Yorkshire Industrial Heritage

Basic information

Name

Washpit Mill.

Township

Wooldale.

Civil Parish

Holmfirth.

Country

West Yorkshire.

Type of record

A.

NMRfn

63211.

NGR

SE 1425 0670.

UTM

53.55673349, -1.786363432

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Description

Woollen mill, origin unclear but certainly in existence by 1834. Earliest substantial building is water-powered mill dated 1840, of four storeys and attic, seven bays long with internal end wheelhouse and timber floors. Post 1850 expansion involved achievement of integrated working with addition of steam-powered weaving sheds c1872 and later, and construction of further spinning capacity. Installation in 1909 of Pollit and Wigzell horizontal engine ('Agnes'), still in situ.

Additional information

Books

• Day, Michael: Wool & Worsit: A History of Textiles in the Holme Valley (Huddersfield: Laverock Publishing, 2013).

Websites

• Historic Westwood Yarns at Washpit Mills, Holmfirth, ceases trading with all but two staff made redundant, by Phil Booth (The Huddersfield Daily Examiner), published 5th February 2016.
• Historic England entry on this building.
• Whaspit Mills at 28dayslater.co.uk.

Ortophotographic map

Aerial photographic view of Washpit Mill (Wooldale, West Yorkshire).

Site

Map of Wooldale with its 14 textile mills.