Glossop Heritage Trust

The Mills in Glossopdale by Geographical Location.

Mill Built Owner Closed [some continued in other concerns]
On Hurst Brook
Cross Cliffe 1782/3 John Newton 1868 Burnt down, rebuilt, demolished 1902
Hurst Mill 1799-1802 Robert Atherton 1938
Cowbrook 1801 William Hadfield 1898
On Shelf Brook and Blackshaw Clough
Rolph’s Mill 1784/5 William Sheppard c 1807 became cottages
Shepley’s Mill [Wharf Mill] 1784/5 John Shepley 1851
Warth Mill [Knott’s or Platt’s] 1784/5 Joseph Hallam 1870’s became Meadow Mills
Thread Mill 1789 Benjamin Goodison 1898
Hawkshead Mill 1791 James Starkie 1875 became Isaac Jackson
Lower Water [Waterloo Mill, 1807 Robert Bennett 1879 burnt down
Old Mill [or Twist Mill]
Barrack Mill [Hope, MillTop, Also Higher Water or Wards] 1807 Robert Bennett 1879 burnt down
New Water 1815 Robert Bennett 1873 became Meadow Mills
On Glossop Brook
Bridge End Fulling Mill 1780 John Thornley & 3 partners became part of Howardtown mills, closed 1957
Shepley Mill[Green Vale] 1784 & 1810 Shepley 1930s
Mill Town 1803 Thomas Shaw burnt down 1842, rebuilt as Wood Narrow Mill
Logwood 1804/5 Wagstaff brothers became part of Potter’s printworks
Brookfield c1811 Samuel Shepley closed during First World War
Wren Nest 1815 Matthew Ellison 1955
Boggart 1817 Joseph Lyne became part of Potter’s printworks
Woolley Bridge 1825 Henry Lees burnt down,late 1860’s
On Bray Clough / Gnat Hole Brook
Bridgefield Mill 1784 John Garlick 1785 burnt down
Tip Mill 1791 John Bennett became part of Olive & Partingtons
Charlestown Mill 1792 Charles Hadfield became part of John Walton’s closed 1962
Whitfield 1802 George Roberts
Gnat Hole Mill 1805 John Robinson 1884
Turn Lee 1805 William Kershaw became part of Olive & Partingtons
Burymewick 1805 John Shaw became part of Olive & Partingtons
Primrose Mill 1811 Joseph Hadfield 1872 [paper staining from 1871]
Isolated Mills
Jumble Mill before 1790 John Robinson 1790 when Robinson built Gnat Hole
Simmondley Mill 1800 Joseph Lyne
On the River Etherow
Brookside Mill [Waterside] 1760 Turner & Thornley 1976. Originally a fulling mill, changed to cotton c 1780’s, additional buildings 1785-90, Garden Mill 1819/20, reduced 1966
Bottoms Mill 1795 John Turner later Bottom’s Lodge sold 1867, submerged
Valehouse Mill 1795 Robert & John Thornley 1876 sold to waterworks & submerged
On Padfield Brook
Padfield Brook Mill 1793 Robert Lees c 1880. demolished early1970’s
Clarkes Mill 1803 William Barber incorporated in Rhodes ‘Top Mill’1874
Lower Mill 1804 William Barber 1863 incorporated in Rhodes ‘Top Mill’1874
Hadfield Lodge c 1811 Thomas Thornley
Braddock’s [Mouse Nest] 1811 James Braddock 1860 became a farm barn
Thornley Mill c1820 John Thornley 1899 demolished
Charlesworth
Best Hill Mill 1784 John Marsland
Bankswood 1791 Thomas Bottomley
Coombs Mill 1811 Joseph Thornley
Chisworth
Mouse Mill 1800 John Booth
Holehouse Mill c 1811 Joseph Thornley
Hadfield & Padfield
Station Mills 1855 Thomas & Edward Platt later Wilman’s - closed 1989
Mersey Mills 1859 Thomas and James Rhodes 1935

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Page last updated: 7 December 2009.