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Horrockses display
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 Bateman & Sherratt 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.

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 170
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: 1891:Daniel Arkwright, 36,248 spindles, 599 looms
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 ")
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: 1891, together with India and Flats Mills: William Calvert and Co, 150,566 spindles
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
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 129
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: Grade II listed building
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.
Cliff Mill  SD557297 53°45′43″N 2°40′23″W / 53.762°N 2.673°W / 53.762; -2.673 ("Cliff Mill ")
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 ")
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
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 ") 1796 228
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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 ")
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
Stocksbridge Mill  SD525306 53°46′12″N 2°43′19″W / 53.770°N 2.722°W / 53.770; -2.722 ("Stocksbridge Mill ")
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
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 ")
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: 1891:Hartley Brothers, 42,560 spindles, 864 looms
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 119
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: Grade II listed building
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


Other mills

Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served
(Years)
Albert  Cemetery Rd, Preston
Notes: 1891: J. F. Woods and Co, 445 looms
Alexandra  Skeffington Road North, Preston
Notes: 1891: Wilding Brothers, 1022 looms
Alliance Works  New Hall Lane, Preston
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: 1891:Thomas Brindle and Co, 1070 looms
Arthur Street  Preston
Ashton Shed  Preston
Notes: 1891: Richard Walsh and Co, 470 looms
Astley Field  St Pauls Rd, Preston
Notes: 1891:Martin Hopkins and Co, 448 looms
Avenham  Preston
Back Lane  Preston
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
Bank Top  Preston
Notes: 1891: (together with Hopwood St and Primrose Hill Mills): William Paley, 30,992 spindles
Broomfield  Preston
Notes: 1891, (together with Grimshaw Mill): John Anderton, 1764 looms
Bold Street  Preston
Notes: 1891: Moses S. Maynard, 42,000 spindles
Bow Lane  Preston
Bridge Street  Preston
Brookhouse  Old Lancaster Lane, Preston 1845 179
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: Grade II listed building
1891: John and Adam Leigh, 40,520 spindles and 1,156 looms
Engine: 500hp cross compound engine by Ashton Frost, 1906
Brunswick Place  Preston
Bushell Street  Lancaster Rd North, Preston
Notes: 1891: John Humber, 702 looms
Bute  Preston
Cable Street  Preston
Castle Street  Preston
Caledonian Go  Pitt St, Preston
Notes: 1891:William Entwisle's Sons, 437 looms
Canal Street  Preston
Cottage Street  Preston
Croft Street  Preston
Notes: 1891:William Henry Hincksman, 36,620 spindles
Dale Street  Preston
Deepdale  Preston
Edward Street  Preston
Eldon Street (Stocks Bridge) P.Pickup  Preston 1903 121
Notes: Powered by a Yates & Thom, 800ihp cross compound
Emerson Road  Preston
Fishwick  Preston
Notes: 1891: Swainson, Birley and Co, 95,562 spindles
Fitzroy Street  Preston
Flats  Victoria Rd, Walton-le-Dale
Notes: 1891, together with Aqueduct and India Mills: William Calvert and Co, 150,566 spindles
Frenchwood  Preston
Fylde Road Shed  Preston
Notes: 1891: S. and E. Leese, 40,924 spindles and Edward Hayes, 331 looms
Grimshaw Street  Preston
Greenbank  Preston
Notes: 1891 together with St Paul's Rd Mill: John Hawkins and Sons, 95,352 spindles
Heatley Street  Preston
Higher Walton  Blackburn Rd, Higher Walton
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Hopwood Street  Preston
Notes: 1891: (together with Bank Top and Primrose Hill Mills): William Paley, 30,992 spindles
Hunt Street  Preston
India  New Hall Lane, Preston 1864 1972 108
Notes: 1891, together with Aqueduct and Flats Mills: William Calvert and Co, 150,566 spindles
Kay Street  Preston
Notes: 1891: F. Mangnall and Co, 32,000 spindles
Kent Street  Preston
Lawson  Cumberland St, Preston
Notes: William Shaw and Co, 416 looms
Lord Street  Tithebarn St, Preston
Notes: 1891: 11,700 spindles
Lutwidge  Isherwood St, Preston
Notes: 1891: Birley, Beaumont and Co, 27,160 spindles
Manchester  Preston
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Markland Street  Preston
Marsh Lane  Preston
Notes: 1891:Brotherton and Co, 576 looms
Meadow Street  Preston
Moor Brook  Preston
Notes: 1891:William Anderton, 744 looms and J. R. and A. Smith Ltd, 1140 looms
Moor Hall  Preston
Notes: 1891:Edward Healey, 684 looms
Moor Park  Preston
Moor Lane  Preston
Murray Street  Preston
New Hall Lane  Preston 1856 168
Notes: Grade II listed building
1891 with Victoria and Wellington Mill: Eccles Brothers, 90,428 spindles, 1078 looms
New Hall Lane (Rigby Street)  Rigby St, Preston
Notes: 1891:Paul Catterall, Son and Co, 42,296 spindles
New Preston  Preston
Notes: 1891 (together with Yard and New Preston Mills): Horrockses, Crewdson and Co, Limited, 131,200 spindles and 4405 looms
Orr & Co. (Bamber Bridge)  School Lane, Bamber Bridge
Oxhey  Ripon St, Preston
Notes: 1891: Oxhey Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co Ltd, 18,086 spindles
Parker Street  Preston
Notes: 1891:Joseph and John Haslam, 42000 spindles
Park  North Rd, Preston
Notes: 1891: Park Lane Twist Co Ltd, 48,760 spindles
Park Lane  Preston
Peel  Preston
Notes: 1891 together with Brookfield Mill: John Goodair and Co, 73,591 spindles and 1322 looms
Pole Street  Preston
Notes: 1891: M.B. Copland, 27,812 spindles
Primrose Hill  Primrose Hill, Preston
[[|frameless|upright=0.8]] Notes: 1891: (together with Hopwood St and Bank Top Mills): William Paley, 30,992 spindles
Progress  Preston
Queens  Greenbank St, Preston
Notes: William Smith and Co, 770 looms
Raglan  Preston
Ribble Street  Preston
Ribbleton  Preston
Notes: 1891: (together with Southgate Mill) Joseph Smith, 67,550 spindles
Ribble Bank  Preston
Ribbleton Lane  Preston
Sedgewick Street  Preston
Soho (Fylde Road)  Preston
Southgate  Preston
Notes: 1891: (together with Ribbleton Mill) Joseph Smith, 67,550 spindles
Sovereign  Preston
Notes: 1891 together with Yard and New Preston Mills: Horrockses, Crewdson and Co, Limited, 131,200 spindles and 4405 looms
Spa  Marsh Lane, Preston
Notes: 1891:Levi Fish, 530 looms
Springfield  Brook St, Preston
Notes: 1891: Richard Goodair Ltd, 836 looms
Steam  Fylde Rd, Preston
Notes: 1891: Joseph Eccles and Co, 548 looms
Stourton  Fishwick, Preston
Notes: Mellor Brothers, Limited, 30,500 spindles
St Pauls Road  Preston
Notes: 1891 together with Greenbank Mill: John Hawkins and Sons, 95,352 spindles
Swillbrook  Preston
Notes: 1891 together with Deepdale: Hampson and Fish Ltd, 1786 looms
Tennyson Road  Preston
Notes: 1891: Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co., Limited, 480 looms
Tulketh Mill  Preston
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Turk's Head  Preston
Walker Street  Preston
Waverley Park  Preston
Wellfield  Preston
Notes: 1891: Preston Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co, Limited, 49,672 spindles
Wellington  Preston
Notes: 1891 (with Victoria and New Hall Lane Mill): Eccles Brothers, 90,428 spindles, 1078 looms
Wharton  Preston
Willow Street  Preston
Victoria (Peel Hall Street)  Preston
Notes: 1891: John Liver and Co, 476 looms
Victoria (nr New Quay)  Preston
Yard Works (Horrockses)  Preston
Notes: 1891 (together with Sovereign and New Preston Mills): Horrockses, Crewdson and Co, Limited, 131,200 spindles and 4405 looms


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