List of owners of Kirk Mill
In over more than 500 years of history, Kirk Mill has had many owners. Here are the ones we’ve tracked down:
Corn Mill
John Hesketh – surrendered ownership in 1544
Richard and Edmund Wood
James Wood and heirs (per document of 5th October, 1579)
1641 purchase from James, Lord Strange
Hugh Cowper
James Walmesley
Thomas Wilson
James Whitaker
Richard Dilworth
Cotton-Spinning Mill
1785-1787 – First Cotton-Spinning Company
Hugh Stirrup
Richard Salisbury
William Barrow
William Carr
John Shakeshaft
1788-1799 – Second Cotton-Spinning Company
Peter Atherton
Ellis Houlgrave
William Harrison
John Rose
1801-1808 – Third Cotton-Spinning Company
1808-1839 – Fourth Cotton-Spinning Company
1839-1854 – Fifth Cotton-Spinning Company
1854-1860s – Sixth Cotton-Spinning Company
Chair Works
Thomas Marsden
Old John Berry
HJ Berry
John Berry
Jack Berry
