Barnfield Mills, Tyldesley
A electricity- and steam-powered cotton mill in the historic county of Lancashire, England.
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These cotton mills were built by Mr Caleb Wright in the 1850s. Resolution Mill was acquired by Mr Wright in the 1880s, but was destroyed by fire on September 26, 1891. The site of Resolution Mill was built over with the new Barnfield Number 6 mills in 1894. Barnfield No 6 was considered one of the most advanced mills of its type when it was constructed.
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| Alternative names | Resolution Mill |
| Power source | Electricity, Steam |
| Mill type | |
| Mill function | Cotton mill |
| Archive ID | 13429 |
| Location | Tyldesley, New Manchester |
| Historic county | Lancashire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SD 688 021 |
| Latitude/longitude | 53.51555424, -2.47039632 |
Location
References
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Lancashire XCIV.16 (1908)
- Ordnance Survey 6 inch map, Lancashire XCIV (1849)
- Williams, Mike; Farnie, D.A., Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester, (Carnegie Publishing 1992), p. 99
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