List of mills in Royton
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This list of mills in Royton, lists textile factories that have existed in Royton, Greater Manchester, England.
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee | Wild & Collins | Shaw Road SD 926 075 53°33′51″N 2°06′46″W / 53.5642311°N 2.1126685°W | 1901 | Standing | 63 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 102,216 Platts/ Engine - George Saxon 1500hp[1] | |||||
| Beech | Chapel Street | <1838 | 1917 | ||
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 55,000 Platts/Asa Lees.[1] | |||||
| Belgian | Blackshaw Lane | c.1862 | 1955 | ||
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 61,392 Platts/Asa lees. Engine - 1877 J. Musgrave & Sons 450hp[1] | |||||
| Birchinlee | Off Middleton Road, SD 909 071 53°33′37″N 2°08′22″W / 53.5603272°N 2.1394843°W[2] | <1845 | |||
| Delta | Stotts & Sons | Crompton Street SD 918 073 53°33′43″N 2°07′27″W / 53.562054°N 2.1242314°W | 1902 | Standing | 77 |
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Notes: Spindleage - 1954: 124,996 Mule, 9,120 Ring, Platts. Engine - J & E Wood 1500hp. The mill was extended in 1913. From 1950 to 1979 it was occupied by Cotton & Rayon Spinners Ltd. In 1981 three of the six floors were removed.[3] In 1984 it became occupied by Money Controls Ltd who in 2009 submitted a planning application for its demolition and replacement with residential housing which was approved.[4][5] In 2010 Money Controls were absorbed into Crane Payment Innovations who still occupy the mill.[6][7] | ||||
| Dogford | Low Crompton Road | c.1795 | 1861-1871 | ||
| Notes: Engine - Water power, 20hp steam[8] | |||||
| Downey | Mill Street [8] | <1838 | <1939 | ||
| Elk | A. Turner & Son | Broadway SD 911 068 53°33′31″N 2°08′11″W / 53.5584883°N 2.1362527°W | 1927 | 1999 | 71 |
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Notes: 1927:107,240 Mule, Platts/Asa Lees. Engine - Parsons Steam Turbine, 2600hp. Elk Mill, on the Chadderton-Royton boundary, in Greater Manchester, England. The last mill to be built in Lancashire during the recession of 1926 and driven by a Parsons steam turbine that drove the mill by ropes and the neighbouring Shiloh Mills by electricity. It used cotton mules until 1974. Scrapped in 1983. Closed in 1998. Demolished in 1999. Part of Central Retail Park (also known as Elk Mill Retail Park) is built where it stood.[8] | ||||
| Elly Clough | Holden Fold Lane | <1817 | 1930s | ||
| Notes: Engine - Water power, 10hp steam[9] | |||||
F–J
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields / Lees Hall | Holden Fold Lane | <1817 | c.1950 | ||
| Notes: Engine - 7hp Steam Engine[10] | |||||
| Fir | A.Turner | Highbarn Street SD 923 079 53°34′03″N 2°07′03″W / 53.5675561°N 2.1175578°W | 1906 | 2021[11] | 53 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 107,184 Platts. Engine - Scott & Hodgson 1600hp. Known since its closure as a cotton mill as Vernon Works[10] | |||||
| Grape | T.W. Jenkins | Crompton Street SD 917 073 53°33′43″N 2°07′37″W / 53.561821°N 2.1269996°W | 1906 | Standing | 57 |
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Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 126,324 Platts/ Engine - J. Musgrave & Sons horizontal cross compound of 1600 hp. Built by the Grape Mill Co Ltd. [12] | ||||
| Gravel Hole | Springfield Lane 53°34′55″N 2°07′49″W / 53.581905°N 2.130359°W | c.1870 | >1959 | ||
| Notes: Spindleage - 1954: 90 Looms.[12] | |||||
| Hall Street / Top of the Fold | Fleet Street | 1776-8 | c.1900 | ||
| Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 55,650 Mule.[13] | |||||
| Holden Fold / Strange | Holden Fold Lane SD 914 068, 53°33′29″N 2°07′51″W / 53.558121°N 2.1308892°W | 1832 | Standing | 159 | |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1889: 10,000 346 Looms Platt/Asa Lees/ Engine - 12 hp[14] | |||||
| Holly | Wild, Collins & Wild | Flake Lane | 1890 | 1957 | 67 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1890: 72,660 : 1905-142,664 Platts/ Engine - Pollit & Wigzell 1400hp[15] | |||||
| Industry | E.Potts | Industry Street | 1875 | 1930s | 52 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1887: 77,412/ Engine - Benjamin Goodfellow 850hp[16] | |||||
K–O
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King | Wild, Collins & Wild | Crompton Street (now Shaw Road) 53°33′56″N 2°06′50″W / 53.5654389°N 2.113849°W | 1897 | 1982 | 62 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 75,036 Mule, 277,504 Ring, Platts. Engine - G Saxon, 1500hp[17] | |||||
| Lion | Wild, Collins & Wild | Fitton Street SD 927 076 53°33′54″N 2°06′40″W / 53.5648858°N 2.111055°W | 1890 | Standing | 77 |
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1376630Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 109.680 Platts. Engine - Pollit & Wigzell, 2000hp. 5 storey, cast-iron and steel-framed, fireproof brick-arched construction with brick cladding. 23x10 bays with narrow stilted arched windows. Main sprinkler and stair tower projects from NE elevation. The Italianate detailed tower rises 2 storeys above the roof line.[18] | ||||
| Luzley Brook / Albion | Crompton Street (now Shaw Road) | <1776 | 1891 | ||
| Notes: Water mill[19] | |||||
| Monarch | F.W. Dixon | Jones Street SD 919 068 | 1903 | 2005 | 69 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 132,744 Platts/Howard & Bullough/ Engine - George Saxon 1700hp[20] | |||||
| Moss / Lamb / Rhos | 1886 - Stotts & Sons | Higginshaw Lane 53°33′35″N 2°06′11″W / 53.5596543°N 2.1030607°W | 1862 | 1975 | 113 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 24,563 Mule 10,864 Ring/ Engine - 1898 Scott & Hodgson 600hp[21] | |||||
| Norman | P.S. Stott | Boundary Street | 1887 | >1931 | 44 |
| Notes: Spindleage - 1915: 50,456/ Engine - 1889 Buckley & Taylor[22] | |||||
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