Clarence Mill, Bollington, Cheshire - geograph

Bollington Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. In 2011, it had a population of 8,310. ...

is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in Cheshire East, England. It contains 66

listed buildings In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

that are recorded in the

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, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". In the parish is the town of Bollington, which is surrounded by countryside leading up to the foothills of the Pennines on the east. To the south of the town is the long

Kerridge Hill Kerridge Hill (also called Kerridge Ridge) is a hill in Cheshire, near the hamlet of Kerridge on the outskirts of Bollington. The summit is above sea level. The River Dean runs along the eastern foot of the hill. White Nancy is a prominent lan ...

, which has been a source of industry, with coal mining on its east side and quarrying on the west side. These quarries are the source of

Kerridge Kerridge is a village in Cheshire, England, part of the parish of Bollington. Kerridge borders the neighbouring parish of Rainow. It gives its name to Kerridge Ridge – one of the western foothills of the Pennines – by which it stan ...

stone-slate, which is used to roof many of the houses in the locality. The parish was rural before the arrival of industry, and the oldest listed buildings are houses or cottages, and farms with related structures, which date back as far as the 16th century. There is one surviving listed structure related to coal mining, a chimney. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the major industry in the town was cotton spinning, and in 1830 the Macclesfield Canal was built, passing through the town on a large embankment. There are nine listed structures relating to the canal, namely three bridges, three milestones, a distance stone, two aqueducts, and a dock complex. The mills are no longer processing cotton, but three surviving mills that have been converted into other uses are listed:

Clarence Mill Clarence Mill is a five-storey former cotton spinning mill in Bollington, Cheshire, in England. It was built between 1834 and 1877 for the Swindells family of Bollington. It was built alongside the Macclesfield Canal, which opened in 1831. ...

, Adelphi Mill and Lowerhouse Mill. The mills brought wealth to their owners, and this is reflected in their building large houses with associated structures, some of which are listed. The other listed buildings are the sort of buildings to be found in any town, such as public houses and churches.

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