Description and History of Site:-

According to a local writer the corn mill in Stainforth was converted to spin cotton in 1793.It was a small squared building, of unknown height, with a headrace channel running from far upstream on the Ribble, remains of the wheel pit adjacent to the mill building, and scant trace of the open tailrace channel (2018).It began as a medieval manorial soke cornmill and was converted to cotton spinning in 1792-93. First occupied by Redmayne & Armitstead who also had a cotton mill in Giggleswick. The tithe map of 1841 marked it as 'Old Mill' and 'Old Mill Race'.

Further Reading and References:-

Ingle G Yorkshire Cotton 1997
Brayshaw & Robinson 1932

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Key Words :- textile mill

Viewing the Site :- from Dog Hill Brow on the opposite side of the river,and from the packhorse bridge

Address :- Dog Hill Brow, Little Stainforth, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24
Grid Ref :- SD 817 673
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.101262 , Long -2.281344
Local Authority :- Craven District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- 1793 -
Contributor :- George Ingle - 12 November 2017

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