Mill Chimneys
Is this a view of Eddie Denison’s Westfield Mill? The 2 chimneys to the left would belong to the Old Dog and Manor Mills, the one on the right to Albert…
Is this a view of Eddie Denison’s Westfield Mill? The 2 chimneys to the left would belong to the Old Dog and Manor Mills, the one on the right to Albert…
…he built Manor Mill in partnership with his brother Thomas.
They introduced the first power looms to…
…Sam Battye who was the mill gate keeper at Manor Mill, he was also a member of the Temperance movement and can be seen …
End of Old Haworth Lane at the junction with Queensway. The view looks across the LA Fitness grounds, once the site of Manor Mill, towards Baildon.
Borrowdale Croft is situated off Kirk Lane, the dwellings were erected on the site of Manor Mill.
A slide taken by E E Slater of Yeadon. This image has been identified by Philip Archdale using Google Search & Photos to be Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire. …
This slide image was given the title “Promenade”, possibly Bridlington.
Prior to buying Low Mill, William Machell was a local scrap dealer with a small yard on the end of Saxon Buildings and Well lane near the Old Dog mill in Yeadon.
By the 1800s society had begun to change as the Industrial Revolution took families from their cottage industries and gave them work in the mills which were being built throughout the country.
Tough Irish navvies with their soiled white hats, plush waistcoats & taste for whisky terrorised the neighbourhood.