List of mills in Manchester

This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Manchester, England.

Mills

Name	Owners	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albany Works		SD 882 007
Albert Mill		SJ 875 941
Albion Mill		Pollard Street, Ancoats
File:New Islington, new bridge - geograph.org.uk - 129481.jpg	Notes: J. and J. L. Gray John Hetherington & Sons
Alexandre Works		SD 855 022
Anchor Works		SD 845 013
Aquatite Mills		SJ 839 999
Ashenhurst Works		Blackley SD 847 030
	Notes: 1891- W. D. Ryde, Sons and Co, silk weavers
Ashleigh Mills		SD 847 012
Atlantic Works		SD838 000
Atlas Mills		SJ876 942
Bank of England Mills		SJ 857 984
Beehive Mill		Jersey Street, Ancoats SJ850987	1824		200
	Notes: Grade II* listed building Built as Room and Power mill 1891-B. and I. Wild, 12,000 spindles
Bengal Street Block		SJ 851 986	1848		176
File:Bengal Street (geograph 4795187).jpg	Notes: 1848- extension of Beehive Mill 1861- Part rebuilt after fire 1891-C. E. Bennett and Co, together with Union Mill, 16,000 spindles 2005-Destroyed by fire
Beswick Street Mills		SJ858 985
File:Ashton-under-Lyne Canal, 1990.jpg	Notes: 1891-Peter Joynson and Co (silk and fancy dress goods), 500 looms
Beswick		Bradford Street SJ863 986
Big Cotton Mill		SJ 876 942
Bowker Bank Print Works		SD847 030
	Notes: 1891-John F. Hill and Co, calico printers
Bradford Mill		SJ872 986
Bradford Road Mill		SJ857 986
Bridge Mill		SJ856 985
Broom House		SJ882 940
Brownsfield Mill		Binns Place, Gt Ancoats St, Ancoats  SJ849 984	c.1825
File:Brownsfield Mill, Ancoats - geograph.org.uk - 715343.jpg	Notes: Grade II* listed building (Room and power) on Great Ancoats Street, Seven storeys L-shaped formation. In 1910, Verdon Roe established the AV Roe Company manufacturing aeroplanes.
Brunswick Mill		Bradford Road, Ancoats SJ859 987	1840		184
File:Brunswick Mill, Bradford Road, Manchester (geograph 2818450).jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Adjacent to the Ashton Canal, it had seven storeys. 35 bays faced directly onto the canal, four storey block completing the courtyard with entrance on Bradford Road. It was built by builder David Bellhouse. In the 1850s it had some 276 carding machines, and 77,000 mule spindles. In 1891, owned by Bannerman Mills Co, Limited, it had 73,000 spindles.
Cambridge Street India Rubber Works	Hugh Birley	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ837974	1900s
File:Cambridge Street India Rubber Works-Geograph-3790999.jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Owned by Charles Macintosh & Company who produced rubberised waterproofs. The word mackintosh became the generic term for waterproof overcoats
Chain Bar Mill		SD882031
Chapeltown Street Mill		SJ851980
File:Chapeltown Street Mills - geograph.org.uk - 715456.jpg	Notes:
Chatham Mill Runcorn's Mill		Chester Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ840973	1820		204
File:Runcorn's Chatham Mill, Chester Street, Chorlton on Medlock - geograph.org.uk - 712979.jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Built 1820 with an adjoining 1823 built warehouse at right angles. 6 storeys. The mill has wooden floors (not fireproof) but the warehouse has iron columns. There is a truncated chimney at the back.
Chatsworth Mill		SJ882 961
	Notes: 1891-Robert Williams, finisher, dresser, waterer, embosser, etc
Chepstow Street Mill		Oxford Street  SJ838978	1813-20	1990
	Notes: 1891-Wadkin and King, together with Springfields Mill, Salford, 30,000 spindles
Chorlton Mill complex	Birley family	Little Ireland Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ838 974
	Notes: Most of the site is under the Manchester Metropolitan University buildings. Chorlton Old Mill rebuilt 1866 Chorlton New Mill 1814, 1818, 1845 Marsland Mill
Chorlton New Mills	Birley family	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ838 974	1813		211
	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Chorlton Mill complex Cotton spinning mill, afterwards partially used as rubber processing works. Built 1813, extended in 1818 and 1845, with chimney dated 1853. Developed by a partnership which also operated the nearby Chorlton Old Mill and other mills on Oxford Road which are no longer standing. By 1838 they were in partnership with Charles Macintosh who was making rubberised cloth at the nearby Cambridge Street rubber works site.
Chorlton Old Mill Cambridge Mill	Birley family	Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ839 973	1866		158
File:Cambridge Mill and Chorlton New Mill - geograph.org.uk - 712877.jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Chorlton Mill complex Earlier mill built in 1795 managed by Robert Owen, considerably extended c.1810, and then largely rebuilt in 1866. Converted to accommodation in 1993.
Chorlton Twist Mill		Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  SJ842 973	1795	1866	71
	Notes: built 1795 for Robert Owen and partners. Rebuilt 1866 as Chorlton Old Mill
City Corn Mill		SJ851 987
Clayton Works		SJ879 984
Collyhurst Works		Collyhurst SJ849 998
Crumpsall Mill		Factory Lane, Harpurhey  SD855 021
	Notes: 1891-Crumpsall Mill Co, 40,000 spindles and 300 looms
Culcheth Lane Mill		SD884001
	Notes: 1891- Robinson and Trevor, 130 looms
Daisy Bank Mill		SD887002
	Notes: 1891-Alexander Bedell and Co, 236 looms
Decker Mill	Murray Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats  SJ 851 986	1799		225
	Notes: Grade II* listed building (with Old Mill) Part of Murray Mills complex
Doubling Mill see Waulk Mill		Ancoats ,  SJ 851 986
Drinkwater's Mill See Piccadilly Mill		SJ 845 979
Fireproof Mill see Waulk Mill		Ancoats ,  SJ 851 986
Garratt Mill		SJ 843 975
Gorebrook Works		SJ 875 956
Gorton Wadding Works		SJ891 966
Great Bridgewater Street Mills		Great Bridgewater St ,  SJ837 975
Great Marlborough Street Mills		SJ840 974
Hanover Mill		Berry Street  SJ 849 976
	Notes: 1891-Hanover Mill Co,
Harpurhey Dyeworks		Harpurhey  SD854 014
	Notes: 1891-Harpurhey Printing Co, bleachers, dyers, finishers and calico printers
Havelock Mills		SJ 837 975
	Notes: 1891-Greenough, Occleston and Co, smallware
Heaton Mills		Blackley  SD 844 046
	Notes: 1891-Whittaker and Harwood, silk and cotton yarn dyers
Holt Town Works		SJ 862 986
Hope Mills		Pollard Street, Ancoats  SJ 857 985
	Notes: Grade II* listed building Built 1824 for Joseph Clarke and Sons, with later 19th and 20th century additions and alterations. 1891-John Jackson Junior, 2000 spindles 20th century-John Hetherington and Sons, textile machine makers
Jackson Street Mills		SJ847 976
File:Manchester University Mill Building.jpg	Notes: 1891-Jackson Street Spinning Co, 85,000 spindles
Knutsford Vale Works		SJ875 956
Levenshulme Works		SJ 883 946
	Notes: 1891-Thomas Boyd and Co, calico and muslin printers
Little Green Works		Collyhurst Road, Collyhurst  SD 849 001
	Notes: 1891-John Walton, Little Green Dye Works, dyer and finisher
Little Mill	Murray Mills	Jersey Street, Ancoats  SJ 851 986	1908		116
File:Little Mill.jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Murray Mills complex Built in 1908 on site of earlier mill (c.1820). Earliest mill in Greater Manchester built to use mains electricity as principal power source.
Lloydsfield Mill		Miles Platting  SJ 856 991
File:Lloydsfield Mill - geograph.org.uk - 904906.jpg	Notes:
Macintosh's Mill see:Cambridge Street India Rubber Works		Chorlton-on-Medlock	1837		187
McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex		Redhill Street, Ancoats
	Notes: Royal Mill 1797 Sedgewick Mill, 1818–1820 Sedgewick New Mill 1912 Paragon Mill 1912, 8 storey. Worlds tallest cast iron structure when built. Alexis de Tocqueville, described Redhill Street Mill in 1835 as "a place where some 1500 workers, labouring 69 hours a week, with an average wage of 11 shillings, and where three-quarters of the workers are women and children". It was the biggest mill in the Manchester region. Further buildings were added in 1868 and 1912. In 1891 McConnel and Co, Limited had 130,000 spindles
Marslands Mill		Cambridge St/Chester St, Chorlton  SJ 840 973
File:Marslands and Chorlton Old Mills, Cambridge Street, Manchester (geograph 3699127).jpg	Notes: Part of Chorlton Mill complex Grade II listed building
Medlock Mill		SJ 838 973
Monsall Mills		Newton Heath  SD 863 009
	Notes: 1891-William Hall and Co, yarn dyers, printers, winders, warpers and bleachers
Moston Mill		Moston  SD 885 027
	Notes: 1891-Samuel Barlow and Co Ltd, yarn dyers and printers
Murrays' Mills complex		Murray Street, Ancoats
	Notes: Old Mill 1798 Decker Mill 1799 New Mill 1802 Murray Street Block 1804 Doubling/Fireproof Mill 1842 Little Mill (rebuilt) 1908 1891-A. and G. Murray Limited, 100,000 spindles
Murray Street Block		SJ 851 986	1804		220
	Notes:
New Mill	Murray Mills	Jersey Street, Ancoats  SJ 851 986	1802		222
	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of Murray Mills complex
New Old Mill see Royal Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats ,  SJ 850 985	1912		112
Newton Silk Mill		Holyoak Street, Newton Heath SD 882 007	1832		192
File:Newton Silk Mill (geograph 3155288).jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Now office accommodation
Old Mill	Murray Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats  SJ 851 986	1798		226
	Notes: Grade II* listed building (with Decker Mill) Part of Murray Mills complex
Old Mill, Henry Street		McConnel and Kennedy Mills  SJ 849 985	1798		226
	Notes: Built for James McConnel and John Kennedy With 8 floors and an area of 650 square yards. Gas lighting was installed in 1809 by Boulton & Watt. By 1811, with a downturn in trade the firm of McConnel & Kennedy went bankrupt (to re-emerge later Rebuilt in 1912 as the New Old Mill (later Royal Mill)
Paragon Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats SJ 849 985	1912		112
	Notes: Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex Grade II* listed building
Phoenix Mill		Piercy street, Ancoats  SJ 855 984
	Notes: (Room and Power) Doubling 1891-W. Richardson, 5000 spindles and William Wild and Son, 6,000 spindles
Piccadilly Mill aka Drinkwater's Mill		SJ 845 979	1780s
	Notes: Built at Bank Top, Piccadilly in the late 1780s by Peter Drinkwater and managed in the 1790s by Robert Owen, this cotton mill was the first in Manchester to use a stationary steam engine made by Boulton and Watt. Isaac Perrins was involved in the installation of this.
Pin Mill		Fairfield Street, Ardwick  SJ 856 976
	Notes: 1891-John H. Gartside and Co, Limited, 905 looms
Redhill Street Mills	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Ancoats,  SJ850985	1818		206
Reservoir Mill		Beswick  SJ 865 987
	Notes: 1891-Richard Johnson, 240 looms
Rhodes Mill		SJ 857 984
Royal Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Redhill St, Ancoats  SJ 849 985	1912		112
File:Mills at Ancoats - geograph.org.uk - 715425.jpg	Notes: Grade II* listed building Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex Renamed from New Old Mill after visit from HM King George, 19 November 1942.
Salvin's Factory		Ancoats ,  SJ 852 984	c1788
Sedgwick Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats  SJ 850 985	1818		206
File:Royal and Sedgwick Mills - geograph.org.uk - 715451.jpg	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex Designed by James Lowe 8 storey, 17 bay.
Sedgwick New Mill	McConnel and Kennedy Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats SJ850985	1912		112
	Notes: Grade II listed building Part of McConnel and Kennedy Mills complex>
Shudehill Mill		Shudehill SJ844989	1782	1940	158
	Notes: 1940-Destroyed by bombing
Smedley Vale Dye Works		SD850011
	Notes: 1891-James Ashworth
Smedley Works		SD850 012
Soho Iron Works Site		SJ 855 983
	Notes: A manufacturer and supplier of mill machinery, spindles and other goods to the textiles industries. The Soho Factory had many specialist manufactures within its 100 yard frontage, including machinery makers, spindle makers and calico printing machinery makers. They also supplied the dyeing, bleaching and local chemical industries, with goods and parts.
Spectator Mill		Spectator Street, Beswick
	Notes: Grade II listed building Silk Mill, built early to mid 19th century
Supreme Mills		SJ 852987
Talbot Mill		SJ 827974
	Notes: 1891-J. and E. Waters and Co
Ten Acres Mill		SD873 003
	Notes: 1891-Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Co, Ltd, 930 looms
Thistle Mill		Harpurhey  SD855 021
	Notes: 1891-J. Paterson and Co, 245 looms
Union Mill		SJ861 988
	Notes: 1891-C. E. Bennett and Co, together with Bengal Mill, 16,000 spindles
Victoria Mill	William Holland	Lower Vickers Street, Miles Platting  SJ 859 993	1867, 1873
	Notes: Grade II* listed building Alongside the Rochdale Canal and Varley Street, Victoria Mill was constructed for William Holland, of the Adelphi Mill, Salford. It was designed by George Woodhouse of Bolton. It was a six storey double mill with shared engine house. It had an octagonal chimney. In 1891, still owned by William Holland and Sons it had 170,000 spindles. It was worked to the 1960s, and has now been converted into office space and residential.
Victoria Mills		Ancoats ,  SJ 856 985
Waterside Works		SD 839 034
Waulk Mill aka Doubling Mill/Fireproof Mill	Murray Mills	Redhill Street, Ancoats  SJ 861 988	1842		182
	Notes: Grade II* listed building Part of Murrays' Mills complex
Wellington Mill		Pollard Street, Ancoats  SJ 859 987
	Notes: 1891-Bazley Brothers, 47,350 spindles
Wellington Mill		Newton Heath  SD 866 003
	Notes: 1891-Joseph Holt and Sons, 334 looms
Wellington Mills		Bridgewater Street, Castlefield  SJ 832 976	1912		112
File:Castlefield, Wellington Mills (geograph 4919307).jpg	Notes:
York Mill		SJ 845 983

See also

• List of warehouses in Manchester

References

Grace's Guide 1891