Exploring water power and cotton spinning at Helmshore Textile Museum
So much to see and do at Helmshore Textile Mills Museum last Friday (10th Nov) when children from Brabin’s and
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Cotton spinning mill
Ordnance Survey map 1844
Extracts from the first large scale map of the Chipping area made by the Ordnance Survey. Sheet XLVI.. Surveyed in
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Hand Spinning
Children from Brabin’s and St Mary’s enjoyed an intriguing afternoon with hand spinners Natalie and Pam. Children learnt about the
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John Wells tells the story about how he came upon an original bobbin from Kirk Mill’s cotton-spinning days
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Owner, sixth cotton-spinning mill Read More List of Kirk Mill owners
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Owner, fifth cotton-spinning company The censuses of 1841 and 1851 show John Evans cotton spinner, widower, (born Chelsea) living with
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Owner of fourth cotton-spinning company Read More List of Kirk Mill owners
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Owner, second cotton spinning company Read More List of Kirk Mill owners
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Owner, second cotton spinning company Read More List of Kirk Mill owners
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Owner, second cotton-spinning company Read More List of Kirk Mill owners
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Auction of first cotton spinning company Newspaper article – Preston Chronicle
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Richard Arkwright was born in Preston on 23rd December, 1732, and was arguably one of the key architects of the
Read more1785 – A Cotton Spinning Mill at Kirk Mill
According to Chris Aspin, first references to a cotton venture at Kirk Mill can be found in the Wapentake of
Read moreWilliam Barrow
William Barrow, together with Richard Salisbury, Hugh Stirrup, Willam Carr and John Shakeshaft bought the water corn mill from Richard Dilworth on
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Richard Salisbury, together with Hugh Stirrup, Willam Carr, John Shakeshaft and William Barrow, bought the water corn mill from Richard Dilworth
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Hugh Stirrup, originally a merchant from London, together with Richard Salisbury, of Chipping William Barrow, of Lancaster Willam Carr of Scorton and John
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Richard Dilworth sold the water corn mill on 2nd February, 1785, to Hugh Stirrup, Richard Salisbury, William Barrow, Willam Carr
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