Yorkshire Industrial Heritage

Hanson Lane Mill

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Basic information

Name: Hanson Lane Mill.
Township: Halifax.
Civil Parish: Halifax.
Country: West Yorkshire.
Type of record: C.
NMRfn: 63899.
NGR: SE 0820 2536.
UTM: 53.72458082, -1.877204488

Steam-powered cotton-spinning mill of four storeys and basement built in 1868-9 to designs by R Ives and Son. Mill, of fireproof construction, resembles in its considerable depth mills typical of contemporary Lancashire cotton industry. Late 19th-century additions. Demolished.

Pictures

Image of Hanson Lane Mill.

Ortophotographic map

Aerial photographic view of Hanson Lane Mill (Halifax, West Yorkshire).

Site

Map of Halifax with its 36 textile mills.

Comments

1 Anne Taylor

Posted October 4th, 2019 at 15:50

Could you please tell me when the mill closed and, if possible, who worked there? I have reason to believe that some of my ancestors were employed there and would like to confirm it if possible. Many thanks