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Topcliffe Mill
Key Words :- textile mill mungo shoddy warehouse
Address :- Topcliffe Lane, West Ardsley, Morley, West Yorkshire, LS27 0HL
Grid Ref :- SE 2722 2667
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.735714 , Long -1.58884
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1906 -
Description and History of Site:-
Giles & Goodall wrote: "Built in 1906 by established rag merchant and used largely as a warehouse. Morley was an important centre of the recovered wool industry and the town had a number of rag dealers, some also involved in the manufacture of shoddy and mungo from rags: David Banks, Topcliffe Mill's builder, appears to have been both merchant and manufacturer. Mill comprised main three-storeyed ten-bay block with attached engine house and offices and open shed and stable. Mill building is typical local style -red brick with mill name and date picked out in white. Engine house originally had gas engine, probably powering rag-shaking machines on ground floor."
First appears on the 25" OS map of 1915, still standing in 2018.
Further Reading and References:-
Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 Colum Giles and Ian H Goodall 1992 London HMSO.
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Grid Ref :- SE 2722 2667
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.735714 , Long -1.58884
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1906 -
Giles & Goodall wrote: "Built in 1906 by established rag merchant and used largely as a warehouse. Morley was an important centre of the recovered wool industry and the town had a number of rag dealers, some also involved in the manufacture of shoddy and mungo from rags: David Banks, Topcliffe Mill's builder, appears to have been both merchant and manufacturer. Mill comprised main three-storeyed ten-bay block with attached engine house and offices and open shed and stable. Mill building is typical local style -red brick with mill name and date picked out in white. Engine house originally had gas engine, probably powering rag-shaking machines on ground floor."
First appears on the 25" OS map of 1915, still standing in 2018.
Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 Colum Giles and Ian H Goodall 1992 London HMSO.
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