CHORLEY MILLS

Date	Name of Mill	Location	Proprietor	Worked By (Occupier)	Type / notes
1791	Low Mill	Near Chorley (Whittle le Woods?)		John Gill	Calico Printing (previously a corn mill) Source: Handbook of The Guild of Calico Printers, Bleachers, Dyers, and Finishers, Foremen (1923) : "Calico Printing in Manchester and District- Notes on its Early History (1760-1846) by the General Secretary (John Hinckley)
1777	Birkacre	R. Yarrow		Rd. Arkwright	Spinning (water). Destroyed by rioters 1779
1826		Water Street.		Thomas Lightoller and William Harrison	Power Looms. Attacked by loom breakers April 1826. Lightoller was bankrupt in 1829.
1826		No location yet.		H. Sudel (probably Henry Sudell of Blackburn, the most important merchant and putter out in East Lancashire.	Power looms destroyed by loom breakers 27 April 1826. Sudell was bankrupt in 1827.
1831	The Co-operative Society of Silk and Calico Printers, Birkacre.	River Yarrow		Block Printers Union lead by Ellis Piggott	Printworks. Bankrupt 1833

1780	Astley Park	R. Chor		Townley-Parker	Carding engine
		Lords Clough, banks of river Chor. Astley		Wm. Partington.	Carding Engine, pre 1785
		The Holmes		Henry Lathom.	Carding Engine, pre 1785
1786	Crosse Hall	Black Brook		James Duxbury, Rice and Evans. (1786-1793). Business failed. Rice and Evans left. 1838 Richard Cobden and Bro.	Printworks. Info from John Graham's "The Chemistry of Calico Printing and History of Printworks in the Manchester District from 1760-1846" 1793 Worked by Hall (Sometimes "Hole"), Wilkinson and Gartside. This was successful for several years, but when they gave up the business the premises were unoccupied for 2 years. Worked by Richard Cobden and Bro. from 1838.
1786	Tootell Street	-do-		Richard Salisbury	Spinning (Jennies, etc.)
1788	Water Street	-do-		Robert Lightoller William Harrison and Thomas Lightoller	Spinning; Trig Hall. April 1826 Mill attacked by East Lancashire machine breakers. 80 powerlooms destroyed. Harrison and Lightoller declared bankrupt 1827.
1789	-	Hollinshead Street		John Ryding	Thomas Hindle
1790	Heapey Mill	Printing
1791	Lower Burgh	-do-		John Parkinson	Spinning; fire 1791
1793	Cowling Bridge	-do-		Birch Rees & Evans	Printworks
1795	-	Hollinshead Street		Joseph Pilkington	Bankruptcy 1795
1802	Old Mill	Standish Street		Robert Lightoller	Spinning
1804	-	Water Street		Hilton & Sale	Boulton & Watt steam engine
1815	Waterloo Mill	Water Street		James Anderton
1819	-	Standish Street		Robert Lightoller	Gas lighting introduced
1820	'The Factory'	Town's Green		Thomas Brown	Sales 1817 and 1820
1824	Cowling Mill	Cowling		Hole & Wilkinson	Calico printing
1824	Old Mill	Preston Street		Richard Smethurst	Spinning
1826	Water Street	-do-		Hilton	Spinning
1834	New Mill	North Street		Richard Smethurst	Spinning
1840	Sherbourne	Lyons Lane		Lawrence Anyon	Fire 1873
1842	Stump	Stump Lane		Messrs Wallwork	Spinning: renamed Fosterfield 1855
1851	Tower Mill	North Street		Richard Smethurst	Destroyed by fire 1911
1851	Redan Mill	Cowling		Heyworth

1851	Friday Street	Friday Street		George Brown	Power looms introduced
1851	Castle Mill	Albion Street		Foster	Wilson & Gornall 1858
1852	Moor Mill	Pall Mall		Rice and Hall	Muslin goods
	Croft Mill	Pall Mall		Rice & Co.	Muslin goods
1852	Victoria Mill	Lyons Lane		Lightoller	Fire 1909
1857-8	Lawrence's	Lyons Lane		William Lawrence	First mill - (Demolished 2010)
1856	Canal	Botany Bay		William Widdows	originally built for R. Smethurst
1857	Dole Lane	Dole Lane		William Atherton	Jacconets
1861	Primrose	Friday Street		George Brown
1861	Greenfield	Steeley Lane	initially co-operatively owned until c1880	Brindle (1903)	Sale: 1880: 547 looms
1861	Weld Bank	Saville Street		Rice- 1 86 1	Weaving
1866	Lawrence's	Lyons Lane		William Lawrence	Second mill
1866	Primrose Shed	Friday Street		George Brown	Weaving
1872	Heapey Bleachworks	Heapey		Rylands & Co.	1871-2 Old Works demolished
1874	Brook Street	Tatton Street		James Fletcher
1886	Progress Mill	Seymour Street		Thomas Howarth	over 200 looms
1887	Jubilee Mill	Pall Mall		Jolly	weaving
1897	Weldbank Printworks	Plock Estate		Barton Kershaw	Calico bleaching and printing
1897-1900	Diamond Mill	Railway Road		George Edge
1902	Weavers Institute	Chapel Street		Chorley Weavers Association
1903	Hope Mill	Lucas Street			Cotton and Muslin
1905	Fosterfield	Eaves Lane		Fosterfield Mill Co. Ltd	Cotton goods. Owned by Eli Heyworth of Blackburn when he died in 1904? He was born 1839 in Chorley the son of James Heyworth, cotton manufacturer.
1906	Talbot	Bagganley		Talbot Spinning & Weaving Co.
1906	Cowling Mill	Cowling		Cowling Spinning Co. Ltd	Spinning
1910	Yarrow Mill	Yarrow Road		Downs, Coulter &Co.
1914	Park Mills	Deighton Road		Joseph Blackledge &Sons	Extended 1959
1914	Weaving Shed	Grime Street		Ash & Livesey	Leyland Motors
Dec 2015 updates: 1785 Crosse Hall - Black Brook - James Duxbury - Printworks. Deleted & updated to 1786. 1824 - Cowling Mill - Cowling - Hole & Wilkinson - Calico printing. Deleted & included in 1786 line.