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Tan<\/a>nery<\/span><\/h2>\nThis was an 18thC business run by the brothers Elias and Peter Lomas. It was located where Brook House<\/a> is today, on Wellington Road<\/a>. The mill was water powered. The process also uses a lot of water, and tanneries were notorious for polluting their local watercourses.<\/span><\/p>\nPeter Lomas went on to build the first Waterhouse mill<\/a> on the site behind the tannery. It is not known whether they kept the tannery going once the cotton mill was running.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n
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Turner <\/a>Heath mill<\/span><\/h2>\nThis mill was located behind Turner Heath House<\/a>, in Bollington Road<\/a>, when Philip Antrobus<\/a> lived there in the 1820s. Just a part of a wall remains. Little evidence has been found regarding its purpose, though it is possible that silk weaving was carried on there. Nothing is known of its history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n
\nHome <\/a>weaving<\/span><\/h2>\nThere are a number of cottages in Bollington that were clearly built with a garret (attic) floor to be used for home working, usually weaving. There are some examples in Water Street<\/a>, as well as the cottages at the bottom of Beeston Brow<\/a>. Silk weaving was carried on at cottages in Clarke Lane<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n
\nFulling <\/a>mill \/ Waulk mill<\/span><\/h2>\nFulling and waulking are processes applied to wool. This mill almost certainly pre-dates the cotton industry in Bollington. While there is evidence that there was a fulling mill in the valley of the river Dean, there is none to show where it was! The most likely location is somewhere up Ingersley Vale<\/a>, near to the houses there which carry the name of Waulk Mill. There is a high probability that the two processes were carried out in the same or adjacent premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n
\nNeaves<\/a> Hat factory<\/span><\/h2>\nThis was located in Higher mill<\/a>, just one of the many businesses that have been located there over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n
\nRadions Ltd<\/span><\/h2>\nA technology business in the 1920s, Radions were based in Lowerhouse mill<\/a>, and had space in Higher mill<\/a>. See their page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\nYour Historic Documents<\/h3>\r\n
Peter Lomas went on to build the first Waterhouse mill<\/a> on the site behind the tannery. It is not known whether they kept the tannery going once the cotton mill was running.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n This mill was located behind Turner Heath House<\/a>, in Bollington Road<\/a>, when Philip Antrobus<\/a> lived there in the 1820s. Just a part of a wall remains. Little evidence has been found regarding its purpose, though it is possible that silk weaving was carried on there. Nothing is known of its history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n There are a number of cottages in Bollington that were clearly built with a garret (attic) floor to be used for home working, usually weaving. There are some examples in Water Street<\/a>, as well as the cottages at the bottom of Beeston Brow<\/a>. Silk weaving was carried on at cottages in Clarke Lane<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Fulling and waulking are processes applied to wool. This mill almost certainly pre-dates the cotton industry in Bollington. While there is evidence that there was a fulling mill in the valley of the river Dean, there is none to show where it was! The most likely location is somewhere up Ingersley Vale<\/a>, near to the houses there which carry the name of Waulk Mill. There is a high probability that the two processes were carried out in the same or adjacent premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n This was located in Higher mill<\/a>, just one of the many businesses that have been located there over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n A technology business in the 1920s, Radions were based in Lowerhouse mill<\/a>, and had space in Higher mill<\/a>. See their page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n
\nTurner <\/a>Heath mill<\/span><\/h2>\n\n \n
\nHome <\/a>weaving<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\nFulling <\/a>mill \/ Waulk mill<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\nNeaves<\/a> Hat factory<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\nRadions Ltd<\/span><\/h2>\n
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