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Map of Batley textile mills
- Albert Mills.
- Albion Mill.
- Blakeridge Mills.
- Bottoms Mill (part).
- Bottoms Mill.
- Bradford Road, 203.
- Bradford Road, 209.
- Branch Road Mills.
- Brights Mill.
- Brookroyd Mill.
- Bullrush Mills.
- Carlinghow Mill.
- Carlinghow Mills.
- Carr Bridge Mills.
- Carr Dyke Mill.
- Carr Top Mills.
- Cheapside Mills.
- Clerk Green Mill.
- Clothing Factory.
- Commercial Mill.
- Dock Ing Mill.
- Fountain Mill.
- Healey Lane Mill.
- Hick Lane Mills.
- Hick Well Mill.
- Highfield Mills.
- Ings Mill.
- Little Orm Mill.
- Livingstone Mills.
- Mill.
- Mill.
- New Ing Mills.
- Old Mill.
- Park Mills.
- Perseverance Mill.
- Perseverance Mill.
- Prospect Mill.
- Providence Mill.
- Providence Mill.
- Providence Street Mills.
- Providence Works.
- Purlwell Mills.
- Ridings Mill.
- Spa Field Mills.
- Spring Mill.
- Spring Mill.
- Springwell Mills.
- Staincliffe Low Mills.
- Staincliffe Mills.
- Station Road, 10-14.
- Valley Mills.
- Victoria Mill.
- Victoria Mills.
- Warehouse, Carr Street.
- Warehouse, Station Road.
- Warehouse, Station Road.
- Warwick Road Mills.
- Wensleydale Mills.
- Wheatcroft Mills.
- Wilton Mills.
- Warehouse, Firths Yard.
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Batley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Bradford, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Leeds and 1 mile (2 km) north of Dewsbury, near the M62 motorway. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 49,448 (including Birstall). Other nearby towns include: Morley to the north-east, Ossett to the south-east and Brighouse west-south-west.
During the late 18th century the main occupations in the town were farming and weaving. The Industrial Revolution reached Batley in 1796 with the arrival of its first water powered mills for carding and spinning. During the next half century the population grew rapidly, from around 2,500 at the start of the 19th century to 9,308 at the 1851 census. The parish of Batley at this point included Morley, Churwell and Gildersome, with a total population of 17,359.
A toll road built in 1832 between Gomersal and Dewsbury had a branch to Batley (the present day Branch Road) which allowed for "the growing volumes of wool, cloth and coal" to be transported. Until then there had only been foot and cart tracks. Around the same time there were strikes in the mills, which led to an influx of Irish workers who settled permanently.
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Additional information
Moor, Nigel and Waddington, Paul: From Rags to Ruins: Batley, Woollen Textiles and Industrial Change. Newcastle upon Tyne: Community Development Project Political Economy Collective, 1980.
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