INDUSTRY
TEXTILE MILLS
WATER POWERED MILLS
There is a section discussing the various uses of water power in Luddenden Dean here. Several of the mills listed below had more than one use over their lifespan, the valley's fulling mills were converted to Textile mills as was part of the Cornmill.
Here is a list of the mills in order, starting at the highest.
Most were later converted to Steam.
Spring Mill
Square Mill
Lumb Mill
Wainstalls Mill
Jowler Mill
Holme House Mill
Peel House Mill
STEAM POWERED MILLS
Oats Royd Mill
Established in 1847 by John Murgatroyd
The mill was closed in 1982.
The following are newspapper cutting about the mill:
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Potential use of mill as a 'healing centre'.
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'Thumbs up' for forty new flats
Pepper Hill Mill
THE PAPER MILL
DEAN MILL Booth, demolished in 1921?