Description and History of Site:-
Pre-industrial textile workshops reputedly connected to Thomas Burnley, woollen cloth merchant and manufacturer, of Gomersal Mills. Oldest part (northern facade, rear of square) suggests an 18th-c date, but the front bears datestones of 1836 and 1846. It may have been housing with loom-shops above. Now converted to housing.
Further Reading and References:-G & N.A. Cookson, Gomersal: a Window on the Past (1992), 112-13
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Key Words :- Domestic textiles
Viewing the Site :- Open
Address :- Oxford Road, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 4JS
Grid Ref :- SE 20700 26400
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.733584 , Long -1.687695
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- possibly 18th c in p -
Record Date :- 2 January 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Gill Cookson
Grid Ref :- SE 20700 26400
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.733584 , Long -1.687695
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- possibly 18th c in p -
Record Date :- 2 January 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Gill Cookson