List of mills in Preston

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Classroom display of the stages in processing cotton.

Preston in Lancashire, England has been associated with cotton since John Horrocks built his first spinning mill, the Yellow factory, in 1791. This was powered by a engine. Preston mills tended to have their own reservoirs. They spun cotton using hand mules and self-actors but normally also operated power looms in weaving sheds. Local firms such as Ainscow & Tomlinson and Grundy made mules for the mills. There were 60 mills operating in Preston in 1927.^[1]

The mills[]

Standing mills[]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Arkwright Mill		Hawkins St SD532302 53°45′58″N 2°42′40″W / 53.766°N 2.711°W / 53.766; -2.711 ("Arkwright Mill ")	1854		168
	Notes: 1891:Daniel Arkwright, 36,248 spindles, 599 looms^[2]
Aqueduct Street Mill		Aqueduct St SD529304 53°46′05″N 2°42′58″W / 53.768°N 2.716°W / 53.768; -2.716 ("Aqueduct Street Mill ")
	Notes: 1891, together with India and Flats Mills: William Calvert and Co, 150,566 spindles^[2]
Brookfield Mill		SD538305 53°46′08″N 2°42′07″W / 53.769°N 2.702°W / 53.769; -2.702 ("Brookfield Mill ")
	Notes: 1891 together with Peel Mill: John Goodair and Co, 73,591 spindles and 1322 looms^[2]
Centenary Mill		SD551297 53°45′43″N 2°40′59″W / 53.762°N 2.683°W / 53.762; -2.683 ("Centenary Mill ")	1895	Standing	127
	Notes: Grade II listed building^[3] Known as Horrockses, it was powered by a four-cylindered horizontal triple-expansion engine by John Musgrave & Sons that delivered 2000 ihp.. The mill had rolled steel beams and concrete floors.^[2]^[4]
Cliff Mill		SD557297 53°45′43″N 2°40′23″W / 53.762°N 2.673°W / 53.762; -2.673 ("Cliff Mill ")^[2]
Embroidery Mill
Fylde Road Mill		SD530300 53°45′50″N 2°42′50″W / 53.764°N 2.714°W / 53.764; -2.714 ("Fylde Road Mill ")^[2]
Hartford Mill		Campbell St SD551298 53°45′47″N 2°40′59″W / 53.763°N 2.683°W / 53.763; -2.683 ("Hartford Mill ")
	Notes: 1891:Hartford Mills Co Ltd, 43472 spindles, 662 looms^[2]
Hanover Mill (Moss Mill; Spital's Moss Mill; Moss Shed)		Fylde Road SD533299 53°45′47″N 2°42′36″W / 53.763°N 2.710°W / 53.763; -2.710 ("Hanover Mill ")^[2]^[5]^[6]	1796		226
	Notes:
Hanover Street Mill		Gt George St SD539303 53°46′01″N 2°41′56″W / 53.767°N 2.699°W / 53.767; -2.699 ("Hanover Street Mill ")
	Notes: 1891:Birley Brothers, 46,466 spindles, 826 looms
Pitt Street Mill		SD534294 53°45′32″N 2°42′29″W / 53.759°N 2.708°W / 53.759; -2.708 ("Pitt Street Mill ")^[2]
Red Scar Mill		SD525306 53°46′12″N 2°43′19″W / 53.770°N 2.722°W / 53.770; -2.722 ("Red Scar Mill")		1939
	Notes: Then produced rayon until 1980^[2]
Stocksbridge Mill		SD525306 53°46′12″N 2°43′19″W / 53.770°N 2.722°W / 53.770; -2.722 ("Stocksbridge Mill ")^[2]
St Georges Road Mill		SD539306 53°46′12″N 2°42′04″W / 53.770°N 2.701°W / 53.770; -2.701 ("St Georges Road Mill ")
	Notes: 1891: Moor Park Manufacturing Co, Limited, 600 looms^[2]
Shelley Road Mill		SD525303 53°46′01″N 2°43′19″W / 53.767°N 2.722°W / 53.767; -2.722 ("Shelley Road Mill ")
	Notes: 1891:Hartley Brothers, 42,560 spindles, 864 looms^[2]
Tulketh Mill	FW Dixon	SD524309 53°46′19″N 2°43′26″W / 53.772°N 2.724°W / 53.772; -2.724 ("Tulketh Mill ")	1905	Standing	117
	Notes: Grade II listed building^[7] Powered by a J&E Wood, 2000 ihp, horizontal cross compound, Corliss valves with superheated steam. Initially 4 Lancashire boilers fifth Yorkshire boiler added in 1918. The 24 ft flywheel was geared for 44 ropes. The chimney was 77 yds tall, later reduced to 60, when the mill was lengthened to 427 ft in 1918 it housed 127,400 mule and 12,600 ring spindles^[2]^[8]

Other mills[]

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Served (Years)
Albert		Cemetery Rd, Preston
	Notes: 1891: J. F. Woods and Co, 445 looms ^[5]
Alexandra		Skeffington Road North, Preston
	Notes: 1891: Wilding Brothers, 1022 looms ^[5]
Alliance Works		New Hall Lane, Preston
	Notes: 1891:Thomas Brindle and Co, 1070 looms ^[5]
Arthur Street		Preston^[5]
Ashton Shed		Preston
	Notes: 1891: Richard Walsh and Co, 470 looms ^[5]
Astley Field		St Pauls Rd, Preston
	Notes: 1891:Martin Hopkins and Co, 448 looms ^[5]
Avenham		Preston^[5]
Back Lane		Preston^[5]
Bamber Bridge Spinning & Weaving Co Ltd		Wesley St, Bamber Bridge
	Notes: Horizontal 4-cylinder triple by J&E Wood with 26 ft flywheel, housed 127,500 mule spindles ^[9]
Bank Top		Preston
	Notes: 1891: (together with Hopwood St and Primrose Hill Mills): William Paley, 30,992 spindles ^[5]
Broomfield		Preston
	Notes: 1891, (together with Grimshaw Mill): John Anderton, 1764 looms ^[5]
Bold Street		Preston
	Notes: 1891: Moses S. Maynard, 42,000 spindles^[5]
Bow Lane		Preston^[5]
Bridge Street		Preston^[5]
Brookhouse		Old Lancaster Lane, Preston	1845	177
	Notes: Grade II listed building^[10] 1891: John and Adam Leigh, 40,520 spindles and 1,156 looms Engine: 500hp cross compound engine by Ashton Frost, 1906 ^[5]
Brunswick Place		Preston^[5]
Bushell Street		Lancaster Rd North, Preston
	Notes: 1891: John Humber, 702 looms ^[5]
Bute		Preston^[5]
Cable Street		Preston^[5]
Castle Street		Preston^[5]
Caledonian Go		Pitt St, Preston
	Notes: 1891:William Entwisle's Sons, 437 looms ^[5]
Canal Street		Preston^[5]
Cottage Street		Preston^[5]
Croft Street		Preston
	Notes: 1891:William Henry Hincksman, 36,620 spindles ^[5]
Dale Street		Preston^[5]
Deepdale		Preston^[5]
Edward Street		Preston^[5]
Eldon Street (Stocks Bridge)	P.Pickup	Preston	1903	119
	Notes: Powered by a Yates & Thom, 800ihp cross compound ^[11]
Emerson Road		Preston^[5]
Fishwick		Preston
	Notes: 1891: Swainson, Birley and Co, 95,562 spindles ^[5]
Fitzroy Street		Preston^[5]
Flats		Victoria Rd, Walton-le-Dale
	Notes: 1891, together with Aqueduct and India Mills: William Calvert and Co, 150,566 spindles ^[5]
Frenchwood		Preston^[5]
Fylde Road Shed		Preston
	Notes: 1891: S. and E. Leese, 40,924 spindles and Edward Hayes, 331 looms ^[5]
Grimshaw Street		Preston^[5]
Greenbank		Preston
	Notes: 1891 together with St Paul's Rd Mill: John Hawkins and Sons, 95,352 spindles ^[5]
Heatley Street		Preston^[5]
Higher Walton		Blackburn Rd, Higher Walton
	Notes: ^[5]
Hopwood Street		Preston
	Notes: 1891: (together with Bank Top and Primrose Hill Mills): William Paley, 30,992 spindles ^[5]
Hunt Street		Preston^[5]
India		New Hall Lane, Preston
	Notes: 1891, together with Aqueduct and Flats Mills: William Calvert and Co, 150,566 spindles ^[5]
Kay Street		Preston
	Notes: 1891: F. Mangnall and Co, 32,000 spindles ^[5]
Kent Street		Preston^[5]
Lawson		Cumberland St, Preston
	Notes: William Shaw and Co, 416 looms^[5]
Lord Street		Tithebarn St, Preston
	Notes: 1891: 11,700 spindles ^[5]
Lutwidge		Isherwood St, Preston
	Notes: 1891: Birley, Beaumont and Co, 27,160 spindles ^[5]
Manchester		Preston
	Notes: ^[5]
Markland Street		Preston^[5]
Marsh Lane		Preston
	Notes: 1891:Brotherton and Co, 576 looms
Meadow Street		Preston^[5]
Moor Brook		Preston
	Notes: 1891:William Anderton, 744 looms and J. R. and A. Smith Ltd, 1140 looms^[5]
Moor Hall		Preston
	Notes: 1891:Edward Healey, 684 looms ^[5]
Moor Park		Preston^[5]
Moor Lane		Preston^[5]
Murray Street		Preston^[5]
New Hall Lane		Preston	1856	166
	Notes: Grade II listed building^[12] 1891 with Victoria and Wellington Mill: Eccles Brothers, 90,428 spindles, 1078 looms ^[5]
New Hall Lane (Rigby Street)		Rigby St, Preston
	Notes: 1891:Paul Catterall, Son and Co, 42,296 spindles ^[5]
New Preston		Preston
	Notes: 1891 (together with Yard and New Preston Mills): Horrockses, Crewdson and Co, Limited, 131,200 spindles and 4405 looms ^[5]
Orr & Co. (Bamber Bridge)		School Lane, Bamber Bridge^[5]
Oxhey		Ripon St, Preston
	Notes: 1891: Oxhey Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co Ltd, 18,086 spindles ^[5]
Parker Street		Preston
	Notes: 1891:Joseph and John Haslam, 42000 spindles ^[5]
Park		North Rd, Preston
	Notes: 1891: Park Lane Twist Co Ltd, 48,760 spindles
Park Lane		Preston^[5]
Peel		Preston
	Notes: 1891 together with Brookfield Mill: John Goodair and Co, 73,591 spindles and 1322 looms ^[5]
Pole Street		Preston
	Notes: 1891: M.B. Copland, 27,812 spindles ^[5]
Primrose Hill		Primrose Hill, Preston
	Notes: 1891: (together with Hopwood St and Bank Top Mills): William Paley, 30,992 spindles ^[5]
Progress		Preston^[5]
Queens		Greenbank St, Preston
	Notes: William Smith and Co, 770 looms ^[5]
Raglan		Preston^[5]
Ribble Street		Preston^[5]
Ribbleton		Preston
	Notes: 1891: (together with Southgate Mill) Joseph Smith, 67,550 spindles ^[5]
Ribble Bank		Preston^[5]
Ribbleton Lane		Preston^[5]
Sedgewick Street		Preston^[5]
Soho (Fylde Road)		Preston^[5]
Southgate		Preston
	Notes: 1891: (together with Ribbleton Mill) Joseph Smith, 67,550 spindles ^[5]
Sovereign		Preston
	Notes: 1891 together with Yard and New Preston Mills: Horrockses, Crewdson and Co, Limited, 131,200 spindles and 4405 looms ^[5]
Spa		Marsh Lane, Preston
	Notes: 1891:Levi Fish, 530 looms ^[5]
Springfield		Brook St, Preston
	Notes: 1891: Richard Goodair Ltd, 836 looms ^[5]
Steam		Fylde Rd, Preston
	Notes: 1891: Joseph Eccles and Co, 548 looms^[5]
Stourton		Fishwick, Preston
	Notes: Mellor Brothers, Limited, 30,500 spindles ^[5]
St Pauls Road		Preston
	Notes: 1891 together with Greenbank Mill: John Hawkins and Sons, 95,352 spindles ^[5]
Swillbrook		Preston
	Notes: 1891 together with Deepdale: Hampson and Fish Ltd, 1786 looms ^[5]
Tennyson Road		Preston
	Notes: 1891: Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co., Limited, 480 looms ^[5]
Tulketh Mill		Preston
	Notes: ^[5]
Turk's Head		Preston^[5]
Walker Street		Preston^[5]
Waverley Park		Preston^[5]
Wellfield		Preston
	Notes: 1891: Preston Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co, Limited, 49,672 spindles ^[5]
Wellington		Preston
	Notes: 1891 (with Victoria and New Hall Lane Mill): Eccles Brothers, 90,428 spindles, 1078 looms^[5]
Wharton		Preston^[5]
Willow Street		Preston^[5]
Victoria (Peel Hall Street)		Preston
	Notes: 1891: John Liver and Co, 476 looms ^[5]
Victoria (nr New Quay)		Preston^[5]
Yard Works (Horrockses)		Preston
	Notes: 1891 (together with Sovereign and New Preston Mills): Horrockses, Crewdson and Co, Limited, 131,200 spindles and 4405 looms ^[5]

References[]

^ Dickinson 2002, p. 184
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Ashmore 1982, pp. 217, 219
^ Historic England. "CENTENARY MILL (1218681)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Dickinson 2002, p. 122
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm ^cn Dickinson 2002, p. 199
^ Oxford Archaeology North (March 2010). "Lancashire Textile Mills: Rapid Assessment Survey Final Report" (PDF). Lancashire County Council and English Heritage. p. 63.
^ Historic England. "TULKETH MILL (1207235)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Dickinson 2002, p. 147
^ Dickinson 2002, p. 150
^ Historic England. "BROOKHOUSE MILL (1218790)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Dickinson 2002, p. 153
^ Historic England. "NEW HALL LANE MILL (1207305)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

"1891 Cotton Mills in Preston". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

Bibliography[]

Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0820-4.
Dickinson, T.C. (2002). Cotton Mills of Preston.The power behind the thread. ISBN 1859360963.

[Dickinson184-1] Dickinson 2002, p. 184

[ashmore217-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Ashmore 1982, pp. 217, 219

[3] Historic England. "CENTENARY MILL (1218681)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[Dickinson122-4] Dickinson 2002, p. 122

[Dickinson200-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm ^cn Dickinson 2002, p. 199

[6] Oxford Archaeology North (March 2010). "Lancashire Textile Mills: Rapid Assessment Survey Final Report" (PDF). Lancashire County Council and English Heritage. p. 63.

[7] Historic England. "TULKETH MILL (1207235)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[dickinson147-8] Dickinson 2002, p. 147

[Dickinson150-9] Dickinson 2002, p. 150

[10] Historic England. "BROOKHOUSE MILL (1218790)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[Dickinson153-11] Dickinson 2002, p. 153

[12] Historic England. "NEW HALL LANE MILL (1207305)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

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v t Lancashire cotton
Architects	David Bellhouse Bradshaw Gass & Hope F.W. Dixon & Son Edward Potts Stott Stott and Sons Sidney Stott (later Sir Philip)
Engine makers	Daniel Adamson Boulton & Watt Browett, Lindley & Co Buckley & Taylor Carels Frères Fairbairn W & J Galloway & Sons B. Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co John Musgrave & Sons J & W McNaught Petrie of Rochdale William Roberts & Co of Nelson George Saxon Scott & Hodgson Urmson & Thompson Yates & Thom / Yates of Blackburn Willans & Robinson J & E Wood Woolstenhulmes & Rye
Machinery makers	Brooks & Doxey Butterworth & Dickinson Curtis, Parr & Walton Dobson & Barlow John Hetherington & Sons Joseph Hibbert John Pilling and Sons Howard & Bullough Geo. Hattersley Asa Lees Mather & Platt Parr, Curtis & Madely British Northrop Loom Co Platt Brothers Taylor, Lang & Co Textile Machinery Makers Tweedales & Smalley T. Wildman & Sons
Mill owners	Elkanah Armitage Henry Ashworth Hugh Birley Hugh Hornby Birley Joseph Brotherton James Burton Peter Drinkwater Nathaniel Eckersley John Fielden William Gray Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles Macintosh Hugh Mason Samuel Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers
Limited companies	Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Combined Egyptian Mills Courtaulds Bagley & Wright
Industrial processes	Textile manufacturing Cotton-spinning machinery DREF friction spinning Dandy loom Magnetic ring spinning Open-end spinning Ring spinning Spinning frame Spinning jenny Spinning mule Steaming Water frame Roberts Loom Lancashire Loom Lancashire boiler
Associations	Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine) Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union Amalgamated Weavers' Association Cardroom Amalgamation General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association General Union of Loom Overlookers Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Society North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation The Textile Institute United Textile Factory Workers' Association
Employment practices	More looms Kissing the shuttle Mule spinners' cancer Piece-rate list
Lists of mills	LCC mills Bolton Bury Cheshire Derbyshire Lancashire Manchester Oldham (borough) Preston Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Wigan Yorkshire
Museums	Bancroft Shed Helmshore Mills Queen Street Mill Weavers' Triangle Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
Pioneers	Richard Arkwright Samuel Crompton James Hargreaves Thomas Highs John Kay (flying shuttle) John Kay (spinning frame) Robert Owen