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Chorley Historical and Archaeological Society

CHORLEY MILLS
Reproduced from 'A History of CHORLEY'
by Jim Heyes.		 The  intention is to expand on the list with more information on the sites as it becomes available.
Date Name of Mill Location

Proprietor

Worked By
(Occupier)

 Type / notes
1777 Birkacre R. Yarrow   Rd. Arkwright Spinning (water)
1780 Astley Park R. Chor   Townley-Parker Carding engine
    Lords Clough,
banks of river Chor.
Astley		   Wm. Partington. Carding Engine, pre 1785
    The Holmes   Henry Lathom. Carding Engine, pre 1785
1785 Crosse Hall Black Brook   James Duxbury Printworks
1786 Tootell Street -do-   Richard Salisbury Spinning (Jennies, etc.)
1788 Water Street -do-   Robert Lightoller Spinning; Trig Hall
1789 - Hollinshead Street   John Ryding Thomas Hindle
1790 Heapey Mill Printing      
1791 Lower Burgh -do-   John Parkinson Spinning; fire 1791
1793 Cowling Bridge -do-   Birch Rees & Evans Printworks
1795 - Hollinshead Street   Joseph Pilkington Bankruptcy 1795
1802 Old Mill Standish Street   Robert Lightoller Spinning
1804 - Water Street   Hilton & Sale Boulton & Watt steam engine
1815 Waterloo Mill Water Street   James Anderton  
1819 - Standish Street   Robert Lightoller Gas lighting introduced
1820 'The Factory' Town's Green   Thomas Brown Sales 1817 and 1820
1824 Cowling Mill Cowling   Hole & Wilkinson Calico printing
1824 Old Mill Preston Street   Richard Smethurst Spinning
1826 Water Street -do-   Hilton Spinning
1834 New Mill North Street   Richard Smethurst Spinning
1838 Crosse Hall Cowling   Richard Cobden Printing
1840 Sherbourne Lyons Lane   Lawrence Anyon Fire 1873
1842 Stump Stump Lane   Messrs Wallwork Spinning; renamed Fosterfield 1855
1851 Tower Mill North Street   Richard Smethurst Destroyed by fire 1911
1851 Redan Mill Cowling   Heyworth  
           
1851 Friday Street Friday Street   George Brown Power looms introduced
1851 Castle Mill Albion Street   Foster Wilson & Gornall 1858
1852 Moor Mill Pall Mall   Rice and Hall Muslin goods
  Croft Mill Pall Mall   Rice & Co. Muslin goods
1852 Victoria Mill Lyons Lane   Lightoller Fire 1909
1857-8 Lawrence's Lyons Lane   William Lawrence First mill
1856 Canal Botany Bay   William Widdows originally built for R. Smethurst
1857 Dole Lane Dole Lane   William Atherton Jacconets
1861 Primrose Friday Street   George Brown  
1861 Greenfield Steeley Lane initially co-operatively owned until c1880 Brindle (1903) Sale: 1880: 547 looms
1861 Weld Bank Saville Street   Rice- 1 86 1 Weaving
1866 Lawrence's Lyons Lane   William Lawrence Second mill
1866 Primrose Shed Friday Street   George Brown Weaving
1872 Heapey Bleachworks Heapey   Rylands & Co. 1871-2 Old Works demolished
1874 Brook Street Tatton Street   James Fletcher  
1886 Progress Mill Seymour Street   Thomas Howarth over 200 looms
1887 Jubilee Mill Pall Mall   Jolly weaving
1897 Weldbank Printworks Plock Estate   Barton Kershaw Calico bleaching and printing
1897-1900 Diamond Mill Railway Road   George Edge  
1902 Weavers Institute Chapel Street   Chorley Weavers Association  
1903 Hope Mill Lucas Street     Cotton and Muslin
1905 Fosterfield Eaves Lane   Fosterfield Mill Co. Ltd Cotton goods
1906 Talbot Bagganley   Talbot Spinning & Weaving Co.  
1906 Cowling Mill Cowling   Cowling Spinning Co. Ltd Spinning
1910 Yarrow Mill Yarrow Road   Downs, Coulter &Co.  
1914 Park Mills Deighton Road   Joseph Blackledge &Sons Extended 1959
1914 Weaving Shed Grime Street   Ash & Livesey Leyland Motors

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