Description and History of Site:-
Early cotton spinning mill on the river Calder. Tenant, Samuel Chatburn bankrupt in 1806. He had been a cotton spinner, dealer and chapman. His machinery included four new throstles with120 spindles each. Mill may have been owned by William Sutcliffe.
A later occupier was John Wright who was there from the 1820s until about 1834. The mill was then called Hebble End Mill. It had a 10 hp water wheel driven by the river Calder and employed about 46 people.
Further Reading and References:-G. Ingle, Yorkshire Cotton, Carnegie, 1997, p.142
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Key Words :- textile mill
Address :- Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SD 9888 2716
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.740821 , Long -2.018460
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site condition unknown
Site Dates :- C1806 -
Record Date :- 26 January 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © George Ingle
Grid Ref :- SD 9888 2716
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.740821 , Long -2.018460
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site condition unknown
Site Dates :- C1806 -
Record Date :- 26 January 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © George Ingle