Key Words :- worsted water powered

Address :- Smithy Greaves, Addingham, West Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SE 09100 49250
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.939287 , Long -1.862867
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1787 - Residential

Description and History of Site:-
Water-powered, situated on the Wharfe.
Low Mill, Addingham, had been planned as a cotton factory, but instead spun worsteds from the time of its opening in 1787. It was only the second factory to do so after Dolphinholme, near Lancaster, which started worsted-spinning in 1784.

Further Reading and References:-
G. Ingle, Yorkshire Dales Textile Mills, 82-3; C. Aspin, The Water Spinners (2003), 447-8, 462 etc.; C. Giles and I. H. Goodall, Yorkshire Textile Mills, 1770-1930 (1992), 224. - Gill Cookson - 10/01/2015

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