List of mills in Wakefield - Misplaced Pages

This is a list of the wool, cotton and other textile mills in Wakefield: including Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract.

Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield)

Name	Architect	Location
Alverthorpe Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 3090 2140 53°41′17″N 1°32′01″W / 53.68813°N 1.53358°W / 53.68813; -1.53358 (Alverthorpe Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63624: (A)
Balne Lane Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 3215 2135 53°41′15″N 1°30′53″W / 53.68760°N 1.51466°W / 53.68760; -1.51466 (Balne Lane Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63628: (B)
Balne Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Balne Lane Mills)
Bective Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 310 211 53°41′08″N 1°31′56″W / 53.68542°N 1.53210°W / 53.68542; -1.53210 (Bective Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63627: (C)
Calder Dyeworks		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 327 187 53°39′50″N 1°30′24″W / 53.66375°N 1.50661°W / 53.66375; -1.50661 (Calder Dyeworks)
	Notes: National Building Register:63767: (C)
Clarkson's Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 3208 2055 53°40′50″N 1°30′57″W / 53.68042°N 1.51580°W / 53.68042; -1.51580 (C1arkson's Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63629: (B)
Flanshaw Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 3080 2095 53°41′03″N 1°32′07″W / 53.68409°N 1.53514°W / 53.68409; -1.53514 (Flanshaw Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63625: (A)
Hebble Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Bective Mills)
Oakes Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Flanshaw Mill)
Portobello Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 335 195 53°40′15″N 1°29′40″W / 53.67089°N 1.49442°W / 53.67089; -1.49442 (Portobello Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63768: (C)
Thornes Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 327 190 53°39′59″N 1°30′24″W / 53.66645°N 1.50658°W / 53.66645; -1.50658 (Thornes Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63766: (C)
West Riding Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Calder Dyeworks)
Westgate Common Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see C1arkson's Mill)

Horbury

Name	Architect	Location
Addingford Mills		Horbury, SE 2915 1767 53°39′17″N 1°33′38″W / 53.65470°N 1.56043°W / 53.65470; -1.56043 (Addingford Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63764: (B)
Albert Mill		Horbury, SE 2875 1792 53°39′25″N 1°33′59″W / 53.65697°N 1.56646°W / 53.65697; -1.56646 (Albert Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63760: (B)
Albion Mills		Horbury, SE 2845 1799 53°39′27″N 1°34′16″W / 53.65762°N 1.57099°W / 53.65762; -1.57099 (Albion Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63757: (B)
Dudfleet Mill		Horbury, SE 2995 1735 53°39′06″N 1°32′54″W / 53.65178°N 1.54835°W / 53.65178; -1.54835 (Dudfleet Mi1l)
	Notes: National Building Register:63765: (B)
Ford Mill		Horbury, SE 2872 1798 53°39′27″N 1°34′01″W / 53.65751°N 1.56690°W / 53.65751; -1.56690 (Ford Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63759: (B)
Horbury Bridge Mill		Horbury, SE 2789 1820 53°39′34″N 1°34′46″W / 53.65953°N 1.57944°W / 53.65953; -1.57944 (Horbury Bridge Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63752: (B)
Manor Mills		Horbury, SE 2890 1930 53°40′10″N 1°33′51″W / 53.66937°N 1.56406°W / 53.66937; -1.56406 (Manor Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63756: (C)
Navigation Mill		Horbury, SE 2815 1798 53°39′27″N 1°34′32″W / 53.65754°N 1.57553°W / 53.65754; -1.57553 (Navigation Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63771: (B)
New Mill		Horbury,
	Notes: (see Horbury Bridge Mill)
Peel Mills		Horbury, SE 2942 1809 53°39′30″N 1°33′23″W / 53.65846°N 1.55630°W / 53.65846; -1.55630 (Peel Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63763: (B)
Terry Mills		Horbury, SE 2885 1860 53°39′47″N 1°33′54″W / 53.66308°N 1.56488°W / 53.66308; -1.56488 (Terry Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63773: (B)
Victoria Mill		Horbury, SE 2850 1797 53°39′27″N 1°34′13″W / 53.65743°N 1.57023°W / 53.65743; -1.57023 (Victoria Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63758: (B)

Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe (Stanley)

Name	Architect	Location
Stanley Mills		Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe (Stanley), SE 3408 2472 53°43′04″N 1°29′06″W / 53.71777°N 1.48507°W / 53.71777; -1.48507 (Stanley Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63632: (B)

Wakefield

Name	Architect	Location
Albion Mills		Wakefield, SE 3275 2050 53°40′48″N 1°30′20″W / 53.67992°N 1.50566°W / 53.67992; -1.50566 (Albion Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63630: (B)
Castle Bank Mill		Wakefield, SE 3375 1940 53°40′12″N 1°29′26″W / 53.66997°N 1.49064°W / 53.66997; -1.49064 (CastleBankMill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63769: (B)
Chald Mill		Wakefield, SE 3 2 53°40′32″N 1°32′50″W / 53.67560°N 1.54734°W / 53.67560; -1.54734 (Chald Mill)
	Notes: National Building Register:63663: (C)
Providence Mills		Wakefield, SE 3265 2040 53°40′45″N 1°30′26″W / 53.67903°N 1.50719°W / 53.67903; -1.50719 (Providence Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63631: (B)
Westgate New Mills		Wakefield, SE 3 2 53°40′32″N 1°32′50″W / 53.67560°N 1.54734°W / 53.67560; -1.54734 (Westgate New Mills)
	Notes: National Building Register:63665: (C)
Whiteoak Mills		Wakefield,
	Notes: (see Providence Mills)

References

Footnotes

The National Monument Record is a legacy numbering system maintained by English Heritage. Further details on each mill may be obtained from http://yorkshire.u08.eu/

"NBR63624". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63628". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63627". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63767". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63629". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63625". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63768". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63766". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63764". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63760". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63757". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63765". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63759". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63752". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63756". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63771". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63763". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63773". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63758". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63632". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63630". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63769". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63663". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63631". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
"NBR63665". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.

References

^ Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 225.
^ Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 236.
Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 246.
^ Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 248.

Bibliography

Giles, Colum; Goodall, Ian H (1992). Yorkshire Textile Mills 1790- 1930. London: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England HMSO. ISBN 0-11-300038-3.

Ingle, George (1997). Yorkshire Cotton: The Yorkshire Cotton Industry, 1780-1835. Preston, Lancashire: Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 9781859360286. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

Jenkins, Geraint (1972). Geraint Jenkins (ed.). The wool textile industry in Great Britain. London & Boston: Routledge Keegan Paul. ISBN 0-7100-69790.

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Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield)

Horbury

Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe (Stanley)

Wakefield

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