Name |
Architect |
Location |
Built |
Demolished |
Served
(Years) |
Ace |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD897037 |
1914 |
**** |
53 |
|
Notes: [1][2] |
Acorn |
|
Union St, Chadderton, SD909038[2][3] |
c1860 |
c1916* |
|
Albion |
|
Bradshaw Street, Oldham [2][3] |
1884 |
1938 |
50 |
Alder Root |
|
Cowhill, Chadderton SD911048 |
c1860 |
c1883 |
|
|
Notes: See Glenby[2][4] |
Apex (Green Lane) |
|
Chadderton Coords |
1871 |
c1928 |
|
|
Notes: See Green Lane[2][4] |
Asia |
FW Dixon |
Clayton St, Chadderton SD912031 |
1904 |
1982 |
77 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 117,000 Platts. Engine:Buckley & Taylor[2][4] |
Avon (Landsdowne) |
|
Crompton St, Chadderton SD911052 |
1861 |
1937 |
75 |
|
Notes: See Lansdowne.Spindleage: (1915) 77,000 Platts. Engine:(1885) George Saxon,300hp, (1902)Buckley & Taylor,800hp. Built by John Walton for himself and Abraham Stott, sold to Mr Jackson Brierley and the Lansdown Spinning Co who extended it in 1885. Taken over by the Avon Spinning Company in 1901 and renamed. Serious fires 9 Dec 1921 and 25 Nov 1922.[2][5] |
Bank |
|
Crossley Bridge, Chadderton |
c1776 |
c1895* |
|
|
Notes: Built by Thomas Ashton[2][6] |
Baytree |
Stott and Sons |
Chadderton SD888053 |
1903 |
1985 |
56 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 97,000 Dobson & Barlow. Engine:George Saxon 1400hp [2][6][7] |
Bentfield |
|
Peel Street, Chadderton SD909049 |
1969 |
**** |
22 |
|
Notes: Single storey shed on site of Platt Brothers Hartfield Forge[2][6] |
Boundary |
|
Mills Hill Road, Chadderton SD889058 |
c1860 |
c1932 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 10,500 mule 3,500 ring. Engine:Scott and Hodgson 300hp.[2][8] |
Bower |
|
Henshaw Lane, Chadderton |
c1780 |
c1900 |
|
|
Notes: Water powered early mill converted into a rope works. By 1861, it was spinning cotton again before being converted into a glue works.[2][8] |
Busk |
P.S.Stott |
Chadderton SD913057 |
c1847 |
1931 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 23,624 ring; 10,000 doubling. Engine:(1906)J.&E. Wood 525hp[2][9] |
Butler Green |
A.H.Stott |
Chadderton SD905038 |
1863 |
1948 |
72 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 96,816 [2][9] |
Chadderton |
P.S. Stott |
Chadderton SD907045 |
1885 |
**** |
115 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 102,456 Platt. Engine:Hicks, Hargreaves and Co. 1100hp[2][10][11] |
Clarence |
Wild |
Chadderton |
c1869 |
1889 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1889) 78,590 Demolished and replaced with Wren Mill, and then Asda.[2][12] |
Clough |
|
Hunt Clough, Chadderton |
c1776 |
? |
|
|
Notes: A small water powered mill. There were also two Clough Mills in Shaw and one in Springhead.[2][10][11] |
Elk |
A Turner & Sons |
Chadderton SD911068 |
1926 |
1999 |
72 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1926) 107240 mule Platt. Engine: Parsons Steam Turbine. This was the last mule spinning mill to be erected in Lancashire, in 1926. It was extended in 1933 and stopped spinning 6th September 1974.[2][10][13] |
Falcon |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD911057 |
1885 |
**** |
74 |
|
Notes: This was a Chadderton's only weaving shed[2][10][14] |
Fernhurst |
A H Stott |
Chadderton SD911064 |
1905 |
2011 |
59 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915)112,524 Platts. Engine Browett & Lindley 1400hp. Extended in 1946, taken over by Cotton & Rayon Spinners Ltd.[2][10][14] |
Firwood |
|
Joshua Lane, Chadderton SD889051 |
c1844 |
1960 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915)14,376 mule, 500 looms. Built by James Cheetham by the Rochdale canal, did velvets and twills[2][14] |
Forge Mill (Stock Lane Mill) |
|
Chadderton SD908049 |
1858 |
1978* |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 24,048.Built by Higginson and Wallwork then sold to Bodden and Mercer. In 1875 changed name to Stock Lane, extended in 1912 and again in 1926.[2][10][14] |
Gem |
FW Dixon |
Chadderton SD904040 |
1901 |
**** |
36 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 115,000 Asa Lees. Engine:George Saxon 1700hp[2][10][15] |
Glebe |
|
Chadderton SD905030 |
1866 |
1973 |
104 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 127,600 mule,24336 ring, 300 doubling Platts/Howard&Bullough. Engine:(1871)W & J Yates 220hp, (1906) Scott & Hodgson 2500hp (1914)Scott & Hodgson 1250hp[2][16] |
Glenby |
|
Cowhill, Chadderton, SD911048[2][4] |
1885 |
1962 |
74 |
Gordon |
J Wild |
Elizabeth St, Chadderton SD901033 |
1884 |
c1968 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 66,000 Platts. Engine:Buckley & Taylor 1200hp[2][16] |
Gorse |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD897037 |
1908 |
**** |
51 |
|
Notes: Gorse (and Rugby) Mill, Chadderton The stair tower is carrying the obligatory crown of antennae. There is a scar on the other side where the engine house was demolished. Architect was P S Stott. Built 1908. Engine was 1600 hp Urmson & Thompson cross compound.[2][10][16] |
Grimshaw |
E Potts |
Chadderton SD888049 |
1874 |
c1946 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 47,472 Platts/Asa Lees.[2][17] |
Hawthorn |
|
Chadderton SD912057 |
1878 |
1971 |
92 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 92,000 Engine:George Saxon.800hp It was still powered by steam through a rope race when in closed in May 2000.[2][17] |
Junction |
E. Potts |
Chadderton SD890049 |
1874 |
2000* |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 73,572 Asa Lees Engine:George Saxon.1000hp Transferred to the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s.[2][5][10] |
Kent |
G Stott |
Victoria St, Chadderton SD912060 |
1908 |
1994 |
83 |
|
Notes: Cotton spinning mill built in 1908 by Kent Mill Ltd and latterly part of the Courtaulds Group. Architect was G Stott. 104,000 spindles. 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Mill closed 1991 and demolished 1994. The adjoining Manor Mill is still standing.[2][5][10] |
Lark |
F.W.Dixon |
Chadderton SD904041 |
1901 |
1938 |
37 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 109,704 Engine:George Saxon.1800hp [2][5] |
Laurel |
Stott & Son |
Chadderton SD889052 |
1905 |
1988 |
61 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 120,000, Hetherington Engine:George Saxon.1400hp [2][5] |
Logwood |
|
Mill Brow, Chadderton SD900068 |
c1859 |
c1923 |
|
|
Notes: Ancient corn mill converted into a dye works. Extended in 1905 [2][18] |
Magnet |
F.W.Dixon |
Denton Lane, Chadderton SD904046 |
1902 |
c1967 |
|
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Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 60,156 mule, 44,680 ring, Howard & Bullough Engine:George Saxon.1700hp [2][19] |
Malta |
F.W.Dixon |
Mills Hill Rd, Chadderton SD889088 |
1905 |
**** |
58 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 110,160 Platts. Engine:Buckley & Taylor 1200hp.Taken over by the LCC in the late 1940s.[2][10][19] |
Manor |
G. Stott |
Victoria, Chadderton SD911058 |
1906 |
**** |
84 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 91,136 Asa Lees Engine:George Saxon.1200hp. Ceased production in 1932, reopened by the LCC in 1940 [2][10][19] |
Melbourne |
|
Chadderton SD908053 |
1860 |
1980 |
99 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 86,206 Platts. Engine:J.Musgrave & Sons, 140hp, Buckley & Taylor 1300hp. Built in 1860 by the Oldham Cotton Spinning Co, one of the earliest Oldham Limiteds Refloated in 1923 as Melbourne Mills Ltd. [2][20] |
Melrose |
|
Chadderton SD906040 |
1869 |
c1942 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 40,000 [2][20] |
Mills Hill |
|
Corbrook Road, Chadderton [2][20] |
c1875 |
1909 |
|
Mona |
P.S.Stott |
Chadderton SD906043 |
1905 |
**** |
54 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 90,456 Platts. Engine:George Saxon.1400hp. [2][10][20] |
Nile |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD905043 |
1898 |
**** |
62 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 104,000 rings Platts. Engine:Buckley & Taylor 2000hp. When built, this was the largest ring spinning mill in the world. It was the last mill built with a beam engine, and the last to use vertical shafts and gears. An extra storey was added in 1905, the card room was extended in 1907 and further extensions in 1912 and 1914. [2][10][21] |
Oak |
T.Mitchell |
Spencer St, Chadderton Coords |
1874 |
1934 |
55 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 122,090 [2][22] |
Osborne |
Architect |
Robinson St, Chadderton SD914057 |
1853 |
1973 |
120 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 46,736. Built in 1853 by Robert Ogden & Co. Scene of an accident, 15th March 1875, when a ten year employee was burnt to death. Taken over in 1889 by the Osborne Mill Co Ltd, and extended in 1903 and in 1926, now residential. [2][10][22] |
Palm |
Potts, Pickup &Dixon |
Chadderton SD914057 |
1884 |
1928* |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 93,000 ring, 10,000 doubling. Platts/Howard & Bullough. Engines: Two Pollit & Wigzell, 1200hp in all. It was built on the site of the former Stockbrook Mill in 1884, as the first wholly ring mill in the district. An extra storey was added in 1899. [2][10][23] |
Ram (Orb) |
A H Stott
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD896041 |
1907 |
**** |
64 |
|
Notes: Pair of mills on Osborne and Waddington Streets. No. 1 (back)was by A H Stott in 1873, extended 1891 and 1900, closed 1968. 66,008 spindles in 1910.No. 2 was by P S Stott in 1912 with 54,720 spindles. Also closed 1968. No. 1 had Petrie engines and then from 1920 a C A Parsons turbine. No. 2 had a 1200 hp Hick, Hargreaves. Now in multiple occupation.[2][3][10] |
Ramsey |
F.W.Dixon |
Chadderton SD906042 |
1906 |
1979 |
28 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 90,000 Platts. Engine: Urmson & Thompson. [2][3] |
Raven |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD903042 |
1907 |
**** |
52 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 90,432 mule, 18,240 ring, Asa Lees. Engine:Buckley & Taylor 1500hp. [2][3][10] |
Richmond |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD907034 |
1889 |
1976 |
43 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 66,300 mule.Engine:Buckley & Taylor 1000hp. [2][3] |
Rose |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD904033 |
1885 |
**** |
61 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 45,972. Engine:Timoth Bates & Co. During construction 25th May 1885 there was an accident when the floors collapsed.[2][10][24] |
Rugby |
F.W.Dixon |
Chadderton SD896039 |
1908 |
**** |
77 |
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 113,613 Platts. Engine: George Saxon, 1200hp.[2][10][25] |
Rushbank |
J.Wild |
Chadderton SD906056 |
c1862 |
1974 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 60,625.Built by Edmund Whittaker who in order to expand bought the adjacent Springvale Mill. They were connected in 1922. [2][25] |
Spring (Shaw's) |
|
Chadderton SD905038 |
c1870 |
c1955 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 15,000. Doubling. From 1889 Joseph Shaw's company ran this mill. [2][10][26] |
Springbrook(e) |
|
Chadderton [2] |
c1875 |
c1985 |
|
Springfield Works |
|
Lansdowne Road, Chadderton SD895017 |
c1860 |
c1938 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 70,000. Built for Shaw& Butterworth. John Shaw continued to run the mill alone throughout his life. [2][10][26] |
Spring Vale |
|
Chadderton SD907056 |
c1865 |
1975 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1889) 13,000. Built by Mark Garfitt and others in the 1860s it was taken over by Edmund Whittaker & Sons of Rushbank Mill.There were extensions in 1900, 1912 and 1913 an s connecting llink with Rushbank Mill was built in 1922. The sites lie under the Asda store. [2][3] |
Stockbrook |
|
Chadderton SD914057 |
1791 |
1869 |
78 |
|
Notes: An early mill built in 1791 by John Smethurst.It had a 14hp steam engine in 1832 and closed in 1869, the site was later used for the building of Palm Mill. [2][3] |
Stockfield |
P S Stott |
Chadderton SD907052 |
1862 |
**** |
92 |
|
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 120,000 (with Vale). Engine: (1913) Buckley & Taylor. Built by J & T Heginbottom, taken over and extended by William Tylot of Vale Mill. Incorporated in 1897. Extended in 1912 and 1923. [1][2][10] |
Sun |
T. Mitchell |
Chadderton SD908052 |
1861 |
1986* |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 157,000. Engine:Scott and Hodgson 2500hp. A cooperative enterprise. Refloated by Limited in 1919.[2][10][27] |
Swan |
E. Potts |
Chadderton SD890047 |
1875 |
**** |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 106,956. Engine:Pollock & McNab 1000hp;Scott & Hodgson 1750. (1912) [2][10][27] |
Textile |
Pott, Pickup & Dixon |
Chadderton SD908052 |
1882 |
1996 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 98,436. Engine:Hicks, Hargreaves &Co 1300hp [2][10][27] |
United |
T Mitchell |
Chadderton SD909039 |
1874 |
1962 |
|
|
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 95,600 mule, 12,496 ring. Engine Timothy Bates &Co 1400hp (1902), Pollit & Wigzell 1800hp. [1][2][28] |
Vale |
|
Stockfield Road, Chadderton |
c1860 |
1964* |
|
|
Notes: Built for William Taylor &Brothers who operated the adjacent Stockfield Mill [1][2] |
Victoria |
|
Drury Lane, Chadderton SD906031 |
c1854 |
1973 |
|
|
Notes: Spindlelage (1889) 37000. Built by William Buckley, Taken over by Victoria Mill Co (Hollinwood) Ltd in 1903. Extended in 1940, destroyed by fire, though an old weaving shed was operating in 1985. [2][28][29] |
Waverley |
|
Milne St, Chadderton |
c1865 |
c1900 |
|
|
Notes: Spindlelage (1889) 17130 twist Engine 1882 Timothy Bates& Co.[2][29] |
Wren |
FW Dixon |
Milne St, Chadderton |
1901 |
c1970 |
|
|
Notes: Spinleage 1915 81704. Engine Buckley& Taylor 1800 hp. Now under ASDA.[2][12] |
Chadderton's Cotton Industry |