Description and History of Site:-
Now part of the site of Crown Point shopping park. The firm of Joys was founded by Edward Joy (1789 - 1862). His father David (1747 -1819) had developed the crushing of rape and linseed for oil by 1789 and Edward and William set up at Crown Point Oil Mill (WYK00169) in 1807, they moved to Thwaite Mills (WYK00119) in 1821 and in 1840 the partnership was dissolved, William moved to a site in Bowman Lane before moving to a larger oil mill at Hull. Edward bought a warehouse from George Goodman, the woollen merchant, and as E. Joy & Sons, the filtrate Oil works has been there since. The building appears to be of an indeterminate date but is most likely from c.1890. Some of the early copper boilers were still in use until recently. The firm is interesting since it illustrates the development of oil milling initially for lamp oil and the reclamation of wool grease for use as a lubricant and then, with the introduction of paraffin for lamps, a concentration of the refining of oils and greases for lubricants. One of their earliest customers was George Stephenson, who used Joy's oils for the Rocket. (Connell, 1975).

Further Reading and References:-
Connell, E J. Industrial development in South Leeds 1790-1914. PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 1975.

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Key Words :- oil milling linseed lubricants

Address :- Junction Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1ET
Grid Ref :- SE 3030 3278
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.790459 , Long -1.541553
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- c1890 -
Record Date :- 22 August 2018

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