Shaw Mills

Shaw Mills
Shaw Mills
 Shaw Mills shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE256625
Civil parishBishop Thornton
DistrictHarrogate
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HARROGATE
Postcode district HG3
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentSkipton and Ripon
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Coordinates: 54°03′18″N 1°36′36″W / 54.055°N 1.610°W / 54.055; -1.610

Shaw Mills is a hamlet in Nidderdale in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the valley of Thornton Beck, a tributary of the River Nidd, 6 miles (10 km) north west of Harrogate.

The village probably takes its name from a corn mill kept by one Robert Shaw in the 16th century.[1] In 1812 John and George Metcalfe began spinning flax in the Low Mill at Shaw Mills[2] The High Mill and Low Mill both closed by 1861, but in about 1890 were restarted for silk-spinning. The mills closed soon after the First World War.[3] An industrial settlement developed in the 19th century to serve the mills.

References

  1. Jennings, p.112
  2. Jennings, p.211
  3. Jennings, pp.262-3

Sources

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