Key Words :- textile mill

Address :- Jacobs Lane, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 8RX
Grid Ref :- SE 0396 3754
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.834103 , Long -1.941311
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1844 -

Description and History of Site:-
Giles & Goodall wrote: 'Built in 1844 as steam-powered worsted-spinning mill by Merrall and Son, later also of Ebor Mill and Lowertown Shed and Mill. Lees Mill developed into Integrated factory with addition of weaving sheds in c1869. Fire and later alterations to main part of site have obscured nature of mill: original multi-storeyed mill was burnt in 1885, its replacement has been demolished, and c1869 weaving shed survives only as fragment. On lower part of site, across public road, is weaving shed of two phases, both pre-1892, which drew its power from main site and has offices along the road frontage and two large, round-arched wagon entrances.'

Now (2019) a few industrial buildings have been refurbished, but most of the site redeveloped, to residential use.

Further Reading and References:-
Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 Colum Giles and Ian H Goodall 1992 London HMSO.

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