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Gedham Mill

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Basic information

Name
Gedham Mill.
Township
Ossett.
Civil Parish
Ossett.
Country
West Yorkshire.
Type of record
A.
NMRfn
63616.
NGR
SE 2776 2065.
UTM
53.68157827, -1.581192176

Description

Built as mungo mill in 1897-8. Red brick. Principal buildings included large sheds for storage and sorting, single-storeyed range comprising rag-grinding and scribbling bays, engine and boiler houses, and a block giving carbonising rooms and a dyehouse. Typical small-scale mungo mill with characteristic arrangement of rag-grinding machines.

Additional information

Chris Earl's Photographs of UK Textile Mills has one photo of Gedham Mill.

Pictures

Image of Gedham Mill (Ossett, WY)

Image of Gedham Mill.

Ortophotographic map

Aerial photographic view of Gedham Mill (Ossett, West Yorkshire).

Site

Map of Ossett with its 27 textile mills.

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