ADAMROYD MILL and ADAMROYD WEAVING SHED
Blind Lane
Todmorden
Map Ref. SD 935246
Known occupiers
1859-1913
BARKER James
BARKER Shadrach
BARKER Abraham
1866-1891
CRABTREE William
1866-1875
CUNLIFFE Charles
1871-1897
DUCKWORTH William
1887
BARKER Joseph
1891-1908
SUTCLIFFE Edwin
1913-1979
CRABTREE Charles Ltd.
Crabtree Denims Ltd.
2008
Planning permission application for the mill to be demolished for housing development by current owners and occupiers, Rochdale Metal Units.
Notes from John Travis, contemporary historian:
Adamroyd Mill and Shed was built about 1860-62 by James Barker, grocer and draper of Gandy Bridge, Todmorden. James Barker died in 1870. His sons, Shadrach and Abraham, enlarged the mill in 1877 and formed a limited company.
Abraham Barker of Adamroyd Mill
Additional information
researched, recorded and referenced by Mrs Sheila Wade
Hebden Bridge WEA Local History Group
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 23rd October 1858
To masons, joiners, and others – To be let by tender, the erection of a mill etc. at Blind Lane, Todmorden. Plans etc. apply James Barker, Gandy Bridge.
Stansfield Rates Book 1860
Owner and occupier James Barker, Blind Lane; part of mill; rateable value £84.16s.0d.
Kelly 1861
James Barker, cotton spinner
White 1866
Shadrach and Abraham Barker, cotton spinners and manufacturers.
Charles Cunliffe, Adamroyd Mill, weaving contractor.
Factory Inspectors prosecutions
9th May 1867
Charles Cuncliffe of Adamroyd, Todmorden, cotton manufacturer
Case heard before – Capt. Sutcliffe chairman – Rev. T. Sutcliffe, John Fielden, Abraham Ormerod, and Geo. Hinchcliffe Esqrs at Todmorden Sessions.
Having employed two young persons for more than seven days without a surgical certificate.
Penalty of £4 and costs of £1.6s.0d
9th May 1867
William Crabtree of Adamroyd Mill, Todmorden, cotton manufacturer
Case heard before – Capt. Sutcliffe chairman – Rev. T. Sutcliffe, John Fielden, Abraham Ormerod, and Geo. Hinchcliffe Esqrs at Todmorden Sessions.
Having deducted more than threepence, to wit, 2s.6d from the wages of a young person for whom a surgical certificate was granted, as a fee or part of a fee for obtaining the surgical certificate.
Penalty of £2 and Costs of 18s.0d
Stansfield Rates Book 1867-70
Occupiers S. & A. Barker; owner James Barker; Gandy Bridge; mill and power; rateable value £183.16s.6d.
Stansfield Rates Book 1871-77
Occupiers S. & A. Barker; owner James Barker; Adamroyd Mill; mill and power; £183.16s.6d. Loom shed £121.10s.0d.
Kelly 1871
Charles Cunliffe, Adamroyd Mill, cotton manufacturer
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, cotton manufacturer
Census 1871
Charles Cunliffe, 8 Barker Street, cotton manufacturer employing 4 people.
William Crabtree, Wellington Road, cotton manufacturer.
William Duckworth, 1 Patmos, cotton manufacturer
Halifax Guardian 16th May 1874
Adamroyd Mill strikes – weavers’ advance of wages – masters acceded.
Slater 1875
Charles Cunliffe, Adamroyd Mill, cotton spinner and manufacturer
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, calico manufacturer
Kelly 1877
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, calico manufacturer
Stansfield Rates Book 1878
Occupiers S. & A. Barker; owner James Barker; Adamroyd Mill; mill, power and shed; £305.6s.6d; new mill £263.10s.0d.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 1st August 1879
Adamroyd Mill, Barker, 16,000 spindles working 3 or 4 days a week
Adamroyd Mill, Crabtree, 220 looms working full time
Adamroyd Mill, Duckworth, 120 looms working full time
Halifax Courier 1st November 1879
J. Duckworth, Adamroyd, reduced wages 2.5%
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 16th January 1880
William Crabtree, Adamroyd Mill, weavers on strike
Stansfield Rates Book 1880-1895
1880 - Re-valued £596.
1881 – re-valued £542.
1890 – S. & A. Barker Ltd; rateable value £521.10s.0d.
1895 – additions £70.15s.0d.
Halifax Courier 28th Jan 1882
William Crabtree, Adamroyd, advanced wages 5%
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 3rd February 1882
Advance in weavers’ wages given by Mr. Duckworth of Adamroyd Mill
6 Dec 1882
The electric light first introduced into Todmorden at the mill of Messrs. S. & A. Barker, Adamroyd Mill.
Halifax Courier 2nd August 1884
Strike by weavers of William Duckworth, cotton manufacturer, who reduced wages by 1d. per cut.
Halifax Courier 27th June 1885
Weavers’ strike at William Duckworth’s, cotton manufacturer, Adamroyd Mill
Halifax Courier 18th July 1885
Fire at S. & A. Barker’s Adamroyd Cotton Mill, damage £200 to £300. Fielden Bros and Lord Bros fire engines soon put it out.
Fielden papers 27th July 1885
Fire at S. & A. Barkers, Adamroyd Mill. Fielden’s fire engine attended.
Slater 1887
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, calico manufacturer
Joseph Barker, Adamroyd Shed, manufacturer of cotton goods
Manchester Examiner 22nd July 1887
S. & A. Barker, 30,000 spindles, working 4 days a week.
Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Advertiser 21st March 1890
Adamroyd Mill stopped due to strike in coal trade.
Worrall 1891
Edwin Sutcliffe, Adamroyd and Millwood Sheds, 302 looms, single and double warp, wigans, domestics etc. Payday Wednesdays.
S. & A. Barker Ltd. Adamroyd Mill; 24, 600 spindles.
William Crabtree, Adamroyd Mill, 120 looms, domestics.
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, 120 looms, T cloths, domestics, wigans etc.
Kelly 1893
Shadrach and Abraham Barker Ltd. cotton spinners and manufacturers
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, cotton manufacturer
Edward Sutcliffe, cotton manufacturer
Worrall 1893
Shadrach and Abraham Barker Ltd. 25,000 mule spindles
Worrall 1897, 1901 and 1905
Shadrach and Abraham Barker, 30,000 mule spindles
Kelly 1897
William Duckworth, Adamroyd Mill, cotton manufacturer
Edwin Sutcliffe; Adamroyd Mills; cotton manufacturer.
Kelly 1898 – 1908
Edwin Sutcliffe; Adamroyd Mills; cotton manufacturer.
Worrall 1901 and 1913
Shadrach and Abraham Barker, 26,000 mule spindles
1913 Todmorden Official Handbook
Charles Crabtree Ltd. took over from S. & A. Barker at Adamroyd Mill.
1979 advertisement
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