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Maple Mill, Oldham
The Maple Mill was a cotton mill, cotton spinning mill in Hathershaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was designed as a double mill by the architect Sir Philip Stott, 1st Baronet, Sydney Stott. The first mill was built in 1904 and the second mill in 1915. In 1968, it was equipped with the first Open end spinning, open-end spinning machines in England. When spinning ceased in the 1990s, it was bought by Vance Miller. Trading Standards Institute, Trading Standards raided the mill in 2006, and ordered Mr Miller stop selling products that failed national safety provisions. Maple Mill No. 2 was the first mill to be partially destroyed by a fire on April 21, 2009. The fire brigade was in attendance for two weeks and deployed 34 appliances. Later on in 2016, Maple Mill No. 1 was damaged by fire on September 30. On 15 December 2016 a major incident was declared when the same mill became fully ablaze. The land of the two mills has now been cleared fully since 2021, including its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hathershaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Hathershaw (or, archaism, archaically, Hathershaw Moor) is an urban area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies a hillside to the immediate south of Oldham town centre, and is bordered by the districts of Coppice, Greater Manchester, Coppice and Fitton Hill to, respectively, the north-west and south-east. Hathershaw, which has no formal boundary or extent, is bisected from north to south by the A627 road which leads to Ashton-under-Lyne. Historic counties of England, Historically a part of Lancashire, Hathershaw is one of the oldest recorded named places in Oldham, the name occurring in a deed for 1280 with the spelling ''Halselinechaw Clugh''. Existing as a manor house in the 15th century, Hathershaw Hall was the home of a Cavalier, Royalist family in the 17th century who lost part of their possessions as a result of the English Civil War. Hathershaw, an area identified by the Housing Market Renewal Initiative as having terraced house, terraced residences unsuite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |