Neiley Mills, New Mill Road, Honley
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This page is a bare-bones entry for a specific location marked on an old map. More detailed information may eventually be added...Details
- also known as: Shaw's Factory
- appears on maps: 1892 [#84]
- location: off New Mill Road, Honley
- status: possibly still exists
- category: woollen mill
Bobbin makers Gledhill and Roberts, Limited are known to have been based in a part of the mill in the 1870s.
The five-storey mill was gutted by a fire which started at around 8:30pm on 3 June 1914. At the time, the mill was owned by A. Thornton & Son Ltd. and the occupants were:[1]
- Cooper, Liversidge, and Wood (wool & cotton dyers)
- Herbert Scholefield & Co. (woollen manufacturers)
- B.T. Cave Ltd. (yarn spinners)
The mill was later partially rebuilt.[2]
Further Reading
- Royal Commission on Employment of Children in Factories (1833): David Shaw, Son and Co., Neiley Factory or Mill, Honley
- Wool and Worsit: A History of Textiles in the Holme Valley (2013) by Michael Day, pages 286-294
Location
Notes and References
- ↑ "Great Mill Fire at Honley" in Huddersfield Daily Examiner (04/Jun/1914).
- ↑ Wool and Worsit: A History of Textiles in the Holme Valley (2013) by Michael Day, page 293.