List of Shaw and Crompton Mills

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Below is a full list of cotton mills known to have existed in the town of Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, England.

1 A to E
2 F to J
3 K to O
4 P to U
5 V to Z
6 Key
7 References and Citations

[edit] A to E

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Ash	Wild & Collins	Jubilee Street	1883	1985	101
Image Pending	Notes: Ash Spinning Co. Ltd's 'Ash' mill was one of two mills in Shaw that was built twice. The original attempt blew down in a gale two months before it was completed. Regardless of this the mill was still finished by its deadline at cost of GBP20,000. The mill was extended twice in 1886 and 1920 respectively. It ceased production in 1984 and was demolished the following year. Ash's employees were transferred to Grape mill in Royton. After lying empty for 12 years the site is now occupied by approximately one seventh of Littlewoods' Shaw National Distribution Centre.
Beal	UNKNOWN	Beal Lane	<1832	c.1875	c.43
Image Pending	Notes: In its relatively short life this original Beal mill was operated by many different companies. William Taylor and Robinson & Co with the former still present in 1852 and later William Nutter and Co were documented to run the mill in 1861. Upon its demise in 1875 a company called Marsden and Berry were running the mill. Presently the site is occupied by Shaw Sheet Metal Co. Ltd.
Beal	Joseph Stott	George Street	1889	1933	44
Image Pending	Notes: Built and operated by Beal Spinning Co. Ltd until its demolition. Some facts: • It was built at a cost of GBP32,704 with a further cost of GBP41,349 for machinery and funishings. • It burnt an average of 70 tons of coal each week at a price of 8s a ton. • It employed approximately 150 men and 75 women. • It consumed 130 'good American quality' bails of cotton each week. • There were 10,000 shareholders in the company at the cost of GBP10 a share. The 19,070 sq. yard site was occupied for some time by a company called Buckton which constructed roads and buildings until it too was, somewhat ironically, demolished and the land redeveloped for a small housing estate which was completed in the 1990s.
Briar	P.S. Stott	Beal Lane	1906	N/A	101+
	Notes: Built and operated by Briar Mill Ltd. Which became bankrupt and refloated as Briar Mill (1920) Ltd. Sometime in the mid 1950s it was occupied by Lancashire Cotton Corporation and later Courtaulds Ltd. in 1964. It ceased all cotton production in 1988 when it was converted for warehousing and distribution of catalogue items by a company which was then known as J.D. Williams Ltd. The company also purchased neighbouring Lilac Mill and constructed a bridge to join Briar's second floor to Lilac's first floor. In the early 2000s, operation of the mill transferred to Fulfillment Logistics, a division of J.D. Williams, who continue to use the complex for the same purpose. In the 1980s Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah was paid GBP7000 to demolish Briar mill's chimney one brick at a time. His efforts and dare-devil methods are documented in the his autobiographic BBC TV series 'The Fred Dibnah Story.
Brook / Crompton Fold	UNKNOWN	Buckstones Road	c.1790	c.1852	c.62
Image Pending	Notes: The mills earliest records show it to have been built and owned by James Milne of Park House and occupied in 1832 by Samuel Lord who upgraded the mill with a 14 hp steam engine. In 1852, Taylor and Greeves were shown as the mill owners but evidently they weren't very prosperus as production ceased soon afterwards. The mill is shown on the 1849 Tithe map of the area. In 1908 the land had been given by James Milne to the Church of England who built a sister church to St. James East Crompton on the site and called it St. Saviours Crompton Fold. The Church and its very pleasant setting still remain almost 100 years later.
Cape	P.S. Stott	Refuge Street	1900	1993	93
Image Pending	Notes: Cape Mill was the last mill in Shaw and Crompton to have a chimney, which was felled, at the time of its demolition, by steeplejack Fred Dibnah. This event was filmed and featured in his autobiographic TV series 'The Fred Dibnah Story'. The site remained empty for several years after the mills' demolition as the Cape Bowling club continued to use the nearby green. The whole site is now occupied by a brand new housing estate.
Clough	UNKNOWN	Mark Lane	1800	1990	190
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Clough	UNKNOWN	Mark Lane	1835	1934	99
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Cocker / Diamond Rope Works	UNKNOWN	Cocker Mill Lane	<1832	1994	>162
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Cowlishaw / Victoria	UNKNOWN	Scowcroft Lane	<1789	1940	>151
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Dawn	P.S. Stott	Eastway	1901	2006	105
	Notes: Built on the site of Shaw Mill at the 'dawn' of the 20th century Dawn mill, up until 2005, was home to distribution company DTS Logistics and used for storing and distributing clothing. It was demolished in 2006 to make way for an ASDA supermarket. Although its main gates were located on Eastway, the mill semi-occupied the self titled 'Dawn Street' formerly known as 'Newtown' when Shaw Mill was built there.
Dee	P.S. Stott	Cheetham Street	1907	1984	77
Image Pending	Notes: The site is now occupied by approximately one seventh of Littlewoods' Shaw National Distribution Centre after the company purchased the land in 1984 and demolished it and neighbouring Ash mill. It technically wasn't completely demolished until 1996, its protected engine house was the only thing stopping further development to the site for over ten years.
Duchess	Wild & Collins	Duchess Street	1884	1960	76
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Duke	Joseph Stott	Refuge Street	1883	N/A	124+
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Elm / Newby	Joseph Stott	Linney Lane	1890	N/A	116+
	Notes: Opened as Elm mill in 1890 but the name was later changed to Newby. The mill is currently part of Littlewoods' Shaw National Distribution Centre who have adapted it for warehousing and bulk storge for their catalogue distribution operations. It's linked by a new building to Lily (No.2) mill and by a bridge to a newer building that occupies the site of Rutland mill. Signs of its cotton heritage can still be seen including its engine house with original crane system which is still largely intact. Although named 'Shaw 3' by the company its official mill name 'Newby' is still effectionately used by workers at the site. 'Elm' is never used and most people, both workers and local residents, would be unaware of this original name.

[edit] F to J

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Fern	Joseph Stott	Siddal Street	1884	1983	99
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Greenfield	UNKNOWN	Greenfield Lane	1776-1778	1945	169
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Hawk	A. Turner	Store Street	1908	1991	83
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[edit] K to O

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Laneside	UNKNOWN	Grains Road	1817	>1875	>58
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Lilac	P.S. Stott	Beal Lane	1918	N/A	89+
Image Pending	Notes: The building of Lilac actually began in 1914. The first attempt was thwarted by gale force winds on 14 September of that year which brought the predominantly iron structure to the ground with a thundering crash that could be heard for miles around. Fortunately no one was working there at the time and so there were no casualties. ^[1] The second attempt was completed by 1918 by which time its original purpose for cotton had become a lower priority to World War I and it was initially used as a factory for assembling aircraft components. Finally it became used for spinning cotton in the following year. ^[2] Lilac, along with Park Mill was the last mill in Shaw and Crompton to spin cotton in 1989. Currently part of JD Williams Co Ltd National Distribution Centre it has been adapted for offices and warehousing, linking in 2000 on two levels to the company's new highbay automated warehouse. The building is currently run by Fulfillment Logistics as a warehouse for the JD Williams catalogue order operation. It's linked by a bridge to Briar mill.
Lily (No.1)	G. Stott	Linney Lane	1904	N/A	103+
	Notes: Currently part of Littlewoods' Shaw National Distribution Centre who have adapted the mill for offices and warehousing for their catalogue distribution operations. It's linked on four levels to Lily (No.2) mill by a massive bridge. Workers based here seldomly refer to this mill as Lily or Lily 1 instead preferring to use the term 'Shaw 1'.
Lily (No.2)	G. Stott	Linney Lane	1918	N/A	89+
	Notes: Currently part of Littlewoods' Shaw National Distribution Centre who have adapted the mill for warehousing and bulk storge for their catalogue distribution operations. It's linked on four levels to Lily (No.1) mill by a massive bridge and to Newby (Elm) mill by a newer building. It's also linked on one level by another huge bridge to the company's new sorting centre built on the site of the Dee, Ash and Vale mills. Workers based here seldomly refer to this mill as Lily or Lily 2 instead preferring to use the term 'Shaw 2'.
Lyon	UNKNOWN	High Street	<1852	1929(BD)	77
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Moorfield	Joseph Stott	Durden Street	1876	1974	98
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Moss Hey / Ivor	UNKNOWN	Beal Lane	<1789	1972(BD)	183
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New Mill	UNKNOWN	Rochdale Road	1846	1884	38
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New Mill (Rebuilt)	UNKNOWN	Rochdale Road	1884	1926(BD)	42
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Old Brox	UNKNOWN	Rochdale Road	1789	1819(BD)	30
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Old Brox (Rebuilt)	UNKNOWN	Rochdale Road	1819	1906	87
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Oak / Tom Taylors	UNKNOWN	Moor Street	1863	1937	74
Image Pending	Notes: A terrace building on Moor Street, which was the original lodge for this mill, still exists and is privately owned.

[edit] P to U

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Park	UNKNOWN	Milnrow Road	1834	1991	157
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Rutland	F.W. Dixon & Son	Linney Lane	1907	1993	86
Image Pending	Notes: Built and run by Rutland Mill Ltd. until it was absorbed, along with many other Crompton based mill companies, into the Courtaulds Group in 1964. In the late 1980s, as Courtaulds moved operations to other parts of the world, the mill was bought by Littlewoods.^[3] Under the Littlewoods name it was run as warehousing for a short time before it was demolished and replaced by a new automated storage warehouse. A section of the North-West wall still remains, complete with painted white brick, and is supporting the incline of the entrance road.
Sandy Lane	UNKNOWN	Rochdale Road	>1863	1975	>112
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Sandy Lane (No.2)	UNKNOWN	Rochdale Road	>1878	1975	>97
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Shaw Edge	UNKNOWN	Oldham Road	>1818	<1845	c.27
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Shaw Lane	UNKNOWN	High Street	>1844	1900	c.56
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Shaw Mill	UNKNOWN	Newtown	1820	>1890	>70
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Shaw Spinning	J. Wild	Salts Street	1875	1972	97
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Shaw Side / Irk	UNKNOWN	Oldham Road	<1832	>1980	c.148
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Smallbrook	J. Wild	Nolan Street	1875	1964	89
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Springhill	UNKNOWN	Thornham Road	1846	1938	92
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Trent	F.W. Dixon & Son	Duchess Street	1908	1967-1969	61
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[edit] V to Z

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Vale / Crompton Spinning Co.	UNKNOWN	Beal Lane	1861	1934	73
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Woodend	UNKNOWN	Smallbrook Road	>1838	1920 (BD)	82
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Wye	A. Turner & Son	Napier Street	1914	1974	60
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Wye (No.2)	A. Turner & Son	Napier Street	1925	1974	49
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[edit] Key

'<' = Earlier Than,
'>' = Later Than
'c.' = Circa (About)
'BD' = Burnt Down

[edit] References and Citations

^ Frances Stott (1996). The Changing Face of Crompton, Oldham Education & Leisure. ISBN 0-902809-38-5.
^ Frances Stott (1996). The Changing Face of Crompton, Oldham Education & Leisure. ISBN 0-902809-38-5.
^ Hunt & Stott (1988). Looking back at Crompton, Oldham Leisure Services. ISBN 0-902809-17-2