List of mills in Wakefield

This is a list of the wool, cotton and other textile mills in Wakefield: including Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract.

Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield)

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Alverthorpe Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 3090 2140 53°41′17″N 1°32′01″W / 53.68813°N 1.53358°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63624: [Mill 1] (A)
Balne Lane Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 3215 2135 53°41′15″N 1°30′53″W / 53.68760°N 1.51466°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63628: [Mill 2] (B)
Balne Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Balne Lane Mills)
Bective Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 310 211 53°41′08″N 1°31′56″W / 53.68542°N 1.53210°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63627: [Mill 3] (C)
Calder Dyeworks		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 327 187 53°39′50″N 1°30′24″W / 53.66375°N 1.50661°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63767: [Mill 4] (C)
C1arkson’s Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 3208 2055 53°40′50″N 1°30′57″W / 53.68042°N 1.51580°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63629: [Mill 5] (B)
Flanshaw Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 3080 2095 53°41′03″N 1°32′07″W / 53.68409°N 1.53514°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63625: [Mill 6] (A)
Hebble Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Bective Mills)
Oakes Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Flanshaw Mill)
Portobello Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 335 195 53°40′15″N 1°29′40″W / 53.67089°N 1.49442°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63768: [Mill 7] (C)
Thornes Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),  SE 327 190 53°39′59″N 1°30′24″W / 53.66645°N 1.50658°W[1]
	Notes: National Building Register:63766: [Mill 8] (C)
West Riding Mills		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see Calder Dyeworks)
Westgate Common Mill		Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield),
	Notes: (see C1arkson’s Mill)

Horbury

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Addingford Mills		Horbury,  SE 2915 1767 53°39′17″N 1°33′38″W / 53.65470°N 1.56043°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63764: [Mill 9] (B)
Albert Mill		Horbury,  SE 2875 1792 53°39′25″N 1°33′59″W / 53.65697°N 1.56646°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63760: [Mill 10] (B)
Albion Mills		Horbury,  SE 2845 1799 53°39′27″N 1°34′16″W / 53.65762°N 1.57099°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63757: [Mill 11] (B)
Dudfleet Mi1l		Horbury,  SE 2995 1735 53°39′06″N 1°32′54″W / 53.65178°N 1.54835°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63765: [Mill 12] (B)
Ford Mill		Horbury,  SE 2872 1798 53°39′27″N 1°34′01″W / 53.65751°N 1.56690°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63759: [Mill 13] (B)
Horbury Bridge Mill		Horbury,  SE 2789 1820 53°39′34″N 1°34′46″W / 53.65953°N 1.57944°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63752: [Mill 14] (B)
Manor Mills		Horbury,  SE 2890 1930 53°40′10″N 1°33′51″W / 53.66937°N 1.56406°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63756: [Mill 15] (C)
Navigation Mill		Horbury,  SE 2815 1798 53°39′27″N 1°34′32″W / 53.65754°N 1.57553°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63771: [Mill 16] (B)
New Mill		Horbury,
	Notes: (see Horbury Bridge Mill)
Peel Mills		Horbury,  SE 2942 1809 53°39′30″N 1°33′23″W / 53.65846°N 1.55630°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63763: [Mill 17] (B)
Terry Mills		Horbury,  SE 2885 1860 53°39′47″N 1°33′54″W / 53.66308°N 1.56488°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63773: [Mill 18] (B)
Victoria Mill		Horbury,  SE 2850 1797 53°39′27″N 1°34′13″W / 53.65743°N 1.57023°W[2]
	Notes: National Building Register:63758: [Mill 19] (B)

Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe (Stanley)

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Stanley Mills		Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe (Stanley),  SE 3408 2472 53°43′04″N 1°29′06″W / 53.71777°N 1.48507°W[3]
	Notes: National Building Register:63632: [Mill 20] (B)

Wakefield

Name	Architect	Location	Built	Demolished	Served (Years)
Albion Mills		Wakefield,  SE 3275 2050 53°40′48″N 1°30′20″W / 53.67992°N 1.50566°W[4]
	Notes: National Building Register:63630: [Mill 21] (B)
Castle Bank Mill		Wakefield,  SE 3375 1940 53°40′12″N 1°29′26″W / 53.66997°N 1.49064°W[4]
	Notes: National Building Register:63769: [Mill 22] (B)
Chald Mill		Wakefield,  SE 3 2 53°40′32″N 1°32′50″W / 53.67560°N 1.54734°W[4]
	Notes: National Building Register: 63663: [Mill 23](C)
Providence Mills		Wakefield,  SE 3265 2040 53°40′45″N 1°30′26″W / 53.67903°N 1.50719°W[4]
	Notes: National Building Register:63631: [Mill 24] (B)
Westgate New Mills		Wakefield,  SE 3 2 53°40′32″N 1°32′50″W / 53.67560°N 1.54734°W[4]
	Notes: National Building Register:63665: [Mill 25] (C)
Whiteoak Mills		Wakefield,
	Notes: (see Providence Mills)

See also

• Heavy Woollen District
• Textile processing

References

Footnotes

The National Monument Record is a legacy numbering system maintained by English Heritage. Further details on each mill may be obtained from http://yorkshire.u08.eu/

1. "NBR63624". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
2. "NBR63628". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
3. "NBR63627". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
4. "NBR63767". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
5. "NBR63629". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
6. "NBR63625". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
7. "NBR63768". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
8. "NBR63766". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
9. "NBR63764". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
10. "NBR63760". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
11. "NBR63757". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
12. "NBR63765". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
13. "NBR63759". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
14. "NBR63752". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
15. "NBR63756". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
16. "NBR63771". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
17. "NBR63763". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
18. "NBR63773". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
19. "NBR63758". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
20. "NBR63632". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
21. "NBR63630". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
22. "NBR63769". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
23. 63663 "NBR 63663" Check |url= value (help). Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
24. "NBR63631". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.
25. "NBR63665". Yorkshire Industrial Heritage.

Notes

1. Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 225.
2. Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 236.
3. Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 246.
4. Giles & Goodall 1992, p. 248.

Bibliography

• Giles, Colum; Goodall, Ian H (1992). Yorkshire Textile Mills 1790- 1930. London: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England HMSO. ISBN 0-11-300038-3.

• Ingle, George (1997). Yorkshire Cotton: The Yorkshire Cotton Industry, 1780-1835. Preston, Lancashire: Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 9781859360286. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

• Jenkins, Geraint (1972). Geraint Jenkins, ed. The wool textile industry in Great Britain. London & Boston: Routledge Keegan Paul. ISBN 0-7100-69790.

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