in Manchester
1848 Advertisement: 'TO BE LET, an Eligible Power-loom MILL situate Frank-street, Marlborough-street, near Messrs. Birley's mill, Oxford-road, The mill is 33 yards long by 10 yards wide, with excellent steam engine, 24-horse power, and good boilers, large warehouse, and other outbuildings connected with the business. The mill will contain 260 looms. —This mill is only a few minutes' walk from the Exchange, and near the South Junction Railway Station, which, in a few months, when completed, will be the best railway communication in Lancashire.—For particulars apply to Mr. JOHN ORMEROD, land agent, No. 97, Brook-street, Hulme.' [1]
1851 Marked as 'J. Guest Cotton Mill' on Adshead's 1851 Maps of Manchester
Location
The 1848 36" O.S map[2] shows the mill located between the River Medlock and the notorious slum dwellings in the area known as 'Little Ireland'. The entrance was from Frank Street. The small area of land adjacent to the curved course of the river was shared with and iron foundry and two small gasometers. Two footbridges linked these establishments with the Birley's large Chorlton Mills on Cambridge Street.