Description and History of Site:-
Early cotton spinning mill now a row of cottages.The mill and contents were insured for £600 in 1795 The firm of Craven, Brigg & Shackleton of Walk Mill in Keighley built Brow End Mill in the hamlet of Goose Eye in 1791 on land belonging to Thomas Brigg. It might have been run by Thomas Broughton in 1795, but was converted to worsted spinning in 1805 by William Rouse from Bradford.
Further Reading and References:-Ingle G Yorkshire Cotton 1979
Hodgson J Textile Industry in Keighley 1879
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Key Words :- textile mill
Address :- Goose Eye, Keighley, West Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SE 0278 4055
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.861163 , Long -1.959215
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1791 -
Record Date :- 4 June 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © George Ingle
Grid Ref :- SE 0278 4055
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.861163 , Long -1.959215
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1791 -
Record Date :- 4 June 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © George Ingle