List of cotton mills in Yorkshire

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The textile industry of Yorkshire after 1835 was based principally on wool, but many of the early cotton mills were based in the county and the assets and spinning machines often switched from cotton to wool. Towns like Keighley and Todmorden owe their expansion to cotton.^[1]

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Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Castlefield Mills		Bingley , SE 099 403 53°51′31″N 1°51′05″W / 53.8587°N 1.8514°W / 53.8587; -1.8514 (Castlefield Mills)^[2]
Providence Mill		Bingley , SE 105 394 53°51′02″N 1°50′32″W / 53.8506°N 1.8423°W / 53.8506; -1.8423 (Providence Mill)^[2]
Elmtree Mill		Bingley , SE 111 391 53°50′52″N 1°50′00″W / 53.8479°N 1.8332°W / 53.8479; -1.8332 (Elmtree Mill)^[2]
Cottingley		SE 127 374 53°49′57″N 1°48′32″W / 53.8325°N 1.8090°W / 53.8325; -1.8090 (Cottingley)^[2]
Hewenden Mill		SE 077360 53°49′12″N 1°53′06″W / 53.8201°N 1.8850°W / 53.8201; -1.8850 (Hewenden Mill)^[2]
Ellar Carr Mill		Cullingworth, SE 077360 53°49′12″N 1°53′06″W / 53.8201°N 1.8850°W / 53.8201; -1.8850 (Eller Carr Mill)^[2]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
The Factory		Marsden , SE 053 117 53°36′06″N 1°55′18″W / 53.6017°N 1.9218°W / 53.6017; -1.9218 (The Factory)^[2]
Upper End Mill		Marsden , SE 053 117 53°36′06″N 1°55′18″W / 53.6017°N 1.9218°W / 53.6017; -1.9218 (Upper End Mill)^[2]
New Mill		Marsden , SE 052 117 53°36′06″N 1°55′24″W / 53.6017°N 1.9234°W / 53.6017; -1.9234 (New Mill)^[2]
Frank's Mill		Marsden , SE 052 117 53°36′06″N 1°55′24″W / 53.6017°N 1.9234°W / 53.6017; -1.9234 (Frank's Mill)^[2]
Smithy Holme Mill		Marsden, SE 052 120 53°36′16″N 1°55′24″W / 53.6044°N 1.9233°W / 53.6044; -1.9233 (Smithy Holme Mill)^[3]
Lingards Wood Bottom Mill		Marsden, SE 054 122 53°36′22″N 1°55′13″W / 53.6062°N 1.9203°W / 53.6062; -1.9203 (Lingards Wood Bottom Mill)^[3]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Scotland Mills		Leeds , SE 278 381 53°50′18″N 1°34′46″W / 53.8383°N 1.5795°W / 53.8383; -1.5795 (Scotland Mills)^[4]
Waterloo Mill		Leeds , SE 314 313 53°46′37″N 1°31′32″W / 53.7769°N 1.5255°W / 53.7769; -1.5255 (Waterloo Mill)^[4]
Bank Low Mill		Leeds , SE 312 329 53°47′29″N 1°31′42″W / 53.7913°N 1.5283°W / 53.7913; -1.5283 (Bank Low Mill)^[4]
Mabgate or Sheepscar		Leeds , SE 305 348 53°48′30″N 1°32′20″W / 53.8084°N 1.5388°W / 53.8084; -1.5388 (Mabgate or Sheepscar)^[4]
Nether Mills		Leeds , SE 304348 53°48′31″N 1°32′25″W / 53.8085°N 1.5403°W / 53.8085; -1.5403 (Nether Mills)^[4]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Pudsey Mill		SD 908 264 53°44′01″N 2°08′29″W / 53.7337°N 2.1414°W / 53.7337; -2.1414 (Pudsey Mill)^[3]
Frieldhurst Mill		SD 912 261 53°43′52″N 2°08′07″W / 53.7311°N 2.1353°W / 53.7311; -2.1353 (Frieldhurst Mill)^[3]
Barewise Mill		SD 912 258 53°43′42″N 2°08′07″W / 53.7284°N 2.1353°W / 53.7284; -2.1353 (Barewise Mill)^[3]
Kitson Wood Mill		SD 920 257 53°43′39″N 2°07′24″W / 53.7275°N 2.1232°W / 53.7275; -2.1232 (Kitson Wood Mill)^[3]
Ewood Mill		SD 930 248 53°43′10″N 2°06′29″W / 53.7194°N 2.1080°W / 53.7194; -2.1080 (Ewood Mill)^[3]
Holme Mill		SD 929 250 53°43′16″N 2°06′34″W / 53.7212°N 2.1095°W / 53.7212; -2.1095 (Holme Mill)^[3]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Millthorpe Mill		SD 661 913 54°18′58″N 2°31′23″W / 54.3160°N 2.5231°W / 54.3160; -2.5231 (Millthorpe Mill)^[5]
Birks Mill		SD 658 914 54°19′01″N 2°31′40″W / 54.3169°N 2.5277°W / 54.3169; -2.5277 (Birks Mill)^[5]
Burton-in-Lonsdale CottonMill		SD 649 718 54°08′27″N 2°32′21″W / 54.1407°N 2.5392°W / 54.1407; -2.5392 (Burton)^[5]
Westhouse Mill		SD 671 737 54°09′28″N 2°30′21″W / 54.1579°N 2.5058°W / 54.1579; -2.5058 (Westhouse Mill)^[5]
Ingleton Mill		SD 694 733 54°09′16″N 2°28′14″W / 54.1544°N 2.4705°W / 54.1544; -2.4705 (Ingleton Mill)^[5]
Clapham Mill		SD 727 688 54°06′51″N 2°25′11″W / 54.1142°N 2.4196°W / 54.1142; -2.4196 (Clapham Mill)^[5]
Clapham Wood Mill		SD 727 688 54°06′51″N 2°25′11″W / 54.1142°N 2.4196°W / 54.1142; -2.4196 (Clapham Wood Mill)^[5]
Austwick Cotton Mill		SD 779 694 54°07′11″N 2°20′24″W / 54.1198°N 2.3401°W / 54.1198; -2.3401 (Austwick Cotton Mill)^[5]
Bentham Cotton Mill		SD 649 693 54°07′06″N 2°32′20″W / 54.1182°N 2.5389°W / 54.1182; -2.5389 (Bentham Cotton Mill)^[5]

List of cotton mills in Yorkshire

Huddersfield

Leeds

Todmorden

Lonsdale

Airedale

Swaledale

Ribblesdale

Washburn Valley

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Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Malham Mill		SD 898 633 54°03′55″N 2°09′28″W / 54.0654°N 2.1578°W / 54.0654; -2.1578 (Malham Mill)^[6]
Scalegill Mill		SD 898 617 54°03′04″N 2°09′28″W / 54.0510°N 2.1577°W / 54.0510; -2.1577 (Scalegill Mill)^[6]
Airton Mill		SD 904 593 54°01′46″N 2°08′55″W / 54.0294°N 2.1485°W / 54.0294; -2.1485 (Airton Mill)^[6]
Bell Busk Mill		SD 905 563 54°00′09″N 2°08′49″W / 54.0025°N 2.1469°W / 54.0025; -2.1469 (Bell Busk Mill)^[6]
High Mill		Gargrave , SD 925 538 53°58′48″N 2°06′59″W / 53.9800°N 2.1163°W / 53.9800; -2.1163 (High Mill)^[6]
Low Mill		Gargrave , SD 935 539 53°58′52″N 2°06′04″W / 53.9810°N 2.1011°W / 53.9810; -2.1011 (Low Mill)^[6]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Richmond Cotton Mill		NZ 170 000 54°23′42″N 1°44′25″W / 54.3950°N 1.7402°W / 54.3950; -1.7402 (Richmond Cotton Mill)^[5]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Stainforth Mill		SD 817 673 54°06′04″N 2°16′54″W / 54.1011°N 2.2818°W / 54.1011; -2.2818 (Stainforth Mill)^[6]
Landcliffe Mill		SD 816 650 54°04′49″N 2°17′00″W / 54.0804°N 2.2832°W / 54.0804; -2.2832 (Landcliffe Mill)^[6]
Settle Bridge Mill		SD 817 642 54°04′24″N 2°16′54″W / 54.0732°N 2.2816°W / 54.0732; -2.2816 (Settle Bridge Mill)^[6]
Higher Mill		Settle , SD 814 637 54°04′07″N 2°17′10″W / 54.0687°N 2.2862°W / 54.0687; -2.2862 (Higher Mill)^[6]
Runley Bridge Mill		Settle , SD 811 623 54°03′22″N 2°17′27″W / 54.0561°N 2.2907°W / 54.0561; -2.2907 (Runley Bridge Mill)^[6]
Lower Mill		Long Preston , SD 832 575 54°00′47″N 2°15′30″W / 54.0131°N 2.2583°W / 54.0131; -2.2583 (Lower Mill)^[6]
Fleet's Mill		Long Preston , SD 832 575 54°00′47″N 2°15′30″W / 54.0131°N 2.2583°W / 54.0131; -2.2583 (Fleet's Mill)^[6]
Giggleswick Mill		Giggleswick , SD 812 640 53°24′24″N 2°04′03″W / 53.4066°N 2.0675°W / 53.4066; -2.0675 (Giggleswick Mill)^[6]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Low Mill		West End , SE 152578 53°24′24″N 2°04′03″W / 53.4066°N 2.0675°W / 53.4066; -2.0675 (Low Mill)^[6]
High Mill		West End , SE134 582 53°24′24″N 2°04′03″W / 53.4066°N 2.0675°W / 53.4066; -2.0675 (High Mill)^[6]
Little Mill		West End , SE143582 54°01′10″N 1°47′01″W / 54.0194°N 1.7837°W / 54.0194; -1.7837 (Little Mill)^[6]

v t e Lancashire cotton
Architects	David Bellhouse Bradshaw Gass & Hope F.W. Dixon & Son Edward Potts Stott Stott and Sons Sidney Stott (later Sir Philip)
Engine makers	Daniel Adamson Ashton Frost Ashworth & Parker Bateman & Sherratt Boulton & Watt Browett, Lindley & Co Buckley & Taylor Carels Frères Clayton, Goodfellow & Co Earnshaw & Holt Fairbairn W & J Galloway & Sons Benjamin Goodfellow B. Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co John Musgrave & Sons J & W McNaught Petrie of Rochdale William Roberts & Co of Nelson George Saxon Scott & Hodgson Urmson & Thompson Yates & Thom / Yates of Blackburn Willans & Robinson J & E Wood Woolstenhulmes & Rye
Machinery makers	Brooks & Doxey Butterworth & Dickinson Curtis, Parr & Walton Dobson & Barlow John Hetherington & Sons Joseph Hibbert John Pilling and Sons Harling & Todd Howard & Bullough Geo. Hattersley Asa Lees Mather & Platt Parr, Curtis & Madely British Northrop Loom Co Pemberton & Co Platt Brothers Taylor, Lang & Co Textile Machinery Makers Tweedales & Smalley T. Wildman & Sons
Mill owners	Elkanah Armitage Henry Ashworth Hugh Birley Hugh Hornby Birley Joseph Brotherton James Burton Peter Drinkwater Nathaniel Eckersley John Fielden William Gray Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth Richard Jackson John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers
Limited companies	Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley & Wright Combined Egyptian Mills Courtaulds James Burton & Sons Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust
Industrial processes	Textile manufacturing Cotton-spinning machinery DREF friction spinning Magnetic ring spinning Open-end spinning Ring spinning Spinning frame Spinning jenny Spinning mule Carding Steaming Water frame Roberts Loom Lancashire Loom Northrop Loom Air-jet loom Rapier loom Dandy loom Lancashire boiler
Associations	Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine) Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union Amalgamated Weavers' Association Cardroom Amalgamation General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association General Union of Loom Overlookers Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Society North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation The Textile Institute United Textile Factory Workers' Association
Employment practices	More looms Kissing the shuttle Mule spinners' cancer Piece-rate list
Lists of mills	LCC mills Bolton Bury Cheshire Derbyshire Lancashire Manchester Oldham (borough) Preston Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Wigan Yorkshire
Museums	Bancroft Shed Helmshore Mills Queen Street Mill Weavers' Triangle Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
Pioneers	Richard Arkwright Samuel Crompton Peter Foxcroft James Hargreaves Thomas Highs John Kay (flying shuttle) John Kay (spinning frame) Robert Owen