Corn Mill and Mill House - Hyndburn Road, Accrington - Red Rose Collections from Lancashire County Council

iBase ID

319749

Reference identifier

HAC-H01-M71-901-1

Title

Corn Mill and Mill House - Hyndburn Road, Accrington

Place

Accrington

General notes

There has been a water corn mill by the River Hyndburn in Accrington since the 12th century.
Since 1508 the mill was owned by only seven families
Riston (65 years)
Farington (37 years)
Holden (136 years)
Peel (18 years)
Hepple (59 years)
Baldwin (11 years)
James Baldwin's trustees sold the mill to the Accrington Corporation in 1922.
In 1867 the mill was severely damaged by fire suffering £5000 worth of damage and was subsequently almost totally rebuilt.
The photograph shows the mill with the mill house on the left

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Mid 20th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Accrington

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