This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Derbyshire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, in the Derwent Valley by Arkwright and Strutt and were powered by the water of the River Derwent. The abundance of water from the River Etherow and its tributaries, led to mills being built in Longdendale and Glossopdale. Similarly along the River Wye in Millers Dale. 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. Parts of Derbyshire have been subsumed into Stockport.
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| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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| Bath Street Mill | Derby | ||||
| Queen Street Mill | Derby | ||||
| Lombe's Mill | Derby | ||||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litton Mill | SK161729[1] | ||||
| Cressbrook Mills | SK173726[1] | ||||
| Rowsley Mill | |||||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George’s Works (Wellington New Mill) | [2] | ||||
| Grove Paper Mill | |||||
| Ned Mill | [2] | ||||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Mill | Rowarth [2] | ||||
| Grove Mill | Rowarth | ||||
| Notes: A print works[1][2] | |||||
| Froggatt’s Mill | Rowarth [2] | ||||
| Lower Mill | Rowarth [2] | ||||
| Little Mill | Rowarth SK011889 | 1930 | |||
| Notes: The oldest known mill in the New Mills area built between the inn and the brook. It was two-storey building powered by a waterwheel. The remains were swept away by the flood of 18 June 1930.[1][2][2] | |||||
| Ringstones (Alma Mount) | Rowarth [2] | ||||
| Bate Mill | Thornsett SK 007868 | ||||
| Notes: 1889:Bleachers and Dyers[2][3] | |||||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torr Vale Mill aka Stafford's Mill Lowe’s Mill |
The Torrs, New Mills SJ999854 | 1788 | **** | 212 | |
| Notes: [2] | |||||
| Torr Mill, aka Schofield's Mills |
The Torrs, New Mills | 1838 | 1912 | 74 | |
| Notes: Spindlelage:(1811)14 mules, 2802 spindles,(1848) 20 mules, 13,792 spindles, Boiler by Butterley. The first mill was built in 1794 by Samuel Schofield, for cotton spinning. It was powered by water. It was burnt down on 22 October 1838 while being operated by John Sheldon.The second bigger five storey mill was built immediately on the same site. A chimney was added in 1846, suggesting that this mill was operated by steam and water.The mill was occupied by Josiah Mellor and John Roberts until 1857, when it passed to Messrs Hibbert and Alcock cotton spinners. In June 1873, the mill was floated with capital of 4000.00 as a co-operative venture known as the Torr Mill Spinning Company. In 1883 a new boiler was installed. The mill became unviable in 1900 and the machinery removed.Two further firms attempted to use the mill but it was destroyed by fire on 2 December 1912. The leat for this mill passed under the Queens Road bridge and in a trough over the River Sett, and the tail race continued downstream under the Union Road bridge. Torrs Hydro has been built on the site.[2][4][5] | |||||
| Rock Mill, aka Crowther's Mill | The Torrs, New Mills [2] | ||||
| Hague Bar (Hague/Haigh) Mill | [2] | ||||
| Strines Printworks | Strines, Marple [2] | ||||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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| Hyde Bank (Beard) (Goddard Mill) | Hide Bank, New Mills SK001856 | 1785 | Standing | 227 | |
| Notes: The first mill was a woollen mill which burnt down. This four storey gritstone former cotton mill,on Hyde Bank Road straddling the River Sett dates from the early 19th century.The mill used to be a finishing mill for W S Lowe & Sons, but has been shut for a number of years. It has now been converted into flats and the bridge on the left is a recent replacement. The first cotton spinning mill was constructed in 1785 prior to that an early woollen and fulling occupied the site. Now in multiple occupation.[2][6] | |||||
| Birch Vale Printworks | SK 020868 , [2] | ||||
| Garrison Works | Thornsett, SK 015869[2] | ||||
| London Place (Watford Bridge Printworks) | Sett Valley SK 005863 | ||||
| Notes: 1889:Calico printing.[2][3] | |||||
| Salem (Bower) Mill | SK002858 | ||||
| Notes:
Two storey gritstone buildings formerly a cotton mill of the 1780s and later a chemical works.Next to the medieval manorial corn mill. [2] |
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| Barnes Top Shop (Torr Top Mill) (Midland Ironworks) | [2] | ||||
| Grove (Wyatt’s) (Barnes) Mill | [2] | 1790 | |||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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| Brunswick Mill/Works | Newtown, New Mills SJ997849 | ||||
| Notes: 3 and 4 storey gritstone mill building (datestone 1883)on the Peak Forest Canal. Formerly a cotton mill, bought in 1868 by the Quaker, Edward Godward 1841–1908, who became the first chairman of New Mills UDC, in 1894. Spindleage 1887: 11,000 kitting and sewing cottons.It was extended and used as a sweet factory by Swizzels-Matlow.[1][2][3] | |||||
| Victoria Mill | Newtown, New Mills | 1860 | |||
| Notes: 1889: Josseph Froggatt & Son, 1,000 spindles.Victoria Mill was built in 1860 and when it closed in 1985 was the last cotton spinning mill to work in New Mills. It was partly destroyed by fire on 13-3-1986 and has subsequently been largely demolished. There is a picture of it just after the fire on the front of New Mills - A look back at its Industrial Heritage (1997).[2][3] | |||||
| Woodside (New Brunswick) Mill | Newtown, New Mills [2] | ||||
| Albion Mill | Newtown, New Mills SJ996848 | ||||
| Notes: – 3 and 4 storey gritstone mill building of 1859. This was the first of a group of mid 19th century cotton mills erected around the Peak Forest Canal.[1][2] | |||||
| Warks Moor Mill | Newtown, New Mills | ||||
| Notes: 1889: Francis Rowbottom, 8000 spindles[2][3] | |||||
| Redmoor Mill | Newtown, New Mills [2] | ||||
| Albert Mill | Newtown, New Mills | ||||
| Notes: 1889:Bleachers and Dyers and paper maker[2][3] | |||||
| Some of these mills are occupied by Swizells Matlow [7]. One mill was built about 1843,and part was destroyed by fire in 1983. Swizells Matlow's address is Albion Road | |||||
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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| Calver Mill | Calver, SK 247745[1] | ||||
| Brunt Mill | Longnor, SK085646 [8][1] | ||||
| Lumb Mill Lambs Hole |
Kettleshulme, SJ 988804[1] | ||||
| Edale Mill | Edale, SK 134854[1] | ||||
| Hayfield Fulling Mill | Hayfield, SK055863[1] | ||||
| Phoside Mill | Hayfield, SK037859[1] | ||||
| Primrose Mill | Hayfield, SK031880[1] | ||||
| Walk Mill | Hayfield, SK037870[1] | ||||
| Clough Mill | Little Hayfield SK032882 | ||||
| Notes: A former water powered and later steam powered textile mill. Converted to apartments 1989.[1] | |||||
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