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Albion Mill

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Basic information

Name
Albion Mill.
Township
Batley.
Civil Parish
Batley.
Country
West Yorkshire.
Type of record
A.
NMRfn
63535.
NGR
SE 2449 2277.
UTM
53.70079544, -1.630531848

Description

Built in 1831 as steam-powered scribbling, carding and fulling mill by group of eighteen local clothiers. Original complex included a two-storeyed ten-bay mill incorporating an internal end engine house, attached boiler house with drying floors over the boilers, chimney, single-storeyed cloth dryhouse and a dyehouse. Rag-grinding shed added before 1850, when mill was fully integrated with both spinning and weaving conducted on site. The complex is typical of the Heavy Woollen area in its inclusion of rag-grinding sheds and is an interesting example of a company mill.

Pictures

Image of Albion Mill (Batley, WY)

Image of Albion Mill.

Ortophotographic map

Aerial photographic view of Albion Mill (Batley, West Yorkshire).

Site

Map of Batley with its 61 textile mills.

Comments

1 Stewart Bell

Posted

Hi- I am currently researching my family tree and found ancestors who were rag grinders and woollen weavers. Their address is interesting "10 Yard 3, Halifax Road, Batley. Is there any information recorded as to which mill this was part of? Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks

Stewart

2 Stuart Royle

Posted

Is this the same as the Albion Flock Mill? My ancestor John Greenwood operated a business from there. I have a ticket that I think was used to identify materials bought by the business. It states his name and Albion Flock Mill on it.

Thanks

Stuart

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