Brookroyd Mills
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Basic information
- Name
- Brookroyd Mills.
- Township
- Stainland.
- Civil Parish
- Elland.
- Country
- West Yorkshire.
- Type of record
- A.
- NMRfn
- 62985.
- NGR
- SE 0900 1950.
- UTM
- 53.67189766, -1.865248262
Description
Established c1795 as water-powered woollen scribbling mill by John Shaw, previously a shalloon (worsted) manufacturer. Firm of John Shaw and Sons changed from woollen to worsted manufacturing c1866. Additions on a restricted scale before 1850, then massive expansion with construction of five multi-storeyed mills and a weaving shed before 1880. Three mills survived in 1986: B Mill and A Mill of 1860 and 1866, both fireproof, form a single long five-storeyed range of thirty-five bays with central engine house, and New Mill, of c 1920, a five-storeyed structure of reinforced concrete with brick outer walls. Associated buildings: workers' housing, manufacturer's mansion (Brooklands), Chapel, Mechanics' Institute. Largely demolished.
Ortophotographic map
Aerial photographic view of Brookroyd Mills (Stainland, West Yorkshire).
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