Cavendish Mill is a Grade II* listed former
cotton spinning mill in
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...
, Greater Manchester, in the United Kingdom. It was built between 1884 and 1885 for the Cavendish Spinning Company by
Potts, Pickup & Dixon of Oldham. Cavendish Mill was next to the
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester, England, linking Manchester with Ashton-under-Lyne.
Route
The Ashton leaves the Rochdale Canal at Ducie St. Junction in central Manchester, and climbs for through 18 locks, passing thro ...
Warehouse at
Portland Basin
Dukinfield Junction () is the name of the canal junction where the Peak Forest Canal, the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal meet near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. The area has been designated by Tameside Metropol ...
. It ceased spinning cotton in 1934 and was then used for a variety of purposes before it was converted into housing in 1994.
Location
Cavendish mill was built on the site of the former
Bankfield Mill, separated from Portland Basin on the final section of the Ashton Canal by the site of Tudor Mill,
History
The Cavendish Spinning Company Limited was registered in 1884 to build the Cavendish Mill on the site of the former
Bankfield Mill. This was a Potts building. It was six storeys high on the canal side, and five on the other. It is a fireproof design and was the first mill in Ashton to have concrete floors and a flat roof.
[ It is instantly recognisable by the octagonal staircase that surrounds the lower part of the chimney. It stopped spinning in 1934 and was put to other uses. It still stands.
]
Power
The steam engine was a horizontal twin compound by Hick, Hargreaves & Co
B. Hick and Sons, subsequently Hick, Hargreaves & Co, was a British engineering company based at the Soho Ironworks in Bolton, England. Benjamin Hick, a partner in Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell, later Rothwell, Hick & Co., set up the company in par ...
of Bolton.[
]
Equipment
The machinery was provided by Asa Lees; originally there were 72,360 for coarse and medium counts. Between 1911 and 1920 many of the mules were replaced by ring frames so it contained 57,172 mule spindles and 22,588 ring spindles[
]
Usage
Until 1934,
2009-06-03
Owners
* Cavendish Spinning Company Ltd
See also
*Listed buildings in Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in the Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The town and the countryside to the north contain 51 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England ...
*Textile manufacturing
Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...
*Cotton Mill
A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning (textiles), spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Althou ...
*Stott
The Stotts were a family of architects from Oldham, North West England, of Scottish descent who specialised in the design of cotton mills. James Stott was the father, Joseph and his elder brother Abraham Stott had rival practices, and in later ye ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
www.cottontown.org
www.spinningtheweb.org.uk
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Textile mills in Tameside
Buildings and structures in Ashton-under-Lyne
Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester