Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Darwen
1859 Built as a weaving mill with 124 looms. By the turn of the century it had been extended to operate 816 looms.
1891 Directory: Listed. Pickup and Holden, Bank Top Mill; 700 looms, twills, serges, satteens and jeanettes. [1]
1958 The mill closed.
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