Manor Mill 1862 – 1981 (7)
Demolition of the mill, signs warn of “Danger No Parking”
Demolition of the mill, signs warn of “Danger No Parking”
Five women workers at a bank of auto winding machines.
It is not known if this was at Leafield or Manor Mills.
Mill workman with machinery on the right, there is a lot of material around the machinery and on the floor.
Two men are inspecting finished cloth before folding and parcelling up ready for despatch to customers.
The man is operating a winding balloon, a device for winding yarn onto the spindles at the correct tension.
Operatives are mule spinning, the spinning mule was invented by Samuel Crompton between 1775 – 1779.
It combined the…
Manor Mill was situated at the junction of Kirk Lane and Haworth Lane (formerly Manor Road), built in 1882 as a company mill.
In 1865…
View of Manor Mill from Kirk Lane, the shop on the right has an advertisement for Zebra grate polish, a black lead product used on cast iron fireplaces and ranges.
The entrance to what was Eddie Denison’s Westfield Mill, it was built in 1888 and now houses various businesses.
On the left is …
A row of cottages named after the nearby Yeadon Manor and Manor Mill. On the right is a street sign for Manor Square.