
Request for information to help compile a record of the mills of the Ryburn Valley
Questions about the mills of the Ryburn Valley
Mainly to do with: dates (as accurate as possible to the year), owners, users, uses and mostly since 1934
Correction of any mistakes would also be appreciated
Soyland
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When did it close? (Ryburn Knitwear was there in 1950)
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Was anyone else there after Ryburn Knitwear?
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When was it converted in to flats?
Severhills
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When was it demolished?
Upper Lumb
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What was the last business?
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When was it demolished?
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Has anyone got a picture of it?
Thorpe
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What / who was there after 1941? (the Yorkshire Doubling Co. was there sometime before then)
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When were most of the buildings demolished?
Rishworth New
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When did the Wheelwrights stop working there?
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When did Crossleys move in?
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Who else occupied it – apart from Carpets International, Interface, Kossets, Coloroll?
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Did Wheelwrights retain ownership?
Rishworth Old
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When did Wheelwrights stop?
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When did Nairns stop?
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When was it converted in to a school?
Spring
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Who occupied it after 1933 when the machinery was sold?
Eg, storage of food, incl peanuts, during WWII …??
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When were the different uses?
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When did its occupation finish for good?
Booth Bridge
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What happened to it after 1919 when the Kenworthys had it as a fulling mill?
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When was it demolished?
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Has anybody got a picture of it?
Hanging Lee
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When was it demolished? (It was empty in 1934)
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When exactly was it occupied by the brewery? (early 1900s)
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Did it have any other uses after 1934?
Ryburnedale Paper
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When was it demolished?
Stones
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When did the chicken broiler business operate and who was the owner?
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When was most of the mill demolished?
Lower Dyson Lane
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When was most of it demolished? (It was owned by Commercial Mill Co. from 1927)
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How was it used after 1941 when it was empty?
Commercial, incl Excelsior
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When was the big mill – built in 1862 – demolished?
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When / what was Scientific Packaging? (Was it part of King’s?)
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When was King’s at Excelsior – start and finish?
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Who else has occupied part of it or its site apart from:
Kings, Marrath / Marris steel, Ryburn Polythene, Animate, Covers 33, Ryburn Furniture, Stewart Wightman, Andrew Holt haulage, Jim Haynes supplying steel, …..
Ripponden
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What happened to it after 1934 when Bottomley and Sons were there? ( Ie. uses, users, owners, date of closure)
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When was most of it demolished?
Chapel Field
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The fire in 1929 destroyed the bigger, older mill. Who / what has used it since then and when? (eg. Education Department for woodwork classes 1931-1940?? Village library, Alphapaks, Dependable Packaging, ????…..)
Where was Tyne and Clyde … what did they do … when?
Please give this to anyone who you think may be able to help.
Thank you
Julian Carr