List of mills in Stockport

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This list of mills in Stockport, lists textile factories that have existed in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

From the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century, Stockport was a major centre of textile manufacture, particularly cotton spinning and hat making. During this period, the valleys of the River Mersey, River Tame and their tributaries were dominated by large rectangular brick-built factories, many of which still remain today as warehouses or converted for residential or retail use.

Standing Mills in Stockport

Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served
(Years)


(Adcroft) Hat Works Manor [1] Standing
Aqueduct Mill Marple North,  53°24′24″N 2°04′03″W / 53.4066°N 2.0675°W[1] Standing
Avondale Works Edgeley & Cheadle  [1]
Battersby Hat Works Manor [1]
Belmont Works Brinnington & Central  [1]
Botany Mill
see: Wellington Works
Bredbury ,  53°25′50″N 2°06′07″W / 53.4306°N 2.1019°W[2]
Brinksway Leather Works Edgeley & Cheadle  SJ879899 53°24′21″N 2°10′53″W / 53.405970°N 2.181277°W
Notes: three-storey hipped roof with short circular brick chimney[3]
Brinksway Bank Mill Edgeley & Cheadle  53°24′28″N 2°10′27″W / 53.4077°N 2.1742°W
Notes: A 50,000-spindle three-storey mill in existence in 1872. It was run by Samuel Moorhouse: then it became part of the Fine Spinners and Doublers Association.[4]
Brinksway Mill
aka Heaward's Mill
Edgeley & Cheadle  SJ884899 53°24′22″N 2°10′26″W / 53.405981°N 2.173755°W
Notes: North of the river was a four-storey mill with water tower at east corner: there was a three-storey extension. The chimney was octagonal.There are traces of a weir sluice and mill race. South of the river was a three-storey mill. The first mill north of the River Mersey was in existence in 1790.It was worked by from 1870 by J&G Waltew. It became part of the Fine Spinners and Doublers Association in 1930. [4]
Britannia Mill Reddish South 53°25′19″N 2°09′55″W / 53.4220°N 2.1654°W Standing
Notes: A weaving mill in use 1870s to 1930s, manufacturing shirtings and towels. 100–200 looms. Occupied by Reuben Fildes, the Robert Atkinson & Co and McKay Mills & Co.[5]
Broadhurst Street Hatworks Davenport & Cale Green [1]
Broadstone Mill Reddish South SJ 892,930 53°26′02″N 2°09′50″W / 53.434°N 2.164°W 1903 Standing 56
Notes: A double mill with twin chimneys, only one mill survives.[6]
Canal Street Hat/Box Factory Brinnington & Central [1]
Carringtons Hat Works Davenport & Cale Green [2]
Chadkirk Mill Bredbury Green & Romiley [1]
Cheadle (Bleach) Works Cheadle & Gatley SJ854890 53°23′53″N 2°13′16″W / 53.398°N 2.221°W
Notes: Cheadle Lower Mill, often called Cheadle Bleachworks, and now renamed, The Bleachworks, is on a site used for this purpose since the 12th century.[1]
Churchgate Mill Brinnington & Central  53°24′33″N 2°09′12″W / 53.4092°N 2.1532°W 1828 Standing 187
Notes: Built by 1828, later mill on site 3-storey. In 1880s spinning sewing and knitting yarn.[7]
Compstall Bridge Works Marple North [1]
Compstall Mill Marple North 
Notes: [1]
Demmings Bleaching Works Cheadle & Gatley [1]
East Bank Mill Brinnington & Central  [1]
Goyt Mill, Bredbury Brinnington, Bredbury border SJ910910 53°24′57″N 2°08′13″W / 53.4159°N 2.1370°W 1840 1981 141
Notes: Min building parallel to the river was a four-storey brick-built non-fireproof construction. There were 2 rows of cast-iron columns and iron roof ties. The five-storey extension was 100 ft by 120 ft with three rows of cast-iron columns. It was purchased by Isaac Pearson around 1890. Taken over by Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association..[8]
Goyt Mill, Hawk Green, Marple Stott and Sons Marple South 53°23′07″N 2°03′54″W / 53.3852°N 2.0651°W 1905 Standing 55
Notes: Goyt Mill was built in 1905 by Jonathan Partington of Middleton for the Goyt Spinning Company, to a design by Stott and Sons. It is a six-storey with a total floor area 260,000 sq.ft. on its 6 floors. It had 82,000 mule spindles and 45,000 ring spindles, spinning 24 and 38 twist and 22 and 46 mule weft. All the machinery was by John Hetherington &Sons of Ancoats. The 165 carding engines, 25 draw frames, 26 intemediate frames, 50 roving frames were on the bottom two floors, the 30 pairs of mules were on the top three floors. It employed 480 mill staff and 12 office staff. The engine was a Carel Frères 2500 IHP condensing drop valve, cross compound ( 5ft 3in stroke, 27in and 63in bore). There were six Lancashire boilers with the firing end facing the Macclesfield Canal. The coal for its engine was supplied from the mines at Poynton and in Staffordshire.It was supplied directly to the boiler by a steam crane. The mill is now in multiple use.[1][1]
Hallam Mill Davenport & Cale  
Notes: aka Heaviley Mill: The former Squirrel Sweet Works. Home of a photo studio.[1]
Hampstead Mill Stepping Hill  [1]
Heapriding Mill Edgeley & Cheadle  SJ886902 53°24′31″N 2°10′15″W / 53.408682°N 2.170758°W
Notes: A six-storey mill and weaving shed, that had 10,000 mule spindles in 1909. Occupied by John Greaves Son & Co in 1872 and John Edward Clegg in 1887.[4]
Hempshaw Lane Works Manor [1]
Hopes Carr Hatworks Brinnington & Central [1]
Houldsworth Mill Abraham Stott Reddish North  1865 Standing 150
Notes: 1865 GradeII* listed.[6]
Kershaws Tannery Brinnington & Central  [1]
Kingston Mill Edgeley & Cheadle  53°24′31″N 2°10′09″W / 53.4086°N 2.1692°W
Notes: [2]
Lancashire Hill Ropery Reddish South 53°25′19″N 2°09′50″W / 53.4220°N 2.1638°W Standing
Notes: Reuben Rivett used it in the 1880 to make main drive ropes, later it was occupied by the Lancashire Hill Rope & Twine Co Ltd.[1][9]
Lincoln Bennett Hat Works Edgeley & Cheadle  [1]
Lockside Mill Marple North SJ926890 53°23′53″N 2°06′47″W / 53.398°N 2.113°W 1801 Standing 214
Notes: Now called Lockside Mill, this canal side warehouse was built in 1801 by Samuel Oldknow. It is a three-storey 7- by 3-bay stone-built building with internal canal arm parallel to the canal, with cart entrance on the first floor. It is on the top pound of Lock 9, by lock 10.[1][10]
Lower Carrs Mill Brinnington & Central  SJ 898902 53°24′32″N 2°09′18″W / 53.409°N 2.155°W 1800
Notes: There were three mills built by Samuel Oldknow on Hopes Carr.
Lower Carr Mill:Built before 1900 on site of former silk mill. A room and power mill in early 19th century. An earlier 5-storey mill built over Carr Brook, with a mill dam to the south. It was 30 ft wide, and cast-iron pillars added to support the floor. A later 5-storey mill(1826) to the west, parallel to Hopes Carr, This is 80 ft long by 35 ft wide with cast-iron pillars in the centre at 9 ft intervals.
Middle Carr Mill:
Upper Carr Mill:
Stockport Navigation: was a short canal/reservoir that was built here on the Carr Brook to improve the flow to the water mills. The scheme involved a steep embankment at the top end, and a siphon under Waterloo Road.[11]
Stockport Aircrash 1964: This happened at this point in Hopes Carr.
[12]
Marriot Street Mill Brinnington & Central  [1]
Meadow Mill Brinnington & Central 53°25′04″N 2°09′09″W / 53.4177°N 2.1524°W 1880 Standing 135
Notes: Meadow Mill, Stockport. Owen Ashmore in The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England (1982) lists this as Meadow Mill (not Valley Mills). Circa 1880 built for T & J Leigh, cotton and wool spinning. Had 120,000 spindles in 1914. Twin six-storey brick built mills with ornamental engine house between. Fireproof construction. Cast-iron pillars between windows on top storey.,[2][13]
New Mill Reddish North [1]
Oak Street Shed Hazel Grove  [1]
Oakwood Mill Bredbury Green & Romiley [1]
Pear New Mill A H Stott,
P S Stott 		Bredbury  53°24′50″N 2°08′03″W / 53.4138°N 2.1341°W 1912 Standing 66
Notes: A GradeII* listed building, Pear Mill, Stockport, was an Edwardian mill, one of the last cotton spinning mills to be built, commencing production in July 1913. The architects were A.H. Stott & Sons and the building is typical of their work. It was constructed with concrete floors, and meticulous detailing. The power was provided by a Manhattan type steam engine by George Saxon & Co. Transmission was by a rope drives. The mill had 137,312 mule spindles which remained until the 1950s when they were replaced by 33,636 ring spindles, the mill being electrified at the same time. It ceased operation as a textile mill in March 1978[2][14]
Portwood Hatworks Brinnington & Central  [2]
Primrose Mill Mellor SJ 899911 53°24′03″N 2°01′55″W / 53.4009°N 2.032°W 1780 1961 181
Notes: Was built as a Fulling Mill in 1780, enlarged in the 1820s and used as a cotton spinning mill. It was finally used eventually used for spinning and weaving gas mantles. It was burnt down in 1961, the site is used commercially by Marple Polymer Processors[1]
Reddish Spinning Co.,
Victoria Mill (North mill) 		North Reddish  53°26′24″N 2°09′55″W / 53.4400°N 2.1653°W 1870 Standing 145
Notes: Built by the said company in 1870, which became part of the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association in 1898. Together the mills had 133,000 mule spindles in 1909. The north mill had four storeys and with cast-iron pillars. Water and stair tower at SE corner joins the middle mill. In 2010 marketed as apartments, in Houldsworth Village development[15][16]
Reddish Spinning Co.,
Elisabeth Mill (Middle mill) 		North Reddish  53°26′21″N 2°09′55″W / 53.4393°N 2.1652°W 1870 Standing 145
Notes: Built by the said company in 1870, which became part of the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association in 1898. Together the mills had 133,000 mule spindles in 1909. The middle mill had four storeys and with 6 rows of cast-iron pillars, 17 pillars in a row In 2010 marketed as apartments, in Houldsworth Village development[15][16]
Reddish Spinning Co.,
(South mill) 		North Reddish 53°26′20″N 2°09′57″W / 53.4390°N 2.1658°W
Notes: A two-storey + cellar mill with 5 rows of cast-iron columns[16]
Reynolds Mill Brinnington & Central, Portwood 53°24′48″N 2°08′41″W / 53.4132°N 2.1448°W
Notes: aka Cromer Street Mill
Shaw Mill Brinnington & Central  [1]
Sovereign Works Edgeley & Cheadle  [1]
Springmount Mill
Brinksway Bank Bleach and Pintworks 		Edgeley & Cheadle  53°24′21″N 2°10′31″W / 53.4059°N 2.1753°W
Notes: A three-storey mill, with 2-storey extension. A five-storey mill with arched brick windows, and stair tower to south with cast-iron water tank above. Separate boiler house with round chimney. Later three-storey buildings on Brinksway. Taken over by Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association.[2]
Spur Mill Reddish South 53°25′46″N 2°09′40″W / 53.4295°N 2.1612°W 1907 Standing 65
Notes: A 1907, single-storey doubling mill with 20,000 spindles. Closed in 1972[16]
Swallow Mill Brinnington & Central  [1]
T W Bracher Leather Brinnington & Central  [1]
Thorn Works Bredbury  [1]
Throstle Grove Mill Manor SJ 894907 53°24′47″N 2°09′40″W / 53.413°N 2.161°W 1820 1870 50
Notes: Ralph Orrell Spinning[7]
Unity Mill Bredbury  [1]
Valley Mill Hazel Grove [1]
Vernon Mill Brinnington & Central  53°24′51″N 2°08′45″W / 53.4143°N 2.1457°W Standing
Notes: Graces Guide 1891 Portwood; 150,000 spindles, 45'/55' weft, 30'/42' twist. Listed building number.462281 [2]
Victoria Dye Works Manor SJ907895 53°24′07″N 2°08′28″W / 53.402°N 2.141°W
Notes: Documented from the late 19th century.[1]
Victoria Mill South Reddish 53°25′50″N 2°09′40″W / 53.4306°N 2.1612°W
Notes: Four-storey.
For the Victoria Mill in North Reddish see: Reddish Spinning Co., Victoria Mill (North mill)[1][16]
Virginia Mill Manor SJ 899892 53°24′00″N 2°09′11″W / 53.400°N 2.153°W
Notes: Two-storey building on Hillgate. Documented in 1872[7]
Waterloo Mill Brinnington & Central  [1]
Wear Mill
aka Weir Mill
Edgeley & Cheadle  53°24′32″N 2°09′57″W / 53.4090°N 2.1658°W Standing
Notes: [2]
Welkin Mill Bredbury  53°25′10″N 2°08′04″W / 53.4194°N 2.1345°W Standing
Notes: [1]
Wellington Mill Brinnington & Central 53°24′31″N 2°09′44″W / 53.4085°N 2.1622°W Standing
Notes: Wellington Mill, aka Wellington Bridge Mill, was originally an early fireproof cotton spinning mill[17][18] built in 1830–1831 before becoming a hat works in the 1890s.[19] It is a Grade II listed building[18] and is situated on the A6 Wellington Road South, between the town centre and the railway station.From 2000 it has housed the Hat Works, museum.[20] [21][22]
Wellington Works (formally Botany Mill) Bredbury ,  53°25′50″N 2°06′07″W / 53.4306°N 2.1019°W[2] Standing
Wood Mill, Woodley Woodley,Stockport 53°25′57″N 2°06′08″W / 53.4324°N 2.1022°W 1964
Notes: [1]

Other Mills

Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served
(Years)


Albert South Reddish 53°25′36″N 2°09′43″W / 53.4268°N 2.1619°W 1845
Notes: A four-storey mill built by Robert Hyde Greg. In 1911 it had 50,000 spindles[6]
Hanover Mills Reddish 53°25′41″N 2°09′41″W / 53.4280°N 2.1613°W 1865
Notes: Hanover Mill was built in 1865 for cotton spinning and doubling by Heywards, but in 1889 was converted to make silk, velvet, woven fur etc.[15]
Alligator
see: Beehive
 53°24′59″N 2°09′13″W / 53.4164°N 2.1536°W
Notes: Occupied by the Alligator Rainwear Company until 1978
Bankside
aka Bankfield
aka Halliday's Bleach and Dye Works
Reddish Newtown 53°25′15″N 2°09′37″W / 53.4208°N 2.1604°W
Notes: Bankfield mill was 6-storey mill, using water from the Reddish Canal for its condensor.[23]
Beehive Portwood 53°24′59″N 2°09′13″W / 53.4164°N 2.1536°W
Notes: A collection of seven mills which were owned by T & J Leigh in 1872.There was an earlier mill on this site known as Brewery Mill, then
  • North East mill:- 6-storeys with water tower at SW corner.
  • Three-storey mill on Brewery St.
  • Three-storey mill to the south
  • North-west Mill:-A four-storey mill on Marsland St
  • Two-storey office block on Water St.
  • Alligator Mill:- 6 storeys
  • Mill to east:- 4 storeys
The site is now occupied by Tesco[24]
Brewery Street
see: Beehive
 53°24′59″N 2°09′13″W / 53.4164°N 2.1536°W[2]
California Joules Court 53°24′26″N 2°09′11″W / 53.4072°N 2.1531°W
Notes: Brick built 2-storey, in use from 1858 to 1890s. In 1880s used for waste spinning and candlewicks.[7]
Cataract Bridge Mill Longhurst Lane, Mellor, Stockport 53°23′47″N 2°02′47″W / 53.3964°N 2.0464°W Standing
Notes: In 2010 redundant, planning application pending for conversion to housing.
Coronation Newtown Reddish 53°25′18″N 2°09′44″W / 53.4216°N 2.1623°W
Notes: Occupied by J&T Read in 1872 then John Whittaker & Son from 1900. Backing onto the Reddish Canal it has 35,000 spindles.[6]
Crow Park Portwood SJ 899911 53°25′01″N 2°09′11″W / 53.417°N 2.153°W 1833
Notes: A fir proof mill built of brick in 1833, it is six storeys plus basement and attic.The main rooms are 120 ft by 48 to 50 ft. The brick archeded floors are supported by cast-iron beams carried on two rows of cast-iron pillars, set 9 ft apart. Shafting was carried on brackets attached to the beams. The engine house was separate to the west of the mill. There was an earlier mill (Crow Park Wing Mill) believed to be 6 or 7 storeys that was narrower, having one row of pillars and cast-iron beams.[8][12]
Dysart Street Shed  Great Moor SJ909882 53°23′28″N 2°08′17″W / 53.391°N 2.138°W
Notes: Producing towelling in 1909 from 100 looms[25]
Edgeley  
Elder Romiley, Marple 53°24′41″N 2°05′47″W / 53.4114°N 2.0963°W
Notes: Elder Mill was powered by a 600 hp vertical cross compound engine by Daniel Adamson, installed in 1937. It had a 3 ft stroke. It ran at 106 rpm. The flywheel was 16 ft.[26]
Faulder's
aka Warren Street Mill
 53°24′49″N 2°09′18″W / 53.4135°N 2.1551°W 1989
Notes: Rebuilt after a fire in 1871. Acquired in the 1890s by Henry Faulder & Co for use as a cocoa and chocolate factory.[27]
Foggbrook  
Gorsey Bank  SJ878899 53°24′21″N 2°10′58″W / 53.405967°N 2.182782°W
Notes: Main mill is two storeys plus basement, featuring 5 rows of cast-iron columns, flat roof with parapet. Second mill to the east, brick built three-storey mill with basement. It was powered by a 1908, 400 hp horizontal tandem compound engine by J & E Wood of Bolton. Lancashire boiler by Galloways of Manchester with Greens economiser and flue to octagonal chimney.[4]
Heaton Mersey Works  
Hollins  
Hope  [2]
India Heaton Mersey SJ 888903 53°24′35″N 2°10′04″W / 53.409585°N 2.167752°W
Notes: A combined mill, in 1909 it had 90,000 spindles and 1800 looms.[5]
Logwood   1732
Notes: An early silk throwing mill. It was one of the first three silk throwing mills in the UK, set up by John Guardivaglio in 1732. It was built in the park, with the blessing of Lord Warren on the site of a logwood mill, that ground logwood to creat dyestuffs. Twelve years later they dammed the Carr Brook (tin Brook) to build a further mill, and then another at the confluence of the Carr Brook and the River Mersey. There were 2000 silk throwing workers by 1760.These early silk mills built up a labour force accustomed to factory work- that was on hand for cotton in the 1780s[28]
Mellor Mill Marple SJ970878 53°23′13″N 2°02′49″W / 53.387°N 2.047°W 1793 1892 99
Notes: This was a six-storey, 42 feet wide and 210 feet long mill with additional 3-storey wings making it 400 ft in all. The mill was built for Samuel Oldknow and used to spin coarse counts. It was originally driven by the Wellington water wheel. The River Goyt, and with it the then county boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire was diverted and a weir built, the leat fed a millpond that in later times was named the Roman Lakes. This in turn fed a second mill pond along with water from reservoir in Linnet Clough. Supplementary power was provided by a second exterior wheel known as the Waterloo wheel.The Mill reached its peak production in 1804, when 10,080 spindles were operating and around 550 people were employed. It was destroyed by fire in 1892.[29]
Middle Mill
aka Reddish Spinning Co.,
Elisabeth Mill
Reddish SJ891937 53°26′24″N 2°09′58″W / 53.440°N 2.166°W 1874
Notes: Construction:1871 Patent, fireproof. Powered by a 500 hp, horizontal John Musgrave & Sons engine- produced fine to super fine counts [30]
New Bridge Lane  [31]
New Bridge  
North Mill
aka Reddish Spinning Co.,
Victoria Mill
Reddish SJ891937 53°26′24″N 2°09′58″W / 53.440°N 2.166°W 1870
Notes: Construction:Non fireproof on 1871 patent. The mules were supplied by Dobson & Barlow including 40 hand mules. They produced fine and super fine counts[32]
Orrell's Mill
aka Travis Brook Mill
Travis Street, Heaton Norris SJ 886903 53°24′32″N 2°10′23″W / 53.409°N 2.173°W 1834
Notes: A historical significant mill that was used as a principal example in Andrew Ure's book. It pioneered the use of the cast-iron I-beam. It was built by William Fairbairn for Ralph Orrell. Originally a six-storey combined mill 280 ft by 50 ft, with side wings. It was designed to house 125000 throstle and 33000 mule spindles. Later in 1887 it was recorded as having 140,000 spindles and 1000 power looms. The original beam engine was replaced around 1912, and a new separate engine house built. At this time a rope race was added to the mill to replace the former fixed vertical main shaft. It was damaged by fire in the 1960s, and one storey was removed, and was demolished in the ?1980s. [9][33]
Palmer Mills Portwood,  53°24′52″N 2°08′48″W / 53.4144°N 2.1466°W[31]
Reddish Mills
see Houldsworth's Mill
 
Reddish Vale Printworks Reddish Vale 53°26′11″N 2°08′39″W / 53.4363°N 2.1443°W
Notes: Started before 1800 by James Fletcher a calico printer. In 1840,Becker Bros & Co had 4 printing machines and 118 block printing tables. Taken over by Bradshaw, Hammond & Co in 1862 and then the Calico Printers' Association in 1899. It was originally drive by water taken by a race from the River Tame. Later there was a central engine house, and a reservoir for condensing.[16]
Rivett's Heaton Norris 53°25′16″N 2°09′48″W / 53.4212°N 2.1632°W
Notes: Thomas Rivett in 1887, then Joseph Rivett & Sons until taken over by the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association. It had an Octagonal Brick Chimney, was a three-storey mill with an open cast-iron water tank.[5]
Springbank  
Springfield  SJ 897894 53°24′04″N 2°09′22″W / 53.401°N 2.156°W
Notes: In 1897 this single-storey mill was weaving towelling on 260 looms[25]
Squirrel Works  
Stockport Ring Mills Heaton Norris 53°24′26″N 2°10′39″W / 53.4071°N 2.1774°W
Notes: Three mills 1892–1911 that ran 200,000 spindles.
  • No 1 Mill : three-storey brick built with boiler house and circular chimney
  • No 2 Mill : five-storey brick built mill large engine house and twin boiler house. A north side tower with white lettering.
  • No 3 Mill : two-storey
Became part of Lancashire Cotton Corporation, but sold by 1951[9]
Strines Print Works Strines, Marple 53°22′35″N 2°02′23″W / 53.3765°N 2.0396°W
Notes: Acquired by the Calico Printers' Association in 1899.[34]
Top Mill Bredbury & Woodley 
Travis Brook Mill
aka Orrell's Mill
Travis Street, Heaton Norris,  53°24′32″N 2°10′23″W / 53.409°N 2.173°W[9][33]
Wards Hat Factory  
Waterloo Road Mill  [35]

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