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Tag Cut, Elland
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Tag Lock, Elland
7-storey mill measuring 69 ft by 42 ft.
The mill burned down on
27th April 1860,
and was never rebuilt.
On
26th November 1881,
John Kenworthy, his wife and daughter, drowned as they were
crossing Booth Dean Beck near the Mill.
See
Booth Wood Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
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Brighouse Sports Club,
Hillard's,
Hoffman's Garage,
Kirkley House, Brighouse,
Ladyship Mills, Halifax,
Lower Market, Halifax,
St James School Brighouse,
Scarborough Mills, Halifax,
Sowerby Bridge Railway Station and
Wilkinson's
The mill was attacked during the Plug Riots of August 1842.
The mill was destroyed by fire on
9th June 1858
and again on
6th December 1888.
In 1909, St Peg Mills, Brighouse were built on the site of the
reservoir for the mill.
The name Thornhill Briggs Mills was still used in 1923
directories
In
April 1833,
Samuel Hirst died after an accident at the pit.
Shafts to the mine can still be seen at Thornhills & Bailiff Bridge.
The underground tunnels extend from Norwood Green to south of Bailiff
Bridge
In 1769, his executors sold the mill – described as a water
fulling mill – to John Priestley for £1,260.
It was a 5-storey building.
There was a robbery here in
1st February 1823.
In
August 1824,
there was a serious fire in the warehouse at the Mill.
In 1847, the Mill was valued at £7,380.
The mill was destroyed by fire on
11th May 1866,
when it belonged to Frederic Rawson.
The family were forced to closed it.
Question:
Can anyone tell me anything about why the Rawson family had to close the business?
Around 1912, it was occupied by the Yorkshire Doubling Company.
See
Thorpe Cottage, Triangle and
Thorpe House, Triangle
2 men were killed in a roof-fall at the pit on
14th February 1900.
The pit closed around 1928
See
Tong Royd Brick Company and
Tong Royd Fire Brick & Clay Works, Elland
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Question:
Does anyone know the real name or other details of the mill?
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On
26th October 1864,
much of the mill was destroyed by fire
Worsted mills established by the Scarborough Brothers
They were (possibly) also known as Scarborough Mills, King Cross, Halifax
Aka Inchfield Corn Mill and Inchfield Mill.
In 1586, a fulling mill was recorded here.
John Bottomley had a corn mill here.
After the deaths of John Bottomley, and his son,
William, his wife Mally carried on the
family's corn-milling business.
Thomas – son of Mally and John Bottomley – used a part of the mill for carding and spinning cotton.
William Ingham was a fulling Miller here from before 1781 to
his death in 1806.
See
Bell Parkin,
Travis Mill Lock, Walsden and
Walsden Cricket & Bowling Club
Now closed and abandoned
The old workings, where the stone was quarried underground, can be
seen high up in the wall of the modern quarry.
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One of the Cragg mills
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