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Clitheroe Castle Museum

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The following notes are from data on the 360 display information system at Clitheroe Castle Museum referencing it might be tricky, but it is likely useful:

  • Commercial Mill was built is early 1860s as a spinning mill, but the cotton famine caused collapse. Bought by John Mercer (also at Primrose and Homles) in 1868. Production until 1930s.
  • Holmes Mill, spinning mill with small foundry from 1820s. Housed the technical school for a time. Steam power abandoned in 1968.
  • Foulsykes Mill was built in 1861 for 340 looms, closed in 1941. Subsequently used by Henthorn Manufacturers division of Truetex.
  • Bridgewater Printworks (Tesco) possible handloom weavers warehouse, in 1830s became printworks for muslin and later calico. Converted to brewery by 1850.
  • Albion Mill, small weaving shed operational from 1860 to 1923. Latterly operated by the Thwaites family of Blackburn.
  • Waterloo Mill was a spinning mail in 1858. Converted to weaving between 1888 and 1930, mentions WWII jet-engine work.
  • Brooks Mill was operational from 1880s until 1930. After WWII became foundry for Castle Castings.
  • Upbrooks mill was a small water-powered mill. It has been a spinning mill, a calico printworks, a bobbin makers, a chair factory, and now a private house.
  • Shawbridge Old Mill has been used for carding, spinning, brewing, calico warehousing, block printing, weaving, bobbin turning, furniture making as a timberworks. Demolished in 1990.
  • Shawbridge Mill was built in 1860 for spinning and weaving. Specialized in brocades from 1930s, with production until 1973.
  • Brewery Mill also known as Pendle Mill was originally built as a brewery around 1788. Converted to calico printing in 1807. In 1834 a new spinning mill and weaving shed built. The spinning mill destroyed by fire in 1896, but continued to produce toweling until 1990.
  • Victoria Mill was built in the early 1860s as a spinning mill. Was producing Raylon latterly but closed in 1937. Later used by the Birtish Aircraft Company (WWII) and Brook Bond, demolished in the 1980s.

Trappedinburnley (talk) 23:52, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be a useful resource.-- Clem Rutter (talk) 08:14, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]