# List of mills in Longdendale and Glossopdale

Mills in Glossop, Derbyshire and Tintwistle, Cheshire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, and were powered by the water of the River Etherow and its tributaries. As the industry developed, the mills changed hands, were demolished, were converted to use steam, or consolidated into larger units. They changed their names and their functions. Water-powered mills were smaller than the later steam-powered mills found in Greater Manchester.
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## The mills

| Name | Owner | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
| Albion Mill | John Gartside and Co. | Hollingworth | | | |
| Arrowscroft Mill | John Gartside and Co. | Hollingworth , 53°27′43″N 1°59′33″W﻿ / ﻿53.4619°N 1.9926°W﻿ / 53.4619; -1.9926﻿ ("Arrowscroft Mill") | | | |
| Armfield | William Buckley | Arnfield Brook 53°28′27″N 1°58′53″W﻿ / ﻿53.4741°N 1.9814°W﻿ / 53.4741; -1.9814﻿ ("Armfield") | 1828 | | 20 |
| | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged |
| Arnfield Tower | | | | | |
| Arundel Street Mill | | | | | |
| Barrack The Hope Top Higher Water Wards | Robert Bennett | Shelf Brook | 1807 | | 72 |
| | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire |
| Waterside and Bridge inc. Eleven Bay Mill inc.Garden Mill inc.Nine Holes inc.Crystal Palace inc.Old Corn Mill inc.Chimney Mill inc.Reservoir Mill | Turner and Thornley John and William Sidebottom John Gartside and Co.- purchased 1899 | River Etherow, 53°28′08″N 1°58′21″W﻿ / ﻿53.4689°N 1.9724°W﻿ / 53.4689; -1.9724﻿ ("Waterside and Bridge inc. Eleven Bay Mill inc.Garden Mill inc.Nine Holes inc.Crystal Palace inc.Old Corn Mill inc.Chimney Mill inc.Reservoir Mill") | 1760 | 1976 | 135 |
| Boggart | Joseph Lyne | Glossop Brook | 1817 | | 207 |
| | Notes: Under Edmund Potter became Potters Dinting Vale Printworks | Notes: Under Edmund Potter became Potters Dinting Vale Printworks | Notes: Under Edmund Potter became Potters Dinting Vale Printworks | Notes: Under Edmund Potter became Potters Dinting Vale Printworks | Notes: Under Edmund Potter became Potters Dinting Vale Printworks |
| Bottoms Mill Bottom Lodge Mill | John Turner | River Etherow 53°28′13″N 1°57′53″W﻿ / ﻿53.4703°N 1.9646°W﻿ / 53.4703; -1.9646﻿ ("Bottoms Mill Bottom Lodge Mill") | 1795 | 1870 | 75 |
| | Notes: Submerged under Bottoms Reservoir | Notes: Submerged under Bottoms Reservoir | Notes: Submerged under Bottoms Reservoir | Notes: Submerged under Bottoms Reservoir | Notes: Submerged under Bottoms Reservoir |
| Braddock's Mill Mouse Nest | James Braddock | Padfield Brook | 1811 | | 49 |
| Brookside | | | | | |
| Bridge End Fulling | 4 partners | Glossop Brook | 1780 | | 244 |
| | Notes: Start of Howardtown Mill | Notes: Start of Howardtown Mill | Notes: Start of Howardtown Mill | Notes: Start of Howardtown Mill | Notes: Start of Howardtown Mill |
| Bridge Field | John Garlick | Gnat Hole Brook | 1784 | | 91 |
| | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire |
| Brookfield Shepley | Samuel Shepley | Glossop Brook | 1818 | | |
| Burymewick | John Shaw | Gnat Hole Brook | 1805 | | 219 |
| Bleach Works River Etherow Bleach Works | | River Etherow , 53°27′41″N 1°59′11″W﻿ / ﻿53.4614°N 1.9863°W﻿ / 53.4614; -1.9863﻿ ("River Etherow ") | | | |
| Broadbottom Mills Broad Mills | Joe and George Sidebottom | Broadbottom | 1793 | | 231 |
| Bridge | James Sidebottom Tom Harrop | Tintwistle 53°28′08″N 1°58′21″W﻿ / ﻿53.4689°N 1.9724°W﻿ / 53.4689; -1.9724﻿ ("Bridge ") | 1854 | 1953 | 45 |
| | Notes: Comm. 5 June 1899 fire 1953 derelict | Notes: Comm. 5 June 1899 fire 1953 derelict | Notes: Comm. 5 June 1899 fire 1953 derelict | Notes: Comm. 5 June 1899 fire 1953 derelict | Notes: Comm. 5 June 1899 fire 1953 derelict |
| Best Hill Marsland | Kelsall and Marsland | Broadbottom, | 1793 | | 231 |
| Bank Bottom | | Hadfield | | | |
| | Notes: converted Henry Wyatt 1895 | Notes: converted Henry Wyatt 1895 | Notes: converted Henry Wyatt 1895 | Notes: converted Henry Wyatt 1895 | Notes: converted Henry Wyatt 1895 |
| Brown's Bleach Works | Thomas and William Brown | Crowden | before 1846 | | |
| Bent Meadows Mill | | River Etherow Hollingworth | | | |
| Bankwood Botany | | Broadbottom | William Wardlaw | | |
| Chadwick | | | | | |
| Chew Wood | Rowbottom | Chisworth 53°24′30″N 2°00′52″W﻿ / ﻿53.4082°N 2.0145°W﻿ / 53.4082; -2.0145﻿ ("Chisworth") | 1795 | | 167 |
| | Notes: A wool carding and scrubbing mill managed by the Rowbottoms. Mill powered by water from Alma Coal Pit. | Notes: A wool carding and scrubbing mill managed by the Rowbottoms. Mill powered by water from Alma Coal Pit. | Notes: A wool carding and scrubbing mill managed by the Rowbottoms. Mill powered by water from Alma Coal Pit. | Notes: A wool carding and scrubbing mill managed by the Rowbottoms. Mill powered by water from Alma Coal Pit. | Notes: A wool carding and scrubbing mill managed by the Rowbottoms. Mill powered by water from Alma Coal Pit. |
| Clough | | | | | |
| Compstall | Edward and James Andrew Andrew Bruckshaw &Co 1902 Calico Printers Assoc. 1934 Graveside &Co | Etherow | before 1828 | | |
| | Notes: Compstall Lily Waterwheel | Notes: Compstall Lily Waterwheel | Notes: Compstall Lily Waterwheel | Notes: Compstall Lily Waterwheel | Notes: Compstall Lily Waterwheel |
| Coobes | | | | | |
| Charlestown | Charles Hadfield | Gnat Hole Brook | 1792 | | 170 |
| | Notes: Became John Waltons Closed | Notes: Became John Waltons Closed | Notes: Became John Waltons Closed | Notes: Became John Waltons Closed | Notes: Became John Waltons Closed |
| Clarke's Mill | William Barber | Padfield Brook | 1803 | | |
| Cross Cliffe | John Newton | Hurst Brook | 1782–3 | | |
| | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire |
| Cowbrook | William Hadfield | Hurst Brook, 53°26′38″N 1°55′56″W﻿ / ﻿53.4440°N 1.9323°W﻿ / 53.4440; -1.9323﻿ ("Cowbrook") | 1801 | | 97 |
| Dalton's Print Works Bleaching Co. | | River Etherow Hollingworth | before 1816 | | |
| Dinting Vale Print Works | Joseph Lyne 1825 Edmund Potter | Dinting Vale | 1966 | | |
| Dinting Mill Logwood | Wagstaff Brothers | Glossop Brook | 1804–5 | | |
| | Notes: Passed to Potters, lower floor dye extraction, upper floors Day School | Notes: Passed to Potters, lower floor dye extraction, upper floors Day School | Notes: Passed to Potters, lower floor dye extraction, upper floors Day School | Notes: Passed to Potters, lower floor dye extraction, upper floors Day School | Notes: Passed to Potters, lower floor dye extraction, upper floors Day School |
| Gnat Hole (wool) | John Robinson | Gnat Hole Brook | 1790 | | 94 |
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| Hadfield Lodge | Thomas Thornley | Padfield Brook | before 1811 | | |
| Hawkshead Roofless Starkies | James Starkie | Shelf Brook 53°27′10″N 1°56′07″W﻿ / ﻿53.4528°N 1.9353°W﻿ / 53.4528; -1.9353﻿ ("Hawkshead Roofless Starkies") | 1791 | | |
| | Notes: Isaac Jackson 1905 | Notes: Isaac Jackson 1905 | Notes: Isaac Jackson 1905 | Notes: Isaac Jackson 1905 | Notes: Isaac Jackson 1905 |
| Holehouse | | | | | |
| Hodge Printworks | Samuel Matley 1872 Ledeboer Harry Alister Constable | Broadbottom | 1763 | | 190 |
| Hodge Hall Mill Moss Mill Bridge Mill, Broadbottom | Moss Bros. Joseph Beckett | Broadbottom | | | |
| Howardtown Mills | Wood | Howardtown 53°26′34″N 1°56′32″W﻿ / ﻿53.4428°N 1.9422°W﻿ / 53.4428; -1.9422﻿ ("Howardtown Mills") | | standing | |
| | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: |
| Hurst Mill | Robert Atherton | Hurst Brook, 53°26′36″N 1°55′38″W﻿ / ﻿53.4432°N 1.9271°W﻿ / 53.4432; -1.9271﻿ ("Hurst Mill") | 1799–1802 | | |
| Jumble Mill (wool) | John Robinson | | before 1790 | | |
| Jubilee | | | | | |
| Knott's | | | | | |
| Lymefield | John Marsland 1872 Edward Platt | Broadbottom 53°26′19″N 2°00′22″W﻿ / ﻿53.4385°N 2.0061°W﻿ / 53.4385; -2.0061﻿ ("Lymefield Broadbottom ") | before 1872 | standing | |
| | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: |
| Longdendale Works | John Walton | River Etherow Woolley Bridge , 53°27′41″N 1°59′01″W﻿ / ﻿53.4615°N 1.9835°W﻿ / 53.4615; -1.9835﻿ ("River Etherow Woolley Bridge ") | | | |
| Lower Mill | William Barber | Padfield Brook | 1804 | | 59 |
| Mersey Mills Rhodes Bottom Mill | Thomas and Ames Rhodes 1928 Lancashire Cotton Corp. | River Etherow Woolley Bridge, 53°27′40″N 1°59′04″W﻿ / ﻿53.4610°N 1.9845°W﻿ / 53.4610; -1.9845﻿ ("Mersey Mills Rhodes Bottom Mill") | 1846 | | 89 |
| Mill Town (Wood's Mill) | Thomas Shaw | Glossop Brook | 1803 | | 39 |
| | Notes: fire, Rebuilt as Woods Mill | Notes: fire, Rebuilt as Woods Mill | Notes: fire, Rebuilt as Woods Mill | Notes: fire, Rebuilt as Woods Mill | Notes: fire, Rebuilt as Woods Mill |
| Millbrook Millbrook House | Sidebottom | Hollingworth Brook | 1790 | 1882 | 92 |
| Meadow :Silk :Grove | Robert Shepley | Shelf Brook 53°27′00″N 1°56′04″W﻿ / ﻿53.4500°N 1.9344°W﻿ / 53.4500; -1.9344﻿ ("Meadow :Silk :Grove") | 1825 | Standing | 199 |
| | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: | Notes: |
| New Water | Robert Bennett | Shelf Brook | 1815 | | 58 |
| | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills |
| Old Paper Kidfield | Thomas Turner | Fair Vage Clough Crowden | before 1847 | | |
| Padfield Brook | Robert Lees | Padfield Brook | 1793 | | 7 |
| Primrose | Joseph Hadfield | Gnat Hole Brook | 1811 | | 61 |
| Red | | Hadfield | | | |
| Rolfe's Mill | William Sheppard | Shelf Brook | 1784 | | 23 |
| | Notes: Became cottages | Notes: Became cottages | Notes: Became cottages | Notes: Became cottages | Notes: Became cottages |
| Shepley | John Shepley | Shelf Brook, 53°26′34″N 1°57′15″W﻿ / ﻿53.4429°N 1.9541°W﻿ / 53.4429; -1.9541﻿ ("Shepley") | 1784–5 | | |
| Shepley Green Vale | Shepley of Charlesworth | Glossop Brook | 1784,1810 | | |
| Station Mill | Thomas and Edward Platt | Hadfield 53°27′44″N 1°57′51″W﻿ / ﻿53.4623°N 1.9643°W﻿ / 53.4623; -1.9643﻿ ("Station Mill") | 1855 | | 134 |
| | Notes: Became Wilmans closed 1989 | Notes: Became Wilmans closed 1989 | Notes: Became Wilmans closed 1989 | Notes: Became Wilmans closed 1989 | Notes: Became Wilmans closed 1989 |
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| Torside | | | | | |
| | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged | Notes: submerged |
| Tintwistle Rhodes Paradise | Thomas Thornley Thomas Rhodes | Etherow Tintwistle 53°28′12″N 1°57′28″W﻿ / ﻿53.4699°N 1.9578°W﻿ / 53.4699; -1.9578﻿ ("Etherow Tintwistle ") | 1770 | 1870 | 100 |
| | Notes: Submerged 1870 | Notes: Submerged 1870 | Notes: Submerged 1870 | Notes: Submerged 1870 | Notes: Submerged 1870 |
| Thread Mill | Benjamin Goodison | Shelf Brook | 1789 | | 109 |
| Thornley Mill | John Thornley | Padfield Brook | before 1820 | | |
| Tip Mill | Bennett Brothers | Gnat Hole Brook | 1791 | | 233 |
| | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington |
| Turn Lee | William Kershaw Edward Partington | Gnat Hole Brook | | | |
| | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington | Notes: incorporated into Olive and Partington |
| Valehouse Mill | Robert and John Thornley | River Etherow 53°28′35″N 1°56′51″W﻿ / ﻿53.4764°N 1.9475°W﻿ / 53.4764; -1.9475﻿ ("Valehouse Mill") | 1795 | | 72 |
| | Notes: sold for reservoir, and submerged | Notes: sold for reservoir, and submerged | Notes: sold for reservoir, and submerged | Notes: sold for reservoir, and submerged | Notes: sold for reservoir, and submerged |
| Warth Mill | Joseph Hallam | Shelf Brook | 1784–5 | | |
| | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills | Notes: Meadow Mills |
| Waterloo | Robert Bennett | Shelf Brook | 1807 | | 72 |
| | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire | Notes: fire |
| Whitfield | George Roberts | Gnat Hole Brook | 1802 | | 222 |
| Wrens Nest | Matthew Ellison | Glossop Brook 53°26′38″N 1°57′30″W﻿ / ﻿53.4438°N 1.9583°W﻿ / 53.4438; -1.9583﻿ ("Wrens Nest") | 1815 | standing | 140 |
| | Notes: A first mill was built here by Lord Howard but sold to the Ellisons. In 1822 Francis Sumner moved to Glossop (his step mother was an Ellison).He built the six storey mill and warehouses. At its peak it employed 1400. It had 123,000 spindles and 2541 looms. It ceased training after a fire in 1955. | Notes: A first mill was built here by Lord Howard but sold to the Ellisons. In 1822 Francis Sumner moved to Glossop (his step mother was an Ellison).He built the six storey mill and warehouses. At its peak it employed 1400. It had 123,000 spindles and 2541 looms. It ceased training after a fire in 1955. | Notes: A first mill was built here by Lord Howard but sold to the Ellisons. In 1822 Francis Sumner moved to Glossop (his step mother was an Ellison).He built the six storey mill and warehouses. At its peak it employed 1400. It had 123,000 spindles and 2541 looms. It ceased training after a fire in 1955. | Notes: A first mill was built here by Lord Howard but sold to the Ellisons. In 1822 Francis Sumner moved to Glossop (his step mother was an Ellison).He built the six storey mill and warehouses. At its peak it employed 1400. It had 123,000 spindles and 2541 looms. It ceased training after a fire in 1955. | Notes: A first mill was built here by Lord Howard but sold to the Ellisons. In 1822 Francis Sumner moved to Glossop (his step mother was an Ellison).He built the six storey mill and warehouses. At its peak it employed 1400. It had 123,000 spindles and 2541 looms. It ceased training after a fire in 1955. |
| Waterside | Sidebottom Family | Hadfield , 53°28′00″N 1°58′19″W﻿ / ﻿53.4667°N 1.9719°W﻿ / 53.4667; -1.9719﻿ ("Hadfield ") | | | |
| White | | Padfield Brook , 53°27′51″N 1°58′01″W﻿ / ﻿53.4643°N 1.9669°W﻿ / 53.4643; -1.9669﻿ ("Padfield Brook ") | | 1950 | |
| Woolley | William & John Robert | Arnfield Brook 53°28′12″N 1°59′09″W﻿ / ﻿53.4699°N 1.9857°W﻿ / 53.4699; -1.9857﻿ ("Arnfield Brook") | 1840 | 1953 | 113 |
| | Notes: before 1840 | Notes: before 1840 | Notes: before 1840 | Notes: before 1840 | Notes: before 1840 |
| Woolley Bridge Lees | Henry Lees | River Etherow 53°27′29″N 1°59′14″W﻿ / ﻿53.4581°N 1.9871°W﻿ / 53.4581; -1.9871﻿ ("Woolley Bridge Lees") | 1825 | 1925 | 56 |
| | Notes: This was a medium-sized mill built in 1825 for cotton spinning, in the 1840s it employed 200 hands, it became Henry Lees & Son in 1870. In 1881 it was sold to George Fawcett, a basket and skip manufacturer.- in 1890 it became an iron works, then in 1903 a dye works but in 1908 it was a picture Palace it closed in 1925 and was demolished. | Notes: This was a medium-sized mill built in 1825 for cotton spinning, in the 1840s it employed 200 hands, it became Henry Lees & Son in 1870. In 1881 it was sold to George Fawcett, a basket and skip manufacturer.- in 1890 it became an iron works, then in 1903 a dye works but in 1908 it was a picture Palace it closed in 1925 and was demolished. | Notes: This was a medium-sized mill built in 1825 for cotton spinning, in the 1840s it employed 200 hands, it became Henry Lees & Son in 1870. In 1881 it was sold to George Fawcett, a basket and skip manufacturer.- in 1890 it became an iron works, then in 1903 a dye works but in 1908 it was a picture Palace it closed in 1925 and was demolished. | Notes: This was a medium-sized mill built in 1825 for cotton spinning, in the 1840s it employed 200 hands, it became Henry Lees & Son in 1870. In 1881 it was sold to George Fawcett, a basket and skip manufacturer.- in 1890 it became an iron works, then in 1903 a dye works but in 1908 it was a picture Palace it closed in 1925 and was demolished. | Notes: This was a medium-sized mill built in 1825 for cotton spinning, in the 1840s it employed 200 hands, it became Henry Lees & Son in 1870. In 1881 it was sold to George Fawcett, a basket and skip manufacturer.- in 1890 it became an iron works, then in 1903 a dye works but in 1908 it was a picture Palace it closed in 1925 and was demolished. |
All registered in Annals of Glossop.