Textile Industry
Glossop’s Lost Mills
Introduction The Glossop’s Lost Mills series was first published on Facebook in July-November 2020 In 1771, at Cromford, Richard Arkwright built the first powered cotton
21st November 2021
Cowbrook Mill – Built 1801, Owner William Hadfield
Hurst Mill – Built 1799-1802, Owner Robert Atherton
Cross Cliffe Mill – Built Abt 1815, Owner William Hadfield
Silk (Grove) Mill – Built 1822, Owner Robert Shepley
Rolfe’s Mill – Built 1784/5, Owner William Sheppard
Thread Mill – Built 1789, Owner Benjamin Goodison
Hawkshead (Starkie’s) Mill – Built 1791, Owner James Starkie
Lower Water (Waterloo, Old, Twist) Mill – Built 1807, Owner Robert Bennett
Barrack (Hope, Higher Water, Ward’s) Mill – Built 1811, Owner Robert Bennett
Introduction The Glossop’s Lost Mills series was first published on Facebook in July-November 2020 In 1771, at Cromford, Richard Arkwright built the first powered cotton
Lower Water Mill (Waterloo Mill, Old Mill, Twist Mill). The lease for the land on which the mill was built dates from 1st August, 1807.
Barrack Mill (Hope Mill, Higher Water Mill, Ward’s Mill), it was built by Robert Bennett in 1811. John Wood occupied it from 1815 to 1824
Thread Mill. Benjamin Goodison leased the land to build the mill on 12th July 1789 but the business failed in the 1790s and the mill stood
Hawkshead Mill. Also knows as Starkie’s after its builder, James Starkie, who took out the lease on 29th September 1791 and as Rolfe’s during the tenancy
Rolfe’s Mill. It is in connection with Rolfe’s (or Rolph’s) Mill that some confusion can arise when reading Hamnett’s notes. The mill was built in 1784
The Grove Mill or Silk Mill. Hamnett tells us that this mill was built by Robert Shepley, of Shepley Street, and worked as a cotton mill
Cross Cliffe Mill. This is another source of confusion for those relying on Hamnett’s notes. In an article published in the Glossop Chronicle on 28
Cowbrook Mill was built in 1801 by William Hadfield whose family came from Wash, Chapel en le Frith but had lived in Padfield for a number
Hurst Mill was built between 1799 and 1802 by Robert Atherton. John Kershaw was owner and occupier in 1811 Pigot’s directory of 1824/5 lists it as