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=='''<big>TEXTILE MILLS</big>'''==
=== Water Power in Luddenden Dean ===
<big>'''WATER POWERED MILLS'''</big><br>
 
An introduction to the use of water power in Luddenden Dean can[[Water Power in Luddenden Dean| be found here ]] <br><BR>
 
 
=== THE LOCATION OF THE MILLS ===
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[[File:Location of the mills v4.png]]<br>


In order, starting at the highest.<br>
Most were later converted to Steam.
==='''Spring Mill'''===
==='''Spring Mill'''===
==='''Square Mill'''===
==='''Square Mill'''===
==='''Lumb Mill'''===
==='''Lumb Mill'''===
[[File:Lumb_Mill.png|thumb|centre]]
==='''Wainstalls Mill'''===
==='''Wainstalls Mill'''===
==='''Jowler Mill'''===
==='''Jowler Mill'''===
==='''Holme House Mill'''===
==='''Holme House Mill'''===
==='''Dean House Mill'''===
DEAN MILL Booth, demolished in 1921?
==='''Peel House Mill'''===
==='''Peel House Mill'''===
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<big>'''STEAM POWERED MILLS'''</big>
==='''Oats Royd Mill'''===
==='''Oats Royd Mill'''===


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The mill was closed in 1982.
The mill was closed in 1982.


The following are newspapper cutting about the mill:
The following are newspaper cutting about the mill:


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==='''Pepper Hill Mill'''===
==='''Pepper Hill Mill'''===


=='''<big>THE PAPER MILL</big>'''==
DEAN MILL Booth, demolished in 1921?


=='''<big>THE CORN MILLS</big>'''==
Here is a link to [[The Cornmill]]<br>


===FACTORIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY===
'''Lindley's'''


Lindley's was based in the village from 1899 when they occupied Upper Mill, formerly a Corn Mill. They renamed these buildings The Beauvoir Works. The buildings were demolished in 1975 Lindley's expanded and took over Lower Mill and the land next to it now occupied by Blue Bell Walk. They continued manufacturing nuts and bolts and Industrial Fastenings in the village until the mid-1970's.


[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/C._Lindley_and_Co Lindley's Nut and Bolt works]
===<big>[[The Cornmill]]</big><br> ===
==='''Farrar's Mill & Foxcroft's Mill'''===
==='''Delph Mill'''===

Latest revision as of 11:40, 3 September 2026

Water Power in Luddenden Dean

An introduction to the use of water power in Luddenden Dean can be found here


THE LOCATION OF THE MILLS




Spring Mill

Square Mill

Lumb Mill

Wainstalls Mill

Jowler Mill

Holme House Mill

Dean House Mill

DEAN MILL Booth, demolished in 1921?

Peel House Mill

Oats Royd Mill

Established in 1847 by John Murgatroyd

The mill was closed in 1982.

The following are newspaper cutting about the mill:

Pepper Hill Mill

The Cornmill

Farrar's Mill & Foxcroft's Mill

Delph Mill