office accommodation

Old Mill	Murray Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats SJ 851 986 53°29′02″N 2°13′34″W / 53.484°N 2.226°W	1798	220

-	Notes: Grade II* listed building (with Decker Mill) Part of Murray Mills complex

Old Mill, Henry Street	McConnel and Kennedy Mills SJ 849 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′44″W / 53.483°N 2.229°W	1798	220

Notes: Built for James McConnel and John Kennedy With 8 floors and an area of 650 square yards. Gas lighting was installed in 1809 by Boulton & Watt.

Paragon Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats SJ 849 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′44″W / 53.483°N 2.229°W	1912	106

-	Notes: Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex Grade II* listed building

Phoenix Mill	Piercy street, Ancoats SJ 855 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′12″W / 53.482°N 2.220°W

Notes: (Room and Power) Doubling 1891-W. Richardson, 5000 spindles and William Wild and Son, 6,000 spindles

Piccadilly Mill aka Drinkwater's Mill	SJ 845 979 53°28′41″N 2°14′06″W / 53.478°N 2.235°W	1780s

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.

Pin Mill	Fairfield Street, Ardwick SJ 856 976 53°28′30″N 2°13′05″W / 53.475°N 2.218°W

Notes: 1891-John H. Gartside and Co, Limited, 905 looms

Redhill Street Mills see McConnel and Kennedy Mills	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats, SJ850985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W / 53.483°N 2.228°W	1818	200

Reservoir Mill	Beswick SJ 865 987 53°29′06″N 2°12′18″W / 53.485°N 2.205°W

Notes: 1891-Richard Johnson, 240 looms

Rhodes Mill	SJ 857 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′01″W / 53.482°N 2.217°W

Royal Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Redhill St, Ancoats SJ 849 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′44″W / 53.483°N 2.229°W	1912	106

-	Notes: Grade II* listed building Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex Renamed from New Old Mill after visit from HM King George, 19 November 1942.

Salvin's Factory	Ancoats, SJ 852 984 53°28′55″N 2°13′26″W / 53.482°N 2.224°W	c1788

Sedgwick Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats SJ 850 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W / 53.483°N 2.228°W	1818	200

-	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex Designed by James Lowe 8 storey, 17 bay.

Sedgwick New Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats SJ850985 53°28′59″N 2°13′41″W / 53.483°N 2.228°W	1912	106

Notes: Grade II listed building Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex

Shudehill Mill	Shudehill SJ844989 53°29′13″N 2°14′13″W / 53.487°N 2.237°W	1782	1940	158

Notes: 1940-Destroyed by bombing

Smedley Vale Dye Works	SD850011 53°30′22″N 2°13′41″W / 53.506°N 2.228°W

Notes: 1891-James Ashworth

Smedley Works	SD850 012 53°30′25″N 2°13′41″W / 53.507°N 2.228°W

Soho Iron Works Site	SJ 855 983 53°28′52″N 2°13′12″W / 53.481°N 2.220°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.

Spectator Mill	Spectator Street, Beswick

Notes: Grade II listed building Silk Mill, built early to mid 19th century

Supreme Mills	SJ 852987 53°29′06″N 2°13′30″W / 53.485°N 2.225°W

Talbot Mill	SJ 827974 53°28′23″N 2°15′43″W / 53.473°N 2.262°W

Notes: 1891-J. and E. Waters and Co

Ten Acres Mill	SD873 003 53°29′56″N 2°11′35″W / 53.499°N 2.193°W

Notes: 1891-Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Co, Ltd, 930 looms

Thistle Mill	Harpurhey SD855 021 53°30′54″N 2°13′12″W / 53.515°N 2.220°W

Notes: 1891-J. Paterson and Co, 245 looms

Union Mill	SJ861 988 53°29′10″N 2°12′40″W / 53.486°N 2.211°W

Notes: 1891-C. E. Bennett and Co, together with Bengal Mill, 16,000 spindles

Victoria Mill	William Holland	Lower Vickers Street, Miles Platting SJ 859 993 53°29′24″N 2°12′50″W / 53.490°N 2.214°W	1867, 1873

-	Notes: Grade II* listed building Alongside the Rochdale Canal and Varley Street, Victoria Mill was constructed for William Holland, of the Adelphi Mill, Salford.

Victoria Mills	Ancoats, SJ 856 985 53°28′59″N 2°13′05″W / 53.483°N 2.218°W

Waterside Works	SD 839 034 53°31′37″N 2°14′38″W / 53.527°N 2.244°W

Waulk Mill aka Doubling Mill/Fireproof Mill	Murray Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats SJ 861 988 53°29′10″N 2°12′40″W / 53.486°N 2.211°W	1842	176

-	Notes: Grade II* listed building Part of Murrays' Mills complex

Wellington Mill	Pollard Street, Ancoats SJ 859 987 53°29′06″N 2°12′50″W / 53.485°N 2.214°W

Notes: 1891-Bazley Brothers, 47,350 spindles

Wellington Mill	Newton Heath SD 866 003 53°29′56″N 2°12′11″W / 53.499°N 2.203°W

Notes: 1891-Joseph Holt and Sons, 334 looms

Wellington Mills	Bridgewater Street, Castlefield SJ 832 976 53°28′33″N 2°15′17″W / 53.4759°N 2.2546°W	1912	106

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York Mill	SJ 845 983 53°28′52″N 2°14′06″W / 53.481°N 2.235°W

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